#839 – How To Not Suck At Swimming #15

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Today, we look at how you can be faster by being more efficient. We breakdown using your arms as levers and look at how and where to enter the water. We talk about the power of using paddles in the RIGHT way. We get into why you have limited mobility, why you have a stiff neck and why your shoulder hurts. We’ll give you the swimming like “a house” analogy and tell you what kind of house you should be. We also talk about the misconception of swimming wide and how to understand what that means for your best and most efficient/powerful stroke. We talk about turnover vs. being more measured and methodical. And we explain why training for a fast 100 is a totally different sport than swimming Ironman.

Topics:

• Using your arms as levers in the correct way
• Shoulder pain
• Stiff necks
• Limited mobility
• Open armpits
• Swimming like a house
• Sweeping under the body vs. wide
• Don’t be too wide
• Path of least resistance
• Walking up an escalator
• The S-Curve
• North and South vs. East and West
• Tall and skinny
• How to engage lats
• Running strides vs. swimming strokes
• Too narrow, too wide, just right
• Understanding paddles and how to use them right
• The point of skulling
• Finding the right stroke for you
• Stroke appropriate for your distance
• Understanding different speeds in the water
• Are you committing to being the same speed?
• High turnover vs. measured and methodical
• The best, most powerful, and longest stroke
• Faster by being more efficient
• Try something that makes you feel weird

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com