How to swim faster: Everything You Need to Know about Swimming Faster
By Miriam Fast
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How to swim faster - Miriam Fast
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
Basic Skills in Swimming
Eliminate Bad Habits to Swim Better
Tips to Become a Better Swimmer
How Often Should You Include Speed Work In Your Training For Maximum Results
Outdoor Swimming And Open Water Swimming
How to Prepare for Open-Water Swimming in the Pool
Chapter Two
Introduction to Propulsion
Principles for Increasing Propulsion
Propulsion Drills to Swim Faster
Introduction to Drag
Principles for Reducing Drag
Drills to Swim Faster
Chapter Three
The Fundamentals of Faster Swimming
Swimming Speed Secrets Drills
Elements Not That Important to Swimming Fast
The Pareto Swimming Principle
Chapter Four
Swimming lessons
How To Swim Backstroke
Front Crawl
Breaststroke
Butterfly
Diving
Chapter Five
Proper Nutrition
Detrimental Nutrition Mindsets
What Should Swimmers Eat?
What to Eat the Day Before a Meet
Foods with Complex Carbs:
What to Eat for Breakfast Before Practice or Meet
What to Eat During a Meet
Snacks to Eat Between Races
What to Eat After Meets and Practice
Chapter Six
Strength Training For Swimming
Medicine Ball Squat Thrust
Walking Lunge with Medicine Ball Rotation
Push-ups
Cable One Arm Kneeling Row
Dumbell Reverse Fly
Medicine Ball Russian Twists
Chopping Wood
HOW TO SWIM
FASTER
Everything You Need to Know about Swimming Faster Miriam F.
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Introduction
Even if you come from a chunk of a swim background, there may be still masses that you could do to improve your swim, and that’s what we’re going to speak approximately right here: How to make your swim faster whilst we're introducing two different sports activities into the mix. Really it is able to be broken down into components: Improve the method and enhance the engine.
Many coaches inside the swimming and triathlon network agree that excellent swimming is ready 70 percent approach and about 30 percentage health. I’ve even heard the argument that it’s as high as eighty/20, but the point is that getting a higher method inside the pool goes to be the most important bang for the buck with regards to improving your swim pace.
When it comes to going fast inside the water, we can break it down into two fundamental concepts: Reduce Drag and growth propulsion, in that order. If you have got a swimming background, you possibly have already done pretty a chunk inside the lowering drag arena, but there are still matters that can be completed. Let’s reflect on consideration on all of the not
unusual assets of drag (we’ll anticipate that in case you’re a man you’ve ditched the board shorts for a jammer or a speedo and if you’re a girl whom you’ve picked a healthy this is purposeful and designed for racing).
I like to think about drag this way: What are all the surfaces that I’m offering to the water within the route of the tour. Yes, I am offering the pinnacle of my head and my shoulders, however am I additionally imparting my torso and my legs by swimming
uphill
or splaying out my kick? Am I offering the palm of my hand because it enters the water? Is my hand entry crossing over the centerline and consequently my forearm is creating