Category: Training
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Mike Bottom on 12.5 yards short pool training
So what is this, 11.43 meters? A facility for ultra-sprint training at the University Michigan, where you just barely have room for your start, turn and finish. Courtesy of athletovation.
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Imagine swimming 20K in this pressure cooker
Since this is Pál’s day off before the 1500 tomorrow, he spends part of it training aerobically, so that he’ll be able to swim fast also at the Duel in the Pool in Atlanta next weekend. 20K today, I heard his coach say, and we don’t bother finding another pool to train in. Pál himself…
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Oussama Mellouli pops rib head, might pull out of Arab Games
Ouch, that sounds painful http://twitter.com/#!/OusMellouli/status/144152232986816513 He is still swimming, but suffering http://twitter.com/#!/OusMellouli/status/144288573229760512
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A quick update on Aksenova’s and Joensen’s situation in Vágur
As mentioned before, Russian record holder and Olympian Anastasia Aksenova is currently trying out training in Vágur, here in the Faroe Islands, now almost for two weeks. She competed at a local meet last Sunday, beating our record holder in the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.26 against Guðrun’s 26.55. And she endured our…
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Michael Klim postpones comeback after suffering neck strain
34-year-old Michael Klim was due to swim his first race in more than 4 1/2 years at a low-key Nunawading club meet at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre today, but decided to withdraw after advice from his physiotherapist a coach, because of a neck strain that he got from doing weights on a three-week…
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Improve your swimming with yoga
Waait, it might be a good idea ! According to Yahoo! Sports, a number of coaches are charging their dryland routines up with yoga and pilates, to improve body alignment, prevent injury and improve breathing. Read Yahoo! Sports. Break ton Neck from Alex Yde on Vimeo. (Not really yoga, more breakdance-yoga, but cool :-)
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Russian swim star to try out Vágur
This is surreal to me, but Russian swim star Anastasia Aksenova will arrive at the airport here on the Faroe Islands this Monday evening, to try out practice at Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur. Yup, the club of Jón Bjarnason where Pál Joensen trains. Aksenova is the Russian 100 meter freestyle record holder (53.20), and won…
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The Swim Watch Battle: FINIS Swimsense vs Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro
A must-read here on DC Rainmaker: A triathlete testing both the FINIS Swimsense and the Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro for 3 months, on occasions wearing both at once. He finds both to be very accurate, ending up identical in terms of distance/laps even after 3,000 yards. But he cannot test stroke identification, due to his triathlete-like…
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Open water swimming drills
Courtesy of www.openwaterswimming.com, kicking with a snorkel and the “hug drill”. Both of them work perfectly for pool swimmers also :-)