#839 – How To Not Suck At Swimming #15

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Today, we look at how you can be faster by being more efficient. We breakdown using your arms as levers and look at how and where to enter the water. We talk about the power of using paddles in the RIGHT way. We get into why you have limited mobility, why you have a stiff neck and why your shoulder hurts. We’ll give you the swimming like “a house” analogy and tell you what kind of house you should be. We also talk about the misconception of swimming wide and how to understand what that means for your best and most efficient/powerful stroke. We talk about turnover vs. being more measured and methodical. And we explain why training for a fast 100 is a totally different sport than swimming Ironman.

Topics:

Using your arms as levers in the correct way
Shoulder pain
Stiff necks
Limited mobility
Open armpits
Swimming like a house
Sweeping under the body vs. wide
Don’t be too wide
Path of least resistance
Walking up an escalator
The S-Curve
North and South vs. East and West
Tall and skinny
How to engage lats
Running strides vs. swimming strokes
Too narrow, too wide, just right
Understanding paddles and how to use them right
The point of skulling
Finding the right stroke for you
Stroke appropriate for your distance
Understanding different speeds in the water
Are you committing to being the same speed?
High turnover vs. measured and methodical
The best, most powerful, and longest stroke
Faster by being more efficient
Try something that makes you feel weird

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