Welcome to that Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

My name is Michael Erikson, and this is episode 5 of our beginner series.

If you're just finding this series or even this podcast for the first time, then be sure

to check out the earlier episodes that I've done in this series. even this podcast for the first time, then be sure to check out the earlier

episodes that I've done in this series. So far we talked about an introduction to triathlon,

how to select your first race, gear and equipment, and training structures and principles.

And today we'll shift our focus to swimming, which is often the most intimidating disciplines

for beginners, because many

triathletes, myself included, started with little or no background in swimming. The good news,

though, is that with steady structured practice, you can definitely have good progress and also

quite quickly. It is true, though, that it's harder to get to grips with swimming compared

to running or

cycling, but that's what this episode is for, because once you understand the basics of swim

development, then there's no reason that you can't improve your swim just as well and quickly

as you can your run and bike. And in this episode, I should mention as well that we'll discuss

pool swimming only, as even

though triathletes race in the open water, 90 to 95% of our training is normally done in the pool.

So open water swimming will get its own episode, a few episodes down the line from here, but

today we're just focusing on pool swimming, which is the majority of the swimming in a triathletes training anyway.

But before we literally dive into the main set of this episode, a big thank you to our

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