MySwimPro Swimming Technique & Training Podcast

If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail! Today's Whiteboard Wednesday dives into the mechanics of building a seasonal training plan so you can perform the best when it matters most!

Have you ever wondered why short course (25m) swimming is so much faster than racing in a long course (50m) pool? See why short course is faster than long course! The Olympic sized swimming pool is gold standard in international competition. Times recorded in a Long Course (50 meters) pool are considered the most respectable in the swimming community. When you look at the best swimmers in the world, their times in Short Course (25 meters or 25 yards) are significantly faster.

Have you ever wondered why short course (25m) swimming is so much faster than racing in a long course (50m) pool? See why short course is faster than long course! The Olympic sized swimming pool is gold standard in international competition. Times recorded in a Long Course (50 meters) pool are considered the most respectable in the swimming community. When you look at the best swimmers in the world, their times in Short Course (25 meters or 25 yards) are significantly faster.

Every year, hundreds of millions of people around the world fast. There are several benefits of swimming while fasting: You can feel more energetic and it can re-generate your metabolism. While there are a ton of benefits, there are certainly some challenges. Interested in learning more? Check out this week's Whiteboard Wednesday!

To continuously improve in swimming, it’s important to routinely measure your performance in training. Test sets are a fantastic way to track your progress because after all, what gets measured, gets improved!

Interested in learning how test sets work?

Check out this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday!

EVF is one of the most commonly referenced concepts in the technical swimming and coaching world, yet most are unsure what exactly Early Vertical Forearm (EVF) is. To learn more, check out this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday!

What is SWOLF? Your SWOLF score is a rough measure of efficiency, and it’s calculated per-length as the sum of the time it took you to swim the lap, and the number of strokes it took you to swim it. Interested in learning more about how SWOLF works and how to improve it?

Underwater streamline is considered to be the 5th stroke of swimming! It is absolutely the fastest way for a human to move through the water – even faster than freestyle.

In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll take a deep dive into how you can improve your underwater dolphin kick!

Swimmers are very ambitious people, but often times, we’ll bite off more than we can chew. A resolution without a plan is just wishful thinking, so it's super important to set SMART Goals for yourself. Here's how: If you want long-term success, be clear about what you want to accomplish. When setting goals, it’s crucial that they be very defined and methodical in your approach. To help you succeed, use the S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) goal process. The five building blocks for reaching your goals are below: S - Specific M - Measurable A - Achievable R - Relevant T - Time-Bound

When you head to the pool for a swim workout, do you ever wonder what you should be doing? Many swimmers jump in the pool and swim back and forth with no plan. This is not the best way to train, but not everyone can afford a personal coach to provide specific workouts designed to meet certain goals and time demands.