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That Triathlon Show

Swim Training | TTS Thursday #2

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Swim Training | TTS Thursday #2 The demands of triathlon swimming: technique,  fitness, and open water readiness Example workouts and weekly structure Common swim training mistakes to avoid Top tips for improving your swim training   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans TTS Thursday Episode Archive All previous swimming-related episodes on That Triathlon Show   SPONSORS: ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. Trusted by BMC PRO Triathlon Team, age-group triathletes, coaches and physios around the world. Visit zen8swimtrainer.com/tts for 20% off your order.   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. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   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 Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that Traflon show, the podcast presented by

0:06.1

Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm Rose Michael and this episode is TTS Thursday number two.

0:13.1

If you missed last week's first installment in this series where I presented the idea for TTS

0:18.5

Thursday as what we're doing now on First Days mostly, then just

0:23.4

briefly, this will be kind of like a catch-all episode series, and I expect most of these

0:29.7

episodes to be solo episodes with just me, just like most Thursday Q&A's used to be solo episodes,

0:36.0

but there might be some exceptions to that and I

0:39.0

hope so actually it would be fun to for some of these have company and also although I'm sure

0:44.7

there may be some niche topics that I'll cover down the line for the most part my thought is that

0:51.7

the vast majority of these episodes will be very applied and practical

0:56.5

and actionable episodes with very just sound and simple coaching advice so today's topic is a

1:03.9

perfect example of that we'll simply talk about how to improve and get the most out of your

1:08.2

swim training but before we do that big thanks of course to our sponsors first you have zen 8 that you can most out of your swim training. But before we do that, big thanks, of course, to our sponsors.

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First, you have Zen 8 that you can find on senateoomtrainer.com.

1:16.3

The Zen8 swim trainer will help time crunch athletes get more consistency in their swim

1:20.5

training so that if you don't have time to go to the pool or if pools are closed,

1:25.4

you can still get something done from the comfort of your own home

1:28.9

with the swim bench that is engineered to help you improve your power technique and stamina

1:35.2

it will allow you to do the exercise in a horizontal position to mimic the swimming position

1:39.8

rather than standing up which is a problem with traditional swim court exercises, that you're

1:45.3

not really in a specific position to that. It will also help you work on your core activation

1:50.2

to maintain balance because the swim bench is inflatable, so it has an instability element

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