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You swim regularly because you are aware of the cardiovascular benefits of the activity, and what other sport lets you leave your sweat behind? But whether you swim a few laps on your own or you regularly bash out the k's you will no doubt want to improve, because becoming a better swimmer means less wasted movement. Improving doesn't just come from working harder. You might currently be at the stage where you thrash down the pool like a washing machine, stop after 25 metres and then spend 15 minutes recovering enough to be able to climb out and slink back to the changing rooms. You can improve. |
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The Wetronome helps you to stabilise your stroke. Immediate benefits have been reported after just one session with the device. Making the Wetronome part of your regular workout gear brings continuing, progressive results.
- Attain better results with less effort as your body becomes more efficient! Stop thrashing and start toning. Try setting the stroke rate a bit high for your natural rhythm, and then lower it to a nice easy pace. Try swimming at this pace for a few sessions and note when your distance starts to increase.
- Establish a baseline.
Ask a coach or friend with a stopwatch with a stroke rate function to measure your stroke rate for you, or time yourself for a lap swum at your "normal steady pace" and count your strokes. To count your strokes just count how many times you pull with one of your hands (you choose).
Your stroke rate is (number of strokes x 60)/(time in seconds). Round this to the nearest whole number. - Calibrate.
Set your Wetronome to this stroke rate and swim the lap again trying to coordinate each stroke with your hand of choice with the beep from the Wetronome.
Try swimming a longer distance at the same Wetronome rate.
Now try swimming that longer distance at the same Wetronome rate as well as making sure that you count your strokes for each lap and keep the count down to what your original count was (or less!) - Optimise.
Now that you can swim your race distance at a consistent stroke rate try varying the training parameters:
- Increase the Wetronome stroke rate slightly but maintain the same stroke count per lap
- Keep the Wetronome stroke rate the same but try to reduce the stroke count per lap
If you achieve either of these you will be moving through the water faster.
- Who needs a pace clock or wrist/stopwatch?
Swimming at a consistent stroke rate with a consistent number of strokes per lap means you are swimming the laps in the same time. No need to keep checking the pace clock or your watch, this disrupts your stroke anyway; all the calculations can be done in your head.
The Wetronome is the real deal - learn the secret as used by the Australian national swim team.
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