Should you test and use training zones to improve your performance? In my opinion Yes, Absolutely. Why? Because you can significantly improve training benefits and race performance/predictability. You will need a watch with capability to record times for pacing zones, a heart rate monitor (HRM) if you want heart rate zones, or a power meter […]

The abridged version: swim one hour, rest three, swim one hour, rest three,… We were a four-person team, one woman and three men, expecting to finish in twelve to sixteen hours. The long drama: It’s now 12:30am Saturday morning, I’m swimming the 15th hour of our relay, and I know I’m close. Kate yells from […]

Want to bring new energy to your laps? Recently, I’ve been using these sets: Note: You do an exercise after every 50 following the warm-up. Warm-up: 5×50 freestyle, easy arms, fast narrow kick Core Activation: 5×50 freestyle, focused on contracting my abdominals throughout. While swimming, I want to feel the stretch ACROSS my body, through […]

This is Misty Hyman demonstrating the kick she developed in the late 90’s. She went on to win gold in the 200m butterfly in Sydney in 2000. And here is a video of how she used to do it before there were rules about how far you could kick… Here is the kick broken down: […]