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Beginner Tip 33 - 5 Common Swim Technique Mistakes

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Beginner Tip 33 - 5 Common Swim Technique Mistakes. On this week's episode:   Breathing Head position Body position and posture Stroke rhythm Stroke direction and trajectory   LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website  Beginner Training Plans Coaching Training plan, coaching, and product bundle GIVEAWAY Beginner Tip 3 - Troubleshooting Swim Technique and Swim Training     SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free! August 2018 promo - get 20% off your order with the code TTS20!   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW.      RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.      CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by

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Scientific Triathlon.com.

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I'm your host Michael and this episode is Beginer Tip 33, where we'll discuss five common

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swim technique mistakes.

0:18.2

But first, big thanks to our sponsors, precision hydration that you can find on

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precision hydration.com. You can learn all about hydration and the importance of electrolytes in your

0:29.4

hydration. Their go-to-the-blog hydration advice is the name of it. You can just click through to that.

0:35.9

You can also take their free online sweat test,

0:38.9

which is a simple online quiz. They will tell you how much, how strong electrolytes you need to

0:45.2

assume in your training and racing to suit your individual sweat rate and sweat sodium content.

0:51.7

It takes just a few minutes and you will get an individualized plan for your training

0:56.5

and racing.

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And we are approaching the last call for the August promo.

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So in August only you can use the code TTS20 to get 20% of your electrolyte products on

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precision hydration.com. That's TTS20 for 20% of your entire order.

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And big thanks to Roka. Roka's wetsuits aren't just super fast. You can basically buy an entry

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level Roka wetsuit and the performance will be similar to most high-end wetsuits, which is

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incredible, but they also have this amazing shoulder flexibility due to their special

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arms-up technology. And for beginners in particular, who aren't really that accustomed to swimming

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in wetsuits, which may be quite const constrictive this is great news because it makes such

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a massive difference to feel that you can swim unhindered basically in your wetsuits due to this

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