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Swimming Speed - Articles
My swim speed
by
IronBrandon
Posted
Sun 06 Mar 2011 1:27pm
in question is the post I wrote in August of 2009 entitled “Life in the Fast Lane” . The point of this lane was not to point out my personal speed in terms of the elite swimming world... on the block. I have no illusions of grandeur about my speed and when I said, “My average 100 meter swim in a race is around 1:05 (+/-)” I realize fully and completely that if held up
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Top ten ways to improve your swim form, speed and endurance this winter
by
Roman M.
Posted
Tue 14 Dec 2010 10:00am
Nature runs amuck!
1. Freestyle Volume
The best way to improve speed, endurance and form in the beginning of swim training is volume. If you aren’t swimming, you aren... to have a more complete kick in order to reduce resistance from swimming with flippers. They can improve kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position and increase speed
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Cold swim in BL - 56 to 60 degrees
by
Gordon G.
Posted
Wed 16 Jun 2010 8:29am
to have a partner who is
1) Reliable
2) Swims the same speed as I do
3) Eager to swim in open water
Not many people with all three of those qualities. I'm lucky.
...
This morning I met Josh at Bountiful Lake. The water felt colder than the last couple swims. This was our first morning swim and it made a difference. I tried easing
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Swim swim swim
by
Amy G.
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:15pm
I think I'm swimming in my sleep now. The little sleep I'm getting, that is. Last night's training swim took me an hour and 20 minutes to complete. Back and forth and back and forth and back and repeat. This morning in our coach's weekly email we were told that we should register for the 1 mile swim at the Aqua Challenge at Lake Del Valle
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Swim, swim, swim!
by
Kathy ..
Posted
Tue 22 Jul 2008 8:21pm
Today I got up and went to the gym to begin my new swim routine.
I picked up a great new bathing suit at TJ Maxx the other day. A Nike for just $20! It worked perfectly. I did half an hour.
I forgot how much I love to swim, and can you believe it is a great calorie burner? Not only that but after the brutality of running on my ankles, legs
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Just Keep Swimming, swimming, swimming...
by
Francine R.
Posted
Wed 20 Oct 2010 7:09pm
We roll merrily along as usual. Micah's birthday party has morphed - I got him to narrow his list to about 11 other kids, and I found a decently affordable magician, so we are having it at home. If he really really wants a pinata, it'll be out in the driveway, hanging from the bedroom window. No more dents in my walls, please.
Sofia started he ...
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How to Swim Faster
by
Project Swole
Posted
Fri 26 Feb 2010 12:00am
So you want to be a dolphin. Or perhaps you want to be a competitive swimmer. Or maybe you just want to swim faster.
Unless you are really lucky (or would that be unlucky?) you probably weren’t born with webbed feet or toes, so you will have to look at other ways to increase your speed in the water.
The best way to increase your swimming
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more swim tips. And a cry for help!
by
Marul
Posted
Fri 08 Oct 2010 5:42am
enough swim 'finesse' to know the difference. I used to have ONE running speed too, but after much work that is changing!
Cry for helpMy shoulders are HURTING! I'm hoping... had us do some swimming without doing the LONG GLIDE. He basically had us swim in the way that EVERY coach has told me to NOT do. The way I used to swim, but w/ more rotation
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Swimming to a better triathlon
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Eric ..
Posted
Sat 02 Oct 2010 4:03am
about the basic swim stroke.
Second, she explained swim speed so simply that a light went on in my head.
And I'm not talking about the 25 Watt bulb like you see below.
I'm... principles are used by all the top swimmers in the world....period.
I swam some 100's and 200's just to see what would happen. Nothing long that would damage me or change my swimming
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