Establishing the Sustainable Swim Week
Author: Tim Crowley Consistency is one of the key contributing habits to developing long-term swim success. By getting in the water regularly, you maintain that all-important feel for the water and swim-specific endurance. Creating sustainable swim workouts week after week is essential to maintaining a love for swimming and increased performance. This article will give you […]
Read More »Success Stories & Product Reviews from Vasa Customers
Vasa customers are the best! #VasaAthletes We receive fantastic success stories and product reviews each week, and we’d like to share some in this blog article. Here is a question-and-answer submission from Michelle & Robert Hopson – husband and wife triathletes from Texas who long-time #VasaCoach Tim Crowley has been coaching to achieve great success. […]
Read More »How to Improve Swimming Technique with a Vasa SwimErg
Dryland swim training with Vasa SwimErgs and Vasa Trainers has been essential to prepare competitive swimmers. It’s been a “go-to” training tool swim coaches and athletes have used to improve swimming technique since 1989. Several former and current US Olympic coaches like Richard Shoulberg, Mark Schubert, Matt Kredich, and many other top coaches and swimmers […]
Read More »How to Improve Swimming Technique using a Vasa Trainer
Dryland swim training with Vasa Trainers has proven very effective in preparing competitive swimmers from age-group to masters swimming levels. Since 1989, it’s been a “go-to” training tool swim coaches, swimmers, and triathletes have used to improve swim technique. Several former and current US Olympic coaches like Richard Shoulberg, Mark Schubert, Matt Kredich, and many […]
Read More »Tim Crowley – Talks Coaching and Vasa as a Game Changer
Tim Crowley is Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Montverde Academy. He also is an accomplished triathlon coach and age-group triathlete. He owns TC2Coaching and coaches many triathletes, including beginners, age group contenders, and Olympians. Since 2006, Tim has used the Vasa SwimErg and the Vasa Trainer for coaching and in his own triathlon training. […]
Read More »Vasa 30-20-10 Power Building Interval Workout
This workout is an adaptation of the “30-20-10” Interval workout that has become popular with many runners and cyclists. It works very well as a Vasa Swim Erg power-building swim workout. WHAT IS IT? The workout consists of doing seven one-minute intervals in a continuous “round” or set. Each work interval consists of doing 30 […]
Read More »Serotonin Lunch – the Science of Setting Yourself Up for Athletic Success
Author: Jerry Frentsos Your body has already figured it out… it is waiting for you to catch up! Every day four essential hormones partake in a relay of activity. And with every relay, strategy is vital. The most common order for a relay race is the 2nd best leads off, followed by the 3rd best. […]
Read More »More Than a Plan B
By Tim Crowley How the Vasa SwimErg is Essential to Maximize your Swim Fallback plans or a “plan B” will help you maintain frequency and consistency. These two variables are essential for maintaining fitness. Gaining momentum in training and feeling for the water is necessary for the long-term development of swimming fitness and honing technique. […]
Read More »Tips to Keep Your Vasa SwimErg Functioning Well
By Rob Sleamaker, Founder & CEO of Vasa “Rob, remember that quality costs less” When I was ten years old, my grandfather graciously and gently shared that wisdom as we polished his pristine 1957 Chevy. “Buy quality products, take good care of them, and they’ll cost you less and give you more,” he advised. […]
Read More »How Vasa Trainer Maintenance Keeps It Working Great
By Rob Sleamaker, Founder & CEO of Vasa “Rob, remember that quality costs less” When I was ten years old, my grandfather graciously and gently shared that wisdom as we polished his pristine 1957 Chevy. “Buy quality products, take good care of them, and they’ll cost you less and give you more,” he advised. […]
Read More »Acceleration Endurance – The Key to Faster Open-Water Swimming
Author: Tim Crowley Acceleration endurance is critical to improving open-water swim performance. This is an essential skill to develop as an “adult-onset” swimmer. Athletes who did not grow up as age group swimmers often find the ability to accelerate through the swim stroke a difficult skill to master. There is an excellent article on mono […]
Read More »Safe & Happy: How to Set Your Own Swimming Record
Powerful wisdom from a Masters Swimming World Record-holder to help you swim stronger, better, and longer. Author: Jerry Frentsos I have a simple goal with a simple solution. Set a Masters swimming world record at age 105. I have set 21 World records in Masters Swimming over the last four decades within six different age […]
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