MySwimPro Swimming Technique & Training Podcast: Recent Episodes
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MySwimPro is the number one fitness application for the fastest growing sport in the world. Since 2014, we have been on a mission to help swimmers of all levels live happier and healthier lives through swimming. Today, swimmers in more than 150 countries use MySwimPro’s award-winning mobile and wearable apps to access personalized swim workout plans, training plans, educational drills and videos, advanced analytics, and to log and track their progress. MySwimPro is accessible on iOS and Android smartphones and wearables, and is free to get started.
Perfect your stroke technique and maximize muscle engagement with these sculling drills!
New to swimming? Here's how to build swim workouts that will help you get faster and reach your goals!
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While it’s perfectly ok to swim solo, having a swim buddy can make your experience much safer and more fun, especially in open water!
New to swimming? Try these beginner swim workouts to get faster, improve your stroke technique and make the most of your time in the water!
The Vasa Trainer is designed to help swimmers maximize swim-specific and total body strength and improve technique. Check out our tips for getting the most out of this versatile piece of dryland equipment!
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Sprinters: Let's hit the open water! Fares and Bordy run through a 1,000-meter super sprint workout and find some crazy stuff at the bottom of the lake!
Ever wish you could do your swim workouts in your backyard? Most of us don't have the space for a 25-meter lap pool, but there’s another solution -- a resistance pool from Endless Pools!
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After more than 12 weeks out of the water, MySwimPro’s co-founders Fares Ksebati, Michael Allon and Adam Oxner met up at Lake St. Clair in Michigan for their first open water swim since quarantine began. Follow along as they ease back into their swimming routine!
If you’re new to swimming, training in a lake, river or ocean may feel overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to! We’re sharing our open water swimming tips to help you make your swim as efficient and enjoyable as possible.
Has it been a while since you’ve completed a good swim workout? Here’s your guide to getting back in the water and crushing your goals!
Whether you work out at home, in the gym or on the pool deck, resistance bands help swimmers improve strength and prevent injury. Get 20% off your order of resistance bands at eafitnessequipment.com with code EliteSwimPro!
Need dryland exercises that are easy on your knees and lower back? We're sharing 15 of our favorite low impact dryland moves -- with and without equipment.
Whether you’re a new swimmer or an experienced veteran, you can benefit from dryland training with resistance bands. Check out 5 of our favorite resistance band exercises!
A strong core is the foundation of good swimming. We're sharing 10 of our favorite core exercises -- no equipment needed!
To help swimmers navigate all of the unknowns right now, we’re sharing our top tips to endure the COVID-19 pandemic from mental health and training perspectives.
The COVID-19 pandemic brings uncertainty for swim coaches around the world. How can we adapt and stay financially afloat until pools reopen? MySwimPro Co-Founder and CEO Fares Ksebati shares his tips.
You don’t need a gym to get a great dryland workout! We’re sharing our tips for doing dryland at home, including three dryland training plans in the MySwimPro app.
Is your pool closed due to coronavirus? We're sharing tips to help swimmers can stay in shape without a pool!
Do swimmers need to worry about the coronavirus? We explain what the coronavirus is, if it can be transmitted in the pool, and what swimmers can do to stay safe and healthy.
From improving your strength and flexibility to building character, swimming every day has some amazing benefits!
Today we’re answering the question “what is the IM?” If you’re a more experienced swimmer and you already know all about the Individual Medley, keep watching because we’ll be sharing tips on how you can get the most out of your IM training, including an IMX-themed workout!
Did you know that the 1,650-yard and 1,500-meter mile distances are about 6% shorter than a true mile! Listen to learn how long a true mile is -- and how many laps you need to swim to get there!
We all know swimming is a great form of exercise… but just how many calories can you burn while swimming? A TON! Learn what’s really going in your body while you swim in our new Whiteboard Wednesday episode!
Today's workout is all about improving your breathing when you swim freestyle!
