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Strategies for Getting Faster in Open Water Swimming
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A lot of multisport athletes who train for events that involve open water swimming leave a lot on the table in terms of speed and execution potential, and a lot of this stems from the fact that they are not training specifically enough for open water swimming in their swim workouts. Learning how to appropriately leverage your swimming workouts can help you unlock the ability to execute open water swims better and to be faster on race day.
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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/strategies-for-getting-faster-in-open-water-swimming
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Chapters
1. Opening (00:00:00)
2. The Swim: The Great Equalizer (00:00:16)
3. What is Open Water Swimming? (00:01:52)
4. Practice Sighting to Swim Straight (00:06:18)
5. Why Sighting is Important in Open Water Swimming (00:07:20)
6. How to Practice Sighting (00:08:22)
7. Don’t Rely on the Wall in Swim Training (00:11:40)
8. How to Develop an Open Water-Specific Swim Stroke (00:15:31)
9. Tarzan Drill (00:17:06)
10. Fingertip Drag Drill (00:18:33)
11. Fully Exhaling Drill (00:19:20)
12. Hypoxic Breathing/Going Longer Without Breathing (00:20:00)
13. Alternate Side Breathing (00:21:51)
14. Kicking on Back (00:23:24)
15. Get Used to Swimming with Obstacles & Others (00:24:06)
16. Swimming Against the Lane Lines (00:24:23)
17. Swim With Others (00:24:50)
18. Practice Swimming in Open Water (00:27:16)
19. The Bottom Line (00:28:32)
20. Closing (00:29:30)
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