Category: Training
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Olympic champ Mellouli to train with Pál and Danes at altitude
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason left for Denmark today, to join the Danish Olympic squad, Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer and Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli, in an elaborate altitude training program developed by the Dutch head coach of Denmark, Paulus Wildeboer. (Mellouli and Joensen at the 2010 Mare Nostrum meet in Canet)
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Meet Allegheny head coach Erin Detwiler
This is a good idea, me thinks, putting a bit of focus on the coach.
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Watch Ryan Cochrane give his everything
Ryan Cochrane made his first Olympic appearance at the 2008 games in Beijing winning a bronze for 1500 m freestyle. And even though it was the first medal for a Canadian swimmer since the 2000 Summer Olympics, he wasn’t satisfied. Four years later, he’s determined to make every stroke count. Watch Ryan as he trains…
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Ian Crocker: There’s no miracles in swimming
Ian Crocker shares the life lessons he’s learned through the sport of swimming at a Mutual of Omaha BREAKout! Swim Clinic. Ian shares how his college coach, Kris Kubik, reminded him before his Olympic race that there’s no miracles in swimming. What you put in the sport is what you get out of it. Hits…
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Breaststroke-specific dryland training with Aleksander Hetland
Norwegian Dubai 2012 medalist Aleksander Hetland doing breaststroke-specific dryland training at altitude in Flagstaff, recently. Nice informative comments in Norwegian also, courtesy of Lars-Arne Andersen / Olympiatoppen on Facebook.
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Jessica Hardy on rehab and mental training at DISC
“I truly believe that mental training is just as important as any physical training that I do because you can completely mess us. Being mentally prepared is definitely an extra edge I have going into a competition and something I definitely value. †~ Jessica Hardy Read more here on DISC
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Norwegian journalist takes on Dale Oen in Flagstaff
As they put it on www.simma.nu/no, “Norwegian journalists never get tired of challenging Norwegian swimmers to a duel,” this time Dagbladet photographer Thomas Rasmus Skaug challenging world champ Alexander Dale Oen to a 50 meter breaststroke at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona, Skaug with a 15 second headstart. Good to see Alex in the pool again,…
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Eric Shanteau on shoulder injury prevention
“If I only have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their body, it is to take care of your shoulders. Swimming is a very repetitive sport, and it is never too early to do ‘pre-hab’. You don’t want to get to the point where you have to do rehabilitation. Taking the time…
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Interview with Therese Alshammar at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet
An interview with World Champion, Olympic medalist and world record holder Therese Alshammar of Sweden, shortly after winning the 50 freestyle at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet held at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex purposefully built for the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships in December 2010.