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Periodization – What It Is and Why It Is An Important Component of a Swimmer’s Program
You are a dedicated swimmer that trains on a regular basis. You have the best of intentions with your training, but lately, no matter how hard you work out, you aren’t making any gains. You have plateaued. What has really happened is that your body has adapted to your workouts and it needs new challenges […]
How to Fuel Properly for Optimum Performance
Proper nutrition is such an instrumental component of performance, yet is overlooked by 90% of the racers at the starting line. A few years back, a research project associated with human performance (equipment, altitude training, endurance training, strength training, etc.), revealed that the most powerful influence on performance was attributed to hydration and nutrition habits. […]
Top 10 Things to Make Your Key Race More Successful
1. Taper. If you have followed your plan, you are trained. Realize that you are NOT going to gain any more fitness or speed before your big race. However, you CAN negatively affect both if you panic and try to “squeeze” in one more high intensity workout. The body needs the opportunity to “absorb” the […]
Eat Your Way to Your Potential
New research suggests that changing the way you eat could result in your body being able to adapt to the stress of training – especially hard training! We all realize that nothing causes the human body to adapt to training and racing except sport specific training and racing. However, through proper eating – quality, timing […]
