Beginner’s IRONMAN Swim Guide - My Six-Step Playbook

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  @user-cu7cn1km7i · 12 days ago

  Hey Trevor. 63 year-old Ironman here, an active triathlete since 1992. I gotta tell you that that’s the best swimming video I’ve ever seen. You nailed it on all aspects. You’re brilliant! Have you ever thought about bilateral breathing? This is where you breathe every third stroke. I was 20th year of triathlon before I tried it and I will  never go back to breathing on one side. It is so much more efficient and symmetrical for long-distance swimming, including eventually going into marathon swimming, if you’re interested. It’ll take about a month to learn, but I highly encourage you to give it a shot.    Keep up the great work, and look forward to seeing your future videos. Godspeed.    LJ

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  @mikedyanand · 1 day ago (edited)

  I am 100% a beginner swimmer and after 3x per week for 4 weeks even with swim lessons I had still been struggling to keep my breathing and form under control. At the end of every 25m lap I would find myself hanging on the wall for 20-30 seconds trying to catch my breath and after 30 min of struggle I could only get to ~800m. To get this I could only do 400m front crawl then have to resort to 400m of backstroke because I was so gassed out only a week ago.  Last night I watched your video and this morning I tried my best to implement some of the tips you gave and I am proud to say I reached 1200m in 33 minutes all front stroke! Thank you so much for making this easy to follow, well edited video with clear examples. I directly credit your video for this leap in distance, I booked a 70.3 to push myself to reach for greater heights after running a marathon as I am technically disabled with a stoma. I went from thinking yesterday that there is a 80% chance that I will fail the swim to thinking I have a real shot at finishing the swim now. The life guard at the pool even came to me halfway through to say how much I improved from last week (I didn't know she was watching lol) Thank you so much!

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  @GodsWarrior4221 · 8 days ago

  Hey Trevor, new triathlete here. You explained it so much better than most. I appreciate this video more than you know brother.

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  @TLR1Richmond-j2q · 2 weeks ago

  This is actually the exact opposite of what I thought training for the swim for Ironman would look like. Thanks for the information!

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  @flyfisz374 · 13 days ago

  Best video i've seen about ironman swimming.  Please make more about ironman training. The transitions and editing style are so satisfying to watch. Kudos!

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  @leafvance · 3 days ago

  Amazing video. Great explanations, organization, conceptualization, and editing. Good work.

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  @MartinAaberge · 10 days ago

  Production quality on this video is mad! great stuff :)

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  @average_path · 6 days ago

  Great video, thank u

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  @stephenkirkham62 · 12 days ago

  Just getting back to swimming, watched loads of videos, this is the best

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  @thomas0753 · 23 hours ago

  This is fantastic Trevor!  Nice work, great edit, super clear explanation.  Going to give these a shot in the pool tomorrow, being my first time back in the pool in a number of years.  What are your thoughts on kick turns for continuous swimming in a lap pool vs touch and go and if it is a skill that we should have for Ironman Training?

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  @tammylee9348 · 11 days ago

  Omg amazing tips especially number 5. Thanks!

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  @Locohanzz · 2 weeks ago

  This is super helpful! More of these! Also your videos are very well put together and the cinematography is fantastic!

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