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By Gale Bernhardt In an earlier column, I encouraged you to try some fast 25s to boost your swimming speed. People have been trying the workouts and, lo and behold, they are swimming faster. Excellent! Now that you’ve mastered some of the shorter workouts, let’s bump the distance up some. Below [...] By Gale Bernhardt I completely agree that doing form drills to practice good swimming technique is critical to the process of becoming a faster swimmer. That written, you cannot expect that slow and purposeful drills will increase your sustained swimming speed if you never swim fast. Certainly, a beginning swimmer [...] Can lifting weights help middle distance runners run faster or further with no corresponding improvements in aerobic fitness? James Marshall looks at the evidence. Resistance training (RT) takes many forms, including strength training, power training, plyometric training, muscular endurance and hypertrophy (increasing muscle size) work. Most of these forms, [...] September 21, 2010 – ironguides concluded a deal this past week to become the official coaching partner to the ELEVEN triathlon series. ELEVEN represents 11global’s exciting long-term mission to provide an annual international Olympic-distance triathlon series that will culminate in age-group and relay team champions. 11global owner, Ryan Landy explains, “We strive to recalibrate the Olympic-distance experience [...] The triathlete’s winter “off season” is no doubt the best time to get down to some productive gym work so as to start the next season even stronger. This article sets out the rationale and a good programme… Mike It’s time to tear up the ‘old school’ rulebook… |
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