How to Stay Motivated for Dryland Swim Training
Struggling to stay motivated during your indoor swim training sessions? You’re not alone. Here’s how to beat the boredom.
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How To Improve Swim-Specific Strength With Dryland Training
Vasa Lane 9 dryland swim training workouts with Coach Dan Daly This swimming dryland training workout will improve your Strength for all four swimming strokes – Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke, and Backstroke. This circuit has five exercises, and takes about 20…
How To Increase Your Swimming Endurance With Dryland Training
Vasa Lane 9 dryland swim training workouts with Coach Dan Daly This swimming dryland training workout will improve your Endurance for all four swimming strokes – Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke, and Backstroke. This circuit has five exercises, and takes about 20…
Making a Stronger Transition from Short Course to Long Course Swimming
Author: Andrew Beggs Introduction: This article will explore the significant advantages of incorporating the Vasa Trainer and the Vasa SwimErg into swim team training programs, focusing on transitioning from short-course to long-course swimming. As teams prepare for the long-course season…
Vasa Trainer: An Effective Tool For Swim-Specific Strength Training
Author: Sandra Harrell, DPT When most people think of competitive swimming, they focus on the type of training necessary in the pool. While pool training is necessary, simply swimming laps may not yield the best results, especially if you are…
Establishing the Sustainable Swim Week
Author: Tim Crowley Consistency Is Key To Successful Swimming 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…
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…
What’s the cost of swim training at home?
(Or..how I justified my decision to get a Vasa Trainer Pro to my spouse!) (Note: this article is hypothetically based on many stories submitted by Vasa “Joe Athlete” customers.) I like swimming. A lot. Always have since starting summer swim…
Hyper-Focused Dryland Training Methods For Swimmers And Triathletes
Deliberate practice makes perfect. It’s more than a cliché. And it’s true for most endeavors, and especially for athletes like swimmers, triathletes, and surfers. Focusing on specific training methods that target a particular weakness or area of concern for swimmers…
Get More With Less – The Benefits of Circuit Strength Training
Maximize your training time with circuits that improve power, endurance, and strength. Jack Fabian, Ph.D. (former head swim coach at Keene State College & the US National open water swim team), knows firsthand that high-intensity circuits are one of the…
Indoor Swim Training for Time-Crunched Triathletes
When it comes to training, triathletes have it hardest with not just one sport to train for but three. And while aspects of triathlon training, such as increased cardiovascular fitness, transfers between sports, successful triathletes can’t just train their running…