Did not think of the underwater option! This sounds great. Thanks![/quote

It's totally awesome. Often when the lane swim ends and public swim starts, they rope off a section in the deep end where kids are diving and bouncing around, but I often finish with an extra half hour of doing widths of the part of the pool roped off (longer than 13yards, probably around 15m). Its a fantastic core workout and lung buster.

here is the butterfly meraid drill that I do, but I come up to breath every 4 kicks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6myM_lTC2Ao

There are also a few in here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqMGcn6-cM

Fly kick on back arms on side is another one you can add.

All of these are fantastic for when we get back to normal swimming and you can incorporate all this into how you use your body and legs...and I bet it makes your bike leg stronger after T1 because you will be less cooked after the swim because your core and legs are so well conditioned.

I have a pool in my backyard that's about 13 yards long. I usually only use it for fun and some kicking drills... but given the situation with the pools closed, can I do any meaningful swimming workouts? I tried swimming laps and even without flipping turns it gets annoying quick since i can only take a few strokes per length. Any ideas?

HI!

I tried the dolphin drills today. They kicked me butt after 20 mins!!!! So challenging under water. I will try doing the combo of underwater/on the surface but head down drills tomorrow. Had to bail out after 30 mins and wimp-ily go run...

Thank you for your guidance. That's why love ST.