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 »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 »5 Essential Core Exercises to Improve Your Swim
Author: Tim Crowley It is widely accepted that core training is essential to swimming performance and efficiency. In most sports, athletes have their feet anchored on the ground, making power transfer from the ground up easy to train. In contrast, the swimmer is in a fluid medium where the core controls and coordinates movements from […]
Read More »5 Warm-up Exercises to Try Before Your Next Swim
Author: Coach Dan Daly What is a good warm-up, and why is it so important for optimizing function and athletic performance? A good warm-up does five important things: It warms up the body’s systems and increases the blood flow to the muscles; It will tap into your available range of motion and mobility; Warm-ups primes […]
Read More »How a Champion Swimmer Optimizes Time for Better Results
•Author: Jerry Frentsos Time. What does it mean to you? Depending on the person, it’s a word with various definitions and connotations. So let’s take a look at what the dictionary has to say about time. Time, noun, the indefinite progression of existence and events from the past to the present into the future, is […]
Read More »Swim-specific Training At Home For Time-Crunched Athletes
Are you a swimmer or triathlete who is extremely busy? Do you sometimes find it difficult to get to a pool or the open water for your swim training? If so, take heart because you are not alone! Expert swim coaches and elite athletes know that consistent, quality swim-specific training is critical to successful progression […]
Read More »How To Improve Swim Power, Strength, and Endurance
Vasa Lane 9 dryland swim training workout series with Coach Dan Daly Details on how to do the workouts: This workout listed below includes three distinct circuits—one for Power, one for Strength, and one for Endurance. You can do all three circuits in one longer workout or one or two circuits in one shorter workout. […]
Read More »Six Essential Exercises for Swimmers and Triathletes
Author: Tim Crowley When triathletes and open water swimmers think of Vasa, for many, it’s the Vasa SwimErg product that comes to mind. In 1990, Rob Sleamaker invented the Vasa Trainer Pro model and unveiled it to swimming coaches at the ASCA World Clinic. It quickly became a “must-have” training tool for swim coaches worldwide. […]
Read More »Ask the Coach How to Swim Stronger, Better, Faster -Part 4
This is part 4 in a series of blog posts where we ask important questions to successful coaches in the Vasa community. Here are their answers to an important question: What are the typical fears triathletes and swimmers face when swimming in open water? What are three actions they can take to overcome those fears? […]
Read More »How to Swim Freestyle Better: Overcoming a “Monospeed” Stroke
What is swimming with a monospeed freestyle? How to Swim Better: Overcoming a “Monospeed” Stroke – A standard limiter for many swimmers is maintaining the same hand speed throughout the entire stroke. This is especially noticeable in those who began swimming as an adult. Head coach Eric Neilsen of FAST Masters in Fort Collins, CO. […]
Read More »Ask the Coach How to Swim Faster – Part 3
This is part 3 in a series of blog posts where we ask important questions to successful coaches in the Vasa community. Here are their answers to an important question: What are the primary differences in how triathletes & open water swimmers should approach swim training versus competitive pool swimmers? Coach Dan Daly: “Triathletes and […]
Read More »15 Reasons to Swim at Home
How It Will Help You Swim Stronger, Better, Faster What? Swim at home without a pool? Yes, you can and thousands of athletes have been doing it for years. Did you know that dryland training from home is one of the best ways for swimmers, triathletes, and surfers to stay consistent and make improvements in […]
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