Warm Up 1x 200 Free 4x 50 Kick 4x 25 Drill Six Kicks 1 Stroke
Drill Set (2x) 2x 25 Drill Paddle on Head 1x 100 Free Bilateral Breathing
Main Set 4x 50 Free Descend 1-4 With Fins 1x 200 Free
The IMX Pro Challenge is designed for swimmers looking to take their training to the next level with a healthy injection of stroke work. The phrase IM Xtreme comes from the competitive swimming world signifying a focus on being a well rounded swimmer by training and competing in the Individual Medley (IM) events.
Warm Up
6x 100 Free
1x 300 Kick
8x 50 Drill IM Order
Main Set (3x)
1x 200 IM
4x 100 FrIM
4x 25 IM
Cool Down
6x 100 Pull
Your brain loves swimming! The extra blood and oxygen helps you become more alert, awake, and focused!
Water is nearly 800x more dense than air, and as they say, a body in motion stays in motion! Beyond the simple inertia, what’s actually happening inside your body as you move through the water? Let’s dive in and find out!
This week’s workout is for beginner swimmers who are interested in short, but FAST swim workouts – also known as Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT). This style of training is perfect for those who want to compete in shorter events, such as the 100 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle, or 50 Butterfly.
Warm-Up: 1 x 200 Freestyle 8 x 25 Kick (OPTIONAL: try to keep your full body underwater as you kick, breathing every few seconds) Main Set (3x times): 4 x 25 Freestyle 1 x 50 Freestyle Cool Down: 6 x 25 Freestyle
On today's episode, of #WhiteboardWednesday we are taking a deep dive into How to Train for a Long Course competition or open water race in a Short Course pool!
The fastest way to move through the water is with a perfect underwater dolphin kick in a tight streamline position. You should practice this every single time you push off the wall after starts and turns! Warm-Up: 1 x 200 Freestyle 2 x 50 Backstroke Pre-Set: 4 x 75 Freestyle (10-15m Underwater Flow Drill) Main Set (3x times): 1 x 100 Freestyle 2 x 50 Freestyle Cool Down: 4 x 50 Freestyle _
On this episode of the #AskASwimPro we are talking about HELL WEEK!
Don't forget to sign up for the Hell Week Challenge in the MySwimPro app!
When you go to the pool, do you just swim back and forth continuously? Do you only know how to swim freestyle or the front crawl? If so, this isn’t helping you swim faster. So, we want to help you!
In this episode, we’re sharing the 5 reasons why you should swim all 4 strokes every time that you are in the water.
We’ll talk about what the 4 strokes are, how you can get started, and show an example beginner swim workout that incorporates everything we discussed in the pool.
Welcome to Whiteboard Wednesday and on today’s episode I’m going to share 5 freestyle drills
for advanced swimmers!
Whether you’re just getting started with swimming or you’ve been swimming for years, working
on improving your stroke technique is one of the most important things you can do to not just get
faster, but also get a better workout, burn more calories, reduce your chance of injury and of
course have fun doing it!
Before we get into the 5 drills, be sure to like this video and subscribe to the channel for more
awesome swimming videos!
Now these 5 drills can be done by any level swimmer but they’re a bit more advanced so if these
are too difficult be sure to checkout our video on 5 drills for beginner swimmers!
On this episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we are talking about Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT)!
USRPT stands for “Ultra Short Race Pace Training”. The premise for this training methodology is that race-specific high intensity swimming will yield the optimal performance results and fastest times in competition. The overall goal is to simulate a racing situation in a workout to better prepare an athlete’s body for the actual race.
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re talking about Kristof Milak's incredible 200m Butterfly World Record set at the 2019 World Championships in South Korea!
On this week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday, we're analyzing how how Lilly King swims a 55.73 100 Yard Breaststroke. Lilly King is a machine! At the 2019 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, she swam the 100 yard breaststroke in 55.73 breaking her own U.S. Open Record in the event that she set a month earlier at the Big 10 Championships.
Where were you in 2008 during the greatest Olympic swimming race of all time? We all remember that moment watching it on TV – it was truly unforgettable. You all know what race we’re talking about.
For this week’s #WhiteboardWednesday episode, we’re analyzing the Michael Phelps vs. Milorad Čavić 100 Butterfly final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Phelps won by only 0.01 seconds.He truly is The G.O.A.T.
