Training

Caeleb Dressel: Carry a Big Kick and Bigger Goals

How absurd and ambitious are your goals? Here’s a lesson from Caeleb Dressel’s epic performance at NCAA’s to reinforce why you should always be reaching.

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See 2359 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 2759 Swim Jobs.

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FORM Smart Swim Goggles to get Open Water GPS metrics

FORM GPS performance metrics include distance, pace, and stroke rate alongside heart rate, displayed on the FORM goggles as you swim in open water.

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The Tommy John Injury Of Swimming

Dr. Alec Domjan takes an in-depth look as to why the swimmer’s shoulder is just as big of an issue in swimming as the elbow injury is in baseball.

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Daily Dryland Swimming Workouts #52 – HIIT Cardio Training

There’s more to cardio than running! This HIIT workout will get your heartrate up with 30 second blocks of bodyweight exercises.

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Three Home Exercises For Building A Strong Freestyle

The Race Club provides three great exercises you can do in your home that will help improve your freestyle.

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4D Swimming – Part I: The Beginning

In Part I of the series, we go through the study and the findings of phase one on mid-distance and distance freestyle.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Training at the Olympic Training Center During Quarantine

We spoke with para national teamers Robert Griswold and David Gelfand about how they’re handling this quarantine period at the Olympic Training Center

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Daily Dryland Swimming Workouts #51: Ryan Held’s Deck of Cards

It’s versatile, as you can choose any 4 exercises to associate with the 4 suits, plus he chooses a different one for aces and jokers

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Building ‘High Catch’ Muscles in a Backyard Pool

Backyard pools can be an ideal resource for competitive swimmers and triathletes to keep their ‘swim bodies’ in shape while their local pool is shut down. 

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Jason Lezak and the Power of Competing

At the Beijing Olympics Jason Lezak swam one of the most unreal races in swimming history. Here’s how he unleashed the power of competing to make it happen.

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FINIS Set of the Week: The Phantom Menace

This week’s set, which includes 4x25s sprint towards the end, comes from Ethan Beseris, Team Sales Rep for FINIS.

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Smack Strap, The Most Comfortable Goggle Straps

Goggles are an essential part of all competitive swimmers equipment, but often when the straps are too tight they can cause “swim goggle headache”.

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How to Make Your New Training Routine Stick

Feeling a little out of sorts without your usual training routine? Here are some ways to make your new training schedule stick.

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Daily Dryland Swimming Workouts #50 – Squats (With Weight)

Start slow, but now is a good time to begin adding some weight to your squat routine if you haven’t already. Start small.

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