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Freestyle Catch & Recovery – Body Mirrors In Evidence


Posted by race5599 on 01 May 2013 / 0 Comment
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There are two main types of recovery motions: 1)      A lift executed from the shoulder, lifting the elbow up and over, pulling a relaxed forearm and hand along for the ride. 2)      A “karate chop” recovery where the hand leads the motion, with the swimmer typically holding a lot of tension from shoulder to fingertips. […]

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Coaching

Prospect Park Brick Workouts


Posted by race5599 on 18 Apr 2013 / 0 Comment
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If you are a triathlete who lives in Brooklyn and (for some unknown reason) are not a member of the Brooklyn Triathlon Club (BTC), this page will give you an idea of some of the workouts we do in the park each week. If you’d like to have all this done for you so you […]

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Cycling

Bike A Faster Half-Ironman


Posted by race5599 on 04 Apr 2013 / 0 Comment
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This is a great piece I wrote for Triathlete Magazine on how you can bike a faster Half-Ironman. Please click on the images to enlarge.                    

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Swimming

Q&A – The Freestyle Catch and Teaching It


Posted by race5599 on 22 Mar 2013 / 0 Comment
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John, you may have already seen this. Just discovered this interesting article from last summer comparing the “s” stroke vs. the deep catch stroke. As a new swimmer I know I’ve been taught both by 5 different coaches over the years, and mostly recently the “sculling” or “s” stroke was reinforced at a basic free […]

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