Virginia Masters Swimming
Training
Featured Links
I have recently added a couple of great swim-related links to the website: RobAquatics and Swimming Science.
Workout Plan for Beginner Swimmers
Just starting out? Recently Matt Luebbers, a coach at About.com Swimming, put together an 8-week plan to help increase your swimming fitness and confidence levels.
Sage Advice
Swimming World’s The Morning Swim Show recently featured video interviews with two successful masters swimmers: Leslie Livingston and Allen Stark.
The Manly Art of Leg-Shaving
If you’ve never shaved your legs (and arms and torso) before swimming, you might want to give it a try on your next taper meet. But the process isn’t easy, especially for beginners!
Jump Like Cullen Jones
Box jumps are a great exercise to develop quickness and power off the blocks. Cullen Jones demonstrates them in a GoSwim video clip.
Kerry O’Brien Interview
Award-winning USMS coach Kerry O’Brien (Walnut Creek Masters) was interviewed for the April 25 edition of The Morning Swim Show.
Dryland Training: Training for Power
This article focuses on why power development is so important in swimming and the exercises that are used to train them at IHPSWIM.
Dryland Training for Swimmers: Training the Core
Increasing core strength will enhance a swimmers performance and therefore should be the main goal of a swimmers strength training program. Grif Fig, co-founder of IHPSWIM, describes two exercises that can help.
Yoga for Swimmers
Does yoga offer something special to swimmers to help correct the infamous “swimmer’s slouch” and other issues relating to inflexibility and muscle imbalance? Barbara Won certainly thinks so.
SwimFest ’11 Registration Now Online
Registration for SwimFest ’11 (May 20-22 in Atlanta) is now live! Swimmers and coaches, join us for a weekend of interactive clinics and instruction in a friendly, non-competitive environment. Space is limited, so don’t delay.
Benefits of Dryland Training
Helen Thurlow recently published an article on the USMS website summarizing the advantages to swimmers: “Are Drylands Worth It?” Here are links to some other swimming-specific dryland exercises.
Mike Gustafson on OW Swimmers
SwimNetwork’s Mike Gustafson blogs about open water swimmers and what makes them unique.