If your are interested in a great resourse for swimming information, google Marty Hull. He invented Zoomers and fulcrum paddles.
DougStern
IMHO, Terry Laughlin from New Paltz has tons of great swimming information and knowledge. My wife and I used his DVD’s when we started out (neither of us knew how to swim) and they served us well. Five Ironman’s later I still refer back to some of the drills when trianing.
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
I know that there are many other resources out there but this one worked flawlessly for us. And he is a really nice guy.
what is your ironman PR swim split time, if I may ask ?
Doug,
I’m glad you started a new thread! Marty’s Zoomers, in particular, have been a great training tool for me personally and many of the swimmers my colleagues have coached. I’ve corresponded with Marty a couple of times to ask him about some of the science behind his fins and whether they have been tested. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much research, but they do seem to work quite well from the sample group of swimmers I’ve seen use them (not to mention their prevalent use at Stanford). Most of my coaching friends swear by them and have seen really big improvements in their swimmers with Zoomers.
Marty’s got some provocative theories on swimming and they make for interesting reading. Here is his site, in case people are interested:
1 hour 14 minutes. Not great and not bad.
That’s good, TI made me slow though, more relaxed in the water maybe well obviously
because I am swimming slower. I didn’t need drastic changes, I had a good body rotation
before trying TI, I think just the fact that I am overemphesizing it and gliding more slows me down.
Yes my stroke count per lap is 2 stroke less, but my time is also worse accordingly.
To me the message was like, you wanna be less tired, run slower or pedal less or take less arm strokes , and
your heart rate will be dropped.