Warming up is crucial before any training session or open water swim in a triathlon. It prepares your body and mind, allowing you to perform at your best. Here …
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Drafting in Open Water Triathlon
Drafting can be a huge advantage during the swim portion of triathlon or any open water swim event. The general rule is to position yourself behind the feet of …
How to Put on and Take Off A Wetsuit
Steps on how to put on a wetsuit for your triathlon and open water swim training or competitions! Give yourself plenty of time and put on a dry body over a …
t2coaching: Basic Freestyle Swim Drills
Many novice triathletes that don’t have a swimming background struggle to improve their swim times. Swimming is a very technical sport and as water is about 800 …
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Anatomy of a Swim Workout
If you’re new to swimming or just do it to check it completed in your training log, you may be hitting the pool and swimming continuously for a set distance or …
Sighting in Open Water
If you don’t swim in a straight line, you can easily add 10-20% to the distance you swim. In an Ironman distance swim, that’s adds up to 400 meters. It …