Training Intel

Watch Hackett, Fraser-Holmes and Smith at Work in Miami (Video)

The following video contains highlights from the Miami Swimming Club’s practice on December 23rd…

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BridgeAthletic Building Blocks #4 – TRX

The BridgeAthletic Building Blocks Series is a set of 5 exercises that can be performed by swimmers of all levels on the pool deck.

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5 Ways to Get the Most of Your Swim Practices

High caliber swimmers know they gotta make the most of what they are given. Here are 5 tips for pulling the most from your swim practices.

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Watch St Peters Western at Work – Wilson, Larkin and McKeon (Video)

Watch highlights of St Peters Western’s practices from December 22nd and December 24th…

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Yoga for Swimmers: 3 Poses to Strengthen Your Core

The development of a strong core is one of the biggest benefits of implementing yoga into your training program…

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Main Sets of Six World Championship Medalists

Find out some of the sets behind the success of swimmers such as Ning Zetao, Emily Seebohm, Mitch Larkin and more…

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Physiological Proof: Promoting a Long Glide in Breaststroke Decreases Performance

How often have we seen swimmers practicing drills that promote a long glide? 1 pull, 3 second glide? 1 pull, 5 second glide?

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Yoga for Swimmers: Yoga with Mitch Larkin and Madi Wilson

Yoga teacher Tom Barton discusses his approach and how the athletes have embraced developing their own personal practices. This video includes clips from a yoga session taught by Barton which included Larkin and Wilson…

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BridgeAthletic January Olympic Trials Preparation Tips

This is the year all the hard work pays off. But in these 6 months leading up to the Trials the seemingly small things like what you eat and drink can slip through the cracks even though they are key to performing at your absolute peak.

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Learn How to Fly Fast like Roland Schoeman – Race Club Swimisode

Olympic Gold Medalist Roland Schoeman has developed one of the fastest dolphin kicks in the world. The dolphin kick has become so important in the sport of swimming, now being used in all four strokes, that it is commonly referred to as the ‘fifth stroke’.

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Yoga for Swimmers (Video) – 3 Poses to Enhance Recovery

In March I wrote an article entitled ‘3 Restorative Yoga Poses to Help the Effectiveness of Your Taper’ the video above is an adjunct to that article…

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Should I Be Going to Practice If I Am Sick?

It’s fall! You know what that means– large volume training and cold and flu season. Here is what you need to know about training while under the weather.

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Hey, It Really Is Mind Over Matter (Or How I Became a Sub-3:00 Minute 200 Freestyle Kicker)

You know those moments in your training where you do something you have never done before? You reach a new height or speed that you never thought was possible? Here is how to harness that powerful feeling so that you can consistently improve in the pool.

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How to Get Into the Flow State With Your Swimming

Those moments where we enter a state of flow with our swimming is hard to describe. The ease and power seems almost mystical. Here is how to more readily enter that magical state of flow in the pool.

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The Swimmer’s Guide to Developing Unstoppable Momentum

Finding yourself getting stuck with your training? Want to build momentum like a locomotive so that you enter each practice ready to knock the main set right off the whiteboard? Start here.

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