An analysis on Adam Peaty's 57.10 World Record 100m Breaststroke swim at the 2018 European Championships!
An analysis on the world record holders in the 400 Individual Medley and how to swim the event correctly!
Get read to CONQUER your next middle-distance race with these tips! This Whiteboard Wednesday is a deep dive on how to pace and swim a middle-distance swimming event. In this video, we overview how to swim the 200 Freestyle and 400 Freestyle so you can maximize your potential in the event. –––– How To Swim The 200 or 400 Freestyle ––––
PART 1: Easy speed, conserve your energy and slowly start building your speed
. PART 2: Build your legs and set up your pace. The goal is to even split the last 3 parts.
PART 3: Push hard and increase your tempo. You'll want to "make your move" which will help keep your body on top of the water.
PART 4: Increase and maintain your tempo so you can give it all you've got until the end of your race.
Today’s Whiteboard Wednesday explores the differences between open water swimming and pool swimming and how you can prepare for an open water race while swimming in a short course pool.
Drafting is a technique that’s well understood in race car driving and cycling. In swimming, the effect can be just as big because water is 800x more dense than air and there’s significantly more resistance in the water than on land. Open water swimming is a fun and exciting sport. One of the reasons it is very different from pool swimming is the concept of drafting. This is where you align yourself with another swimmer(s) to reduce the overall effect of drag due to exploiting the lead swimmer’s slipstream.
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re talking about Swimming Workouts and Set Structure! Swimming is without a question one of the best forms of physical activity you can do to improve your health and fitness. This is why it’s super important to understand how workouts are structured to get the most bang for your buck in the water. Understanding the structure of the workout will allow you to have the most efficient and powerful workouts. To start, let’s look at a set. An individual set is a specific way that you’ll do a certain number of repetitions, over a certain distance, with a certain stroke type in a specified amount of rest.
Splitting up a swim into its fundamental components to better understand how to swim faster!
No two swim workouts should be the same! We all have different skills, goals and training abilities so it’s super important to make sure our swim workouts are personalized to our speed to help us meet our goals.
In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll take a deep dive into how Dynamic Intervals are created in the MySwimPro app!
The intervals are a function of the number of reps, distance, stroke type, eneergy zone, and your threshold ability for that particular stroke. An elite swimmer may be able to do 10 x 100s Freestyle @ 1:10, while a more beginner swimmer may do that same set of 10 x 100s Freestyle @ 2:00.
Today’s Whiteboard Wednesday dives into the stroke mechanics of short axis and long axis strokes. These two types of strokes fundamentally different and in this lesson, we’ll look at how to train both of them!
Each of the 5 strokes (yup, five) have their own characteristics that should not be ignored. Below is a brief categorization. The key difference between short axis and long axis strokes is where the kinetic energy originates from.
Short Axis Strokes - Breaststroke - Butterfly - Underwater Dolphin Kick
Long Axis Strokes - Freestyle - Backstroke
If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail! Today's Whiteboard Wednesday dives into the mechanics of building a seasonal training plan so you can perform the best when it matters most!
Have you ever wondered why short course (25m) swimming is so much faster than racing in a long course (50m) pool? See why short course is faster than long course! The Olympic sized swimming pool is gold standard in international competition. Times recorded in a Long Course (50 meters) pool are considered the most respectable in the swimming community. When you look at the best swimmers in the world, their times in Short Course (25 meters or 25 yards) are significantly faster.
Every year, hundreds of millions of people around the world fast. There are several benefits of swimming while fasting: You can feel more energetic and it can re-generate your metabolism. While there are a ton of benefits, there are certainly some challenges. Interested in learning more? Check out this week's Whiteboard Wednesday!
To continuously improve in swimming, it’s important to routinely measure your performance in training. Test sets are a fantastic way to track your progress because after all, what gets measured, gets improved!
Interested in learning how test sets work?
Check out this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday!
EVF is one of the most commonly referenced concepts in the technical swimming and coaching world, yet most are unsure what exactly Early Vertical Forearm(EVF) is. To learn more, check out this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday!
What is SWOLF? Your SWOLF score is a rough measure of efficiency, and it’s calculated per-length as the sum of the time it took you to swim the lap, and the number of strokes it took you to swim it. Interested in learning more about how SWOLF works and how to improve it?
