I have recently started using a Finis Tempo Trainer, and have found it invaluable to help me do fast sets. Are there others out there who have used these? Are there ways to use them in a diagnostic sense? (e.g. if you keep decreasing the time interval between strokes by 10% and find the place where your time stops decreasing by 10%, does this give you any useful information?) I really like how they help me keep up with hard workouts, but wonder if there are other ways in which they can be useful.
Anyone out there have experience with these they'd like to share?
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I haven't used a Tempo Trainer but they seem most useful for modifying your stroke. You can swim at the exact same stroke rate and see how modifications make you swim faster or slower. Here is an interesting post by TeamTermin about one way to use a Tempo Trainer to improve your technique:
U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - My freestyle technique, what needs work?
What I don't like about these types of devices is all that I have seen for sale are disposable. After 6 months or 1 year the battery dies and you can't replace it.
I haven't used a Tempo Trainer but they seem most useful for modifying your stroke. You can swim at the exact same stroke rate and see how modifications make you swim faster or slower. Here is an interesting post by TeamTermin about one way to use a Tempo Trainer to improve your technique:
U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - My freestyle technique, what needs work?
What I don't like about these types of devices is all that I have seen for sale are disposable. After 6 months or 1 year the battery dies and you can't replace it.
