Interesting Article on Nutrition from Phil Maffetone
I was going through email this morning and came across this interesting article from Phil Maffetone’s website on how an unhealthy diet can be found in Olympians as much as the rest of us.
Year: 2012
Swimming on Your Back at a Public Pool
I was working with a client this morning and we were talking about swimming on the back. New swimmers have some discomfort with swimming on the back because (a) they can’t see where they are going and don’t want to hit the wall, and (b) they can’t swim straight and…
Ape Index — My Thoughts on It
One of my clients sent me a link to an article in Triathlon Competitor magazine called Do you know your Ape Index? The article talks about how arm length can affect your cadence — short arms yields a higher cadence and long arms yields a lower cadence. He asked me if…
What should my stroke count be?
I was reading through the Total Immersion Coaches Manual and came across a helpful chart. It provides a general stroke count range based on the height of the swimmer. A couple of caveats: 1) If your count is above the range, don’t think that you have to start swimming in…