5 Dryland Exercises for Swimmers!
Quarantine? Yeah, we get it. It’s getting pretty rough. The exciting news is (some) states are starting to look like they are going to open up soon. The bad news is other states aren’t! No matter where you are in the USA or world, I figured I’d go ahead and write up a short blog […]
Ep. 5: Why are Dryland Workouts for Swimmers SO Important?
Welcome back to Episode 5 of our Social Isolation Podcast. This week, our podcast is broken up into 3 videos. The first video is specifically focusing on the importance of dryland workouts for swimmers and how Harlee Elite’s Head Coach, Alex Clarke, incorporates dryland with his swimmers during their regular training cycle. The second video […]
Can’t Swim? Try Rowing!
If you have access to a rowing machine, you have an awesome resource to test your energy system capacity and see how it relates to your swimming performance. Here are some tips I have discovered while working with different swim programs: Why Rowing? While running might seem like a good testing mechanism, it requires less […]
The PERFECT Dryland Training Tool
There’s LOADS and LOADS of blogs out there describing the BEST dryland exercises for swimmers. You could almost spend hours, if not days searching through the web on resistance band exercises, dryland training tools, and fitness tips for swimmers stuck in quarantine at this time — but, what most of these blogs are missing is […]
The Greatest Rivalry that NEVER Happened: Michael Phelps SWIMMING Ian Thorpe!
All, welcome back to Episode 4 of the Social Isolation Podcast. This week, we are back with Nate Knopf talking about the GREATEST Rivalry that never happened (aka Michael Phelps SWIMMING Ian Thorpe)! And yes, for you swimming nerds out there– we are aware of one race, where both men took the stage in the […]
Train YOUR Mental Game Webinar Replay + FREE Workbook
All! As you know last week, I co-hosted a webinar with Olympian, Samantha Livingstone from Livingstone High Performance. This webinar was SUPER well attended, and gave our audience some great nuggets of information to help them during this time! With that, I decided I’d like to open up this webinar to ANY swimmer or coach […]
Social Isolation Podcast: 3 Swim Technique-Based Dryland Exercises
Welcome back to Episode 3 of our Social Isolation Podcast! This week, I’m sharing with you a discussion I had with Head Coach, Matt Grant, and the swimmers of Valdosta Aquatics. If you missed episode 2, click here! Matt approached me a few weeks ago about some talks he is giving for his swimmers to […]
5 MUST HAVE’s for EVERY Swimming Coach during Quarantine!
Stuck in quarantine? Yeah, me too. I was actually just writing a social media post when it dawned on me that there are many swimming coaches out there SCRAMBLING to try and figure out what to do for their swimmers. It was almost like a lightbulb went off in my brain, because I was like […]
7 Swimming Resistance Band Exercises
A few years back I wrote an article for Alert Diver Magazine, and it dawned on me that that article IS very relevant to all swimmers right now. After all, you can find hours upon hours of content from coaches claiming — THESE are the BEST Swimming Resistance Band Exercises, but who actually know, right? […]
Why It’s Important to Have 3 Workouts Written for EVERY Swimming Practice!
Welcome back to Episode 2 of our Social Isolation Podcast! This week, I’m releasing an exclusive interview I had with Director of Swimming at Brisbane Grammar School, David Lush. In case you missed Episode 1, click here! During this interview, David talks about how he uses data to collect everything he can on his swimmers […]
Volume and Intensity within Your Swimming Training Plan is going to Determine the Aperture of Your Flow Rate
I’ve done a lot of interviews in my life now, but this one STILL sticks out in my mind. A couple years ago I was on deck with David Lush, who is best known for being Emily Seebohm’s coach. David coaches a club team out of Brisbane Grammar School. He is also the youngest coach […]
How Does Swimming Affect YOUR Mental Health?
There’s no doubt that swimming has a huge mental component to it. One of my favorite quotes growing up (who was actually told to me by my sister) is swimming is 99% mental and 1% physical. While that may be not entirely true, you get the gist. You need a tough mental attitude in order […]