Day 55: Persevere in the Pool

Calli- It was a Zone 4 swimming day and all went well over here! Jose and I both did the same workout, and I got to give him a few tips. It was a 200 warm-up, 100 Freestyle with paddles, 100 pull with out paddles, 100 streamline kick on back with fins, 100 streamline kick on back with out fins, and a 200 cool down. This was a no rest workout in order to keep the heart rate up. Intervals would have been a perfect idea, but we decided to take it just a little bit easy the day before the race. Jose is progressing rapidly in endurance there is still work to be done with technique. Looks like our week of Recovery will be booked at the pool! Perfect!

Jose- We have new videos for month 2. You can check them out on our Progress bar above. It takes more time and dedication than I ever thought for a proper swimming technique. Looking at my videos made me realize that even though my endurance has become a lot better, my technique is still weak and that is probably what is making me go slow. There is a lot of drag because of my body alignment and my arm extension is far from being effective yet. One of the most important things you can use to measure your technique is video footage. With this, you can very quickly see what you are doing good and what needs to be improved. The video that we are posting is a great example of great technique. Of course Calli can show you how to do it right after so many years of being an amazing swim coach around the state of Nevada. I hope you enjoy it and learn a lot like I did…

PERSEVERANCE
To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.     -http://www.thefreedictionary.com/persevere