News and updates about the CBD Masters Team
As a swim coach it pains me to say: No triathlon was ever won in the swim leg. But a triathlon can be ruined by a bad swim. If you feel like your swim mechanics are a performance limiter, start working on your swimming mechanics now rather than in the spring. …
Many of you ask questions about integrating the kick into the timing of the stroke. Click the image to the left to read an article written by a Total Immersion colleague of mine, Stuart McDougall. It’s a great introduction to the issues related to timing the kicks with the strokes…
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…
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…
I read an article on the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) website a while back. It’s written by John Leonard, the head of ASCA, and it’s a response to an email that he got from a coach about practicing with good swimming technique. For those who have not met John…
Monday night coach, Valerie Tyler, competed in the Boston Marathon on Monday April 19th. She finished the race in 4:33, beating her best Chicago Marathon by 1 minute. She described the motivation as: “So you ask – why do I do this? Well, I would say the typical – it’s the…
Chicago Blue Dolphins had its best finish at a State Meet ever this weekend, 5th Place, at the Illinois Masters State Meet at the Kishwaukee YMCA in DeKalb. Two other notables for now are Eric Nilsson who took the Men’s High Point trophy for the 18-24 Age Group and Tim Carlson who…
Team Captain, Tim Carlson, made the Top 10 in the World for Men Ages 30-34 in 5 Short-Course Meters events in 2009: 100m Breast — 8th Place (1:03.05) 200m Breast — 2nd Place (2:17.92) 100m Fly — 5th Place (0:55.11) 100m IM — 5th Place (0:57.34) 200m IM — 2nd…
To help you track your swimming yardage during the Holiday Fitness Challenge, we suggest using the US Masters Swimming Fitness Log, or FLOG. This program can track for multiple types of workouts and fitness memberships. And it’s FREE with your USMS membership. Here are the steps you can follow to…
As the fund-raising part of the Holiday Fitness Challenge, I would like Chicago Blue Dolphins to raise money for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. With the economy in the state that it’s in, stopping hunger over the holidays sounds like a pretty good thing for us to do for our…
