The link is the 6th video out of an 8 part series. I chose to link the 6th video, Learn to Swim With your Body, because I feel it's the video that will intrigue most of you and hopefully you'll watch the whole series. The videos are fairly short, ranging from 5 to 9 minutes and should really be watched in order.
Reason behind my promotion: As most of you know, I'm new to swimming. Just learned to swim last September when I took a class and the whole time I felt like this...
Once the class was over I had learned enough skills to get me through swimming lengths (going from one end of the pool to the other end; going from one end to the opposite side and then back is a lap). I could do several lengths; 16 once, which I thought was pretty good for a beginner. But, every time I did a length I felt like this...
I knew I was swimming pretty slow for all the energy I was expending, but I figured that I just needed more practice. After all I had never swam before in my life, I expected the need to build endurance and stamina. That through sheer force and the will to push would, overtime, get my body into a condition where the crazy amount of energy I was expending would get me further and in faster time.
Well I was wrong. In my quest for improvement I was looking at youtube videos on swimming instructions and I came across the Work Less, Swim Better series. The next day was my swimming day and was doing 500 yards; 50 yd warm-up, 16 x 25's with a 10 second break after each length, and 50 yd cool-down. I applied what I learned from watching the series to my training session and I was, for the first time, able to swim the entire 500 yards in 15 minutes without needing the 10 second breaks. I felt great and like this...
Last night was another swim session in which I used the knowledge I learned from the videos (I had watched them again over the weekend) and I managed to get in an extra lap in my allotted time of 15 minutes. That's 550 yards (11 laps)! If you're a swimmer or previously were a swimmer my times/distances are probably nothing to you, but to me, a beginner, I'm thrilled. Thanks to the information provided by the Work Less, Swim Better videos I've been able to swim easier, farther, and faster.
Reason behind my promotion: As most of you know, I'm new to swimming. Just learned to swim last September when I took a class and the whole time I felt like this...
Once the class was over I had learned enough skills to get me through swimming lengths (going from one end of the pool to the other end; going from one end to the opposite side and then back is a lap). I could do several lengths; 16 once, which I thought was pretty good for a beginner. But, every time I did a length I felt like this...
I knew I was swimming pretty slow for all the energy I was expending, but I figured that I just needed more practice. After all I had never swam before in my life, I expected the need to build endurance and stamina. That through sheer force and the will to push would, overtime, get my body into a condition where the crazy amount of energy I was expending would get me further and in faster time.
Well I was wrong. In my quest for improvement I was looking at youtube videos on swimming instructions and I came across the Work Less, Swim Better series. The next day was my swimming day and was doing 500 yards; 50 yd warm-up, 16 x 25's with a 10 second break after each length, and 50 yd cool-down. I applied what I learned from watching the series to my training session and I was, for the first time, able to swim the entire 500 yards in 15 minutes without needing the 10 second breaks. I felt great and like this...
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| She's was chosen to participate in 2012 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. Looks strong and fast. |
*These videos teach a technique designed for long-distance open-water swimming for triathletes.
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