It can be fun to join a group or club swim for lots of reasons so I never tell a swimmer not to join in a group – even if it’s not a Total Immersion style practice.
However, if you’ve been working on your technique and stroke particularly with the Total Immersion method then we don’t want to undo all the changes you’ve made in your stroke by swimming flat out with bad technique in a group session.
Episode 1 of the YouCanTri Podcast. We talk to Caroline Saxon about cold water and winter swimming.
So you’ve been for some Total Immersion swimming lessons or attended one of our workshops and you want to practice. But then you get back to your public pool and it’s tricky to find space to do the drills and six stroke practices. So here are some tips and strategies to help practice your swimming in a public pool.
f you have a Time Trial bike for racing ideally you’d do as much of your training as possible on it in your racing position. In the UK this can be a real challenge with the weather, the traffic along, weather, narrow roads, undulating terrain and bad surfaces.
Like a lot of other people I’ve used the extra time I have during the lockdown to do some more training!! And with no pools open and no gyms I’ve ended up doing a bit more cycling on my turbo. And boom….week 1 and I’ve given myself my first lockdown injury. Saddle sore!
Should I get on my turbo or go outside? Which is better for me? Of course there’s a lot of personal preference and some triathletes hate getting on their turbo and only ever go outside which I totally get. On the other hand I have athletes that will only ride outside on a blue sky 20 degree kind of day. Which I also get!