Learn Triathlon from the best (DVDs)
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Reduce water resistance and increase propulsive
Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/08/2009 - 17:09 I am getting back in the pool these days and see beginners making the same mistakes I made, thinking, "If I just increase my strength, then I'll be so much better." I've since read that swimming is 70% technique and 30% endurance/muscle. 
Much of the technique is learning how to move through the water-space with as little drag as possible. Drag slows you down. Drag makes you work harder for the same speed or distance. The take-away from this excerpt is to reduce your drag!
In this excerpt, we learn about reducing drag and increasing propulsion from the book "Swim Fastest", reprinted with permission of Human Kinetics.
"Fundamentals for Reducing Resistive Drag
Much of the technique is learning how to move through the water-space with as little drag as possible. Drag slows you down. Drag makes you work harder for the same speed or distance. The take-away from this excerpt is to reduce your drag!In this excerpt, we learn about reducing drag and increasing propulsion from the book "Swim Fastest", reprinted with permission of Human Kinetics.
"Fundamentals for Reducing Resistive Drag
- Maintain lateral alignment in the front crawl and backstroke by rotating the body around its longitudinal axis in synchronization with the downward and upward movements of the arms. The entire body must rotate, from head to toes, as an entire unit. Never try to maintain one part—the hips or legs, for example—in a flat position while the arms and shoulders
The importance of technique in triathlon
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 17:15
My training has been interrupted with several injuries, perhaps brought on by not knowing how to train properly or improper technique. One thing I have learned for certain is that technique is involved in all the sports in triathlon.
There are lots of people, including me, who started out saying, "you swim a little then bike a few miles then run. Who can't do that?"
Recognizing that I am not a great athlete, I tried to get better which, to me, meant adding more yardage in the pool and more mileage on the road. After I had been training for a while, with all the reading and talking to other triathletes I did, I heard several common themes. One of which referenced swimming, "don't do trash yardage."
