Chris Ritter

SwimSwam & SURGE Strength Webinar: Why You Need to Become Dryland Certified

Join us for a FREE SURGE Strength Webinar on Wednesday, Oct 14th at 1pm EST to learn more about becoming SURGE Strength Dryland Certified.

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SURGE Strength Podcast and More “Must Subscribe To” Podcasts

The number of podcasts and downloads are growing exponentially. So be sure you’re subscribed to some of the best podcasts in the swimming community.

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5 Parameters of Program Construction You Need for Every Dryland Workout

Discover the five parameters of sound dryland program construction, including what you need for every dryland workout you do.

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Swim CEO Series: SURGE Strength Dryland Training with Chris Ritter

Ritter shared his insights on swimming specific dryland, and a few of his stories training elites during his time at SwimMAC with David Marsh.

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Dryland Training Can Yield Big Results with Just 3 Small Changes

Your dryland training can yield big results with just 3 small changes regarding exercise ratios, using 3 training phases, and knowing your goals.

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3 Hidden Factors of Successful Dryland Workouts

Learn about the three hidden factors of successful dryland workouts and how you can use these to have your dryland workouts be more effective.

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How to Keep Variety in Your Dryland Workouts and Dryland Program

Keeping variety in your dryland workouts and dryland program can seem challenging but it’s simpler than you think if you follow these guidelines.

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How to Test Pull-ups for Swimmers (Even if they can’t do a single pull-up)

Pull-ups for swimmers is a critical exercise both for improvement but also in assessing an athlete’s pulling strength which correlates well to their speed.

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The 3 Most Overlooked Requirements in Writing a Dryland Workout

Creating a successful dryland workout depends largely on eight variables and how you program them both session-to-session and during the overall season.

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Better Core Training is Just a Breath Away

Core training is vital to a swimmer’s success, but if an athlete isn’t able to properly breathe there’s no amount of core training they can do to make it up.

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3 Steps to Get Stronger Without Gaining Muscle Mass

Swimmers need to get stronger, but not by becoming bulky. Learn how you can get stronger without gaining muscle mass with the proper dryland program.

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Top 3 Training Goals in Your Dryland Workouts

An optimal dryland workout that follows these 3 training goals is going to create a better athlete, and better athletes always produce faster swimmers.

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Raising the Standard in Dryland Training for Swimming

SURGE Strength – Raising the Standard of Dryland Training for Swimming. Learn how to Build Better Athletes to Generate Faster Swimmers.

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3 Dryland Tips You’re Not Hearing About

Chris Ritter: “We’ve had an incredible response to our webinar series on dryland. There are still a few more weeks. If you haven’t REGISTERED yet, join us.”

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How to Change a Team’s Culture

Here’s a sneak peek from The Hive of Chris Ritter interviewing Mark Gangloff, head coach at the University of North Carolina.

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