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Keeping A High Elbow For Freestyle
Developing power and the proper pull for freestyle takes an understanding of where real power comes from. You may have read or heard that you want to keep a high elbow to create a more effective and dynamic power phase through the water (I am very loathe to call it a...
Choosing Running Shoes
It’s a natural tendency in our society to try and simplify complex training ideas and topics into one-size-fits-all recommendations. Even the most knowledgeable of athletes can’t resist headlines that claim to have found the “hack” or the “secret” to better training....
Age Group Enemy #1 – Time Management For Athletes
Time management for athletes can be tough. An overwhelming number of triathletes are just ordinary people like you and I. You'd never know this thanks to the print and digital media coverage of our sport. Truth be told, the only way that triathletes have been able to...
Catch Up Drill And How To Do It
People often ask me what drills to do - and how to do them to get the most out of them. In this article I want to talk about one of the most common drills to do, the catch up drill - and what it can do for your stroke if you do it correctly http://youtu.be/L2ZUMX0qQns...
Running Backwards
Running can be boring at times, especially on the treadmill or on the track when you haven't necessarily got scenery to distract you! One of the things we try to do here is give you drills for your warm ups or easy sessions to give you something to engage with, to...
Best food for endurance sports on limited time!
Having spent some of the weekend gardening and tidying up the greenhouse I had a few thoughts about food. What is the best food for endurance sports athletes? Secondly, there is only a limited amount of food you can eat in a single day. In order to maximize the amount...
Ankle Pull Buoy Swim Drill
Maintaining a stable core is an important part of a good freestyle. This drill is a good one to help accomplish this. Many athletes swim with a pull buoy - as many triathletes know, some rely on their pull buoy! The main point of using one is to isolate the arms and...
Returning from Running Injury
SAFELY BUILDING UP YOUR RUNNING AFTER INJURY Some of our athletes have asked us to put together an example 12 week running program for those who are coming back from injury. This simple-to-follow program guides you through 3 months of gradual progression of running...
Why Should I Get A Sports Massage – The Benefits Of Massage
When it comes to receiving a massage, most individuals wouldn’t have to think twice or even take much persuasion. However, most would not consider paying a qualified sports therapist to give them a sports massage. This is not your typical end of the day massage you...
Single-Arm Trailing Freestyle Drill
This is an old standby drill for freestyle that's been done by coaches and swimmers since as long as we can remember. You may well have done this with your arm out in front - for balance. Here we do it with the still arm trailing - so you can get full rotation....
How to avoid becoming one paced!
There’s a funny phenomenon in endurance sports that I like to call “becoming a one-speed athlete.” It happens to runners, cyclists and triathletes whose training becomes so focused on sustained efforts at race intensity that their ability to work at higher intensity...
The Fatigue Fallacy: Why You Should NOT Finish ALL Your Workouts Exhausted
I incorrectly assumed that the trend of working out with the goal of achieving a high state of fatigue EVERY session was finally beginning to die out. But, apparently, it’s still growing. People think that if they don’t finish a workout on the brink of vomiting or...