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Tristar Athletes, soup can swim an alternate way to maintain swim strength when you don’t have time or access to a pool.
Soup can swimming by Masters Coach Michael Collins. It's a 20 min set of 10 x "100". Odd's are Free, Evens are IM. Free is 20 strokes, 4 times with a streamline squat in between. IM is 10 Stroke Fly, 20 Back, 10 Breast, & 20 Free. All 100's are on a 2:00 interval. 1st round is easy with slower tempo. Each round pace picks up and times go down.
Tristar Athlete, swim bands and strength cords are an excellent way to maintain swim strength when you don’t have time or access to a pool.
Learn how to correct the swim stroke when you are crossing the arms in the front quadrant of the stroke.
Learn how to correct the swim stroke when you are dropping the lead arm on the catch phase.
In this video we review swim data demonstrating both pacing and form data as a long set progresses. We show how peak paces were hit early on in the swim set and peak cadences hit late in the set signifying the form degrading.
By paying attention to hand position and wrist angle as you complete the underwater portion of your stroke, you'll be able to access more speed and power.
Learn more in this video about how to properly execute the sighting technique in open water.
Tristar Athletes, soup can swim an alternate way to maintain swim strength when you don’t have time or access to a pool.