Underwater streamline is considered to be the 5th stroke of swimming! It is absolutely the fastest way for a human to move through the water – even faster than freestyle.
In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll take a deep dive into how you can improve your underwater dolphin kick!
Swimmers are very ambitious people, but often times, we’ll bite off more than we can chew. A resolution without a plan is just wishful thinking, so it's super important to set SMART Goals for yourself. Here's how: If you want long-term success, be clear about what you want to accomplish. When setting goals, it’s crucial that they be very defined and methodical in your approach. To help you succeed, use the S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) goal process. The five building blocks for reaching your goals are below: S - Specific M - Measurable A - Achievable R - Relevant T - Time-Bound
When you head to the pool for a swim workout, do you ever wonder what you should be doing? Many swimmers jump in the pool and swim back and forth with no plan. This is not the best way to train, but not everyone can afford a personal coach to provide specific workouts designed to meet certain goals and time demands.
Whether you’re a novice exerciser or you’ve been exercising for years, interval training can help you jazz up your workout routine. Consider the benefits: - You’ll Improve Technique: By taking repetitive but short breaks, you will train your body to only swim at a higher body position and at greater speed. - You’ll Burn More Calories: Taking short breaks in the workout allows you train at a higher intensity and thus elevate your heart rate. - Improved Aerobic Capacity: As your cardiovascular fitness improves, you’ll be able to train longer, faster and with more efficiency. - Added Variety: Swimming the same routine over and over can get boring and monotonous. When you do interval training, there is no limit to what you can accomplish. - No Equipment Needed: All you need is a pace clock at the pool or on your wrist. Even if you don’t have a clock, you can do interval training by breath count between repetitions.
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re showing you MySwimpro’s guide to mastering the crossover flip turn! The cross over flip turn is a form of a swimming flip turn that is primarily used in the Individual Medley (I.M.) when transitioning from backstroke to breaststroke.
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re showing you MySwimpro’s guide to mastering the Open Turn! The Open Turn is an essential skill if you want to take your swimming to the next level! Although it's not required, you'll see most advanced lap swimmers do a open turn at the end of the pool when swimming Butterfly or Breaststroke.
On today's episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we are sharing the 10 awesome Health Benefits of Swimming!
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re talking about how to swim in a hot pool! We've all been there before, we show up to the pool or lake and it feels like a million degrees! In this video we're going to share 5 tips on how you can manage swimming in hot water.
Swimming is one of the best forms of fitness for the mind and body! It’s low impact and is an awesome exercise for people of all fitness levels.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation out there, so we wanted to share a #WhiteboardWednesday video to bust the 10 most common myths about swimming!
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we're talking about Strength and Conditioning Using Suspension Cables. We have 30 different exercises lined up for you between upper body lower body and your core to get you training and swimming faster than ever before!
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we're talking about Strength and Conditioning Exercises With a Medicine Ball. We have 20 different dryland exercises lined up for you between upper body, lower body, and your core to get you training and swimming faster than ever before!
On today's episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we are going to answer the most common question we get from swimmers around the world! "How Do I Swim Faster?" There are only two ways to swim faster!
1) Decrease Drag
2) Increase Propulsion
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Have you ever wondered what you could be doing out of the pool to increase your strength in the water? This Whiteboard Wednesday is a high level overview on the basics of dryland training with two workouts and eight different dryland exercises explained.
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This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re showing you MySwimpro’s 5 Step Guide on How To Do A Freestyle Flip Turn!
The freestyle flip turn is an essential skill if you want to take your swimming to the next level. Although it's not required, you'll see most advanced lap swimmers do a flip turn at the end of the pool. An elite swimmer will do 500,000+ flip turns over the course of a season and millions of flip turns in their lifetime!
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In this episode of #WhiteboardWednesday, we’re teaching you how to swim freestyle with perfect technique! Freestyle is the most popular swimming stroke in the world, and is an essential skill that all swimmers should focus on. We truly believe that every single swimmer has at least one element of their freestyle stroke that can be refined and improved upon.