Swim Relaxed (And Faster) In 3 Easy Steps
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
- We know that you move better when you're relaxed, but how can you stay relaxed while you swim? In this video I'll share 3 steps that I use to feel relaxed and effortless in the water which ultimately leads to faster swimming.
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Watched this video before my afternoon swim today, and tried to apply the relaxed recovery. Well shit, it really did work, the first few hundreds in my main set felt super easy despite hitting good times, well good for me at least. My times did start to drop off by up to 10s per 100m further through the set though, the struggle is now working out where to put the effort in and where to stay relaxed.
Effort from shoulder to hip as you drive opposite hand into water and extend as your hips rotate to allow hand to exit and shoulder rotates with extension forward on opposite side, it all works together like a seesaw:-)
He said though the relaxed entry would slow down and was more for mid to long distance swimming, not for sprints. 100m for speed relaxed hand entry will slow down
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@@michellec3100Definitely this is not a *speed* optimization, but a conservation of energy. Though lost speed needs to be recovered with the next pull. After my recent *water resistance* optimizations where you concentrate a lot and become generally very *stiff* I will be glad to try to loosen up during recovery. I bet this could optimize my vertical movements, too. In the video I could not see any vertical oscillation 👍❤
Never been on a swim team. Literally, I watch your videos, hit the pool and I swim faster. You are a great coach. I frequently get asked if I was on a swim team and for tips on how to swim properly. Thank you much.
thanks! u r one of the best swimming coach in yt
I find sometimes my easy relaxed warmup laps end up with a faster pace than my actual workout.
Ha! Glad I'm not the only one
Me too 😅🙋♂️
Yup, my warmups are my fastest too.
Ditto!
Haha same here
Brenton without your videos I don’t think I’d be able to even attempt this Ironman Arizona coming up this November. Thank you so much for doing these videos.
Good luck for the race!
I watched this video this morning before my swim and man that relaxed recovery is a game changer!! I was swimming 4-6 seconds quicker per 100 and I was less fatigued.
I didn’t even realize I was fighting against the water for speed this whole time..
have to remember relaxed is fast! 😂
Thank you for always putting up such great quality videos, I'm sure I speak for many when I say my stroke has improved massively because of this channel. Keep up the superb work!
Great video- excited to try the drills, thanks for the help
Great teaching session! Thank you!
One of the most helpful vids I've ever seen. At the end of the day, it's about having fun in the water, and being relaxed is a big part of that!
Great video as always. I've taken a leap forward with my swimming by watching your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for your tips, everything you say and teach applies to what I need to improve/work on.
This has to be one of the single best complete explanation I’ve ever come across. Than you!!
That two strokes with a paddle drill is great. Great video. Thank you
My favourite swimming channel. This guys approach is just brilliant. Well done.
This is the first of your videos that I have watched repeatedly, thank you so much. Cheers Alan
Timely - thanks -definitely effortless swimming in those tips👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome video which I found quite helpful. Thank you!
awesome videos, i just started swimming a while ago and with these videos i have improved very efficiently. thanks
Yeah, videos are gold. Thanks. When I come to Melbourne I'll book a session
I really liked this video, I have shared this with the Triathlon club I am with, and also offered to help new members understand your philosophy , you are a fab coach and the way you break it down makes it very easy to implement ideas and changes, thank you. .. I live in Ireland on the south coast
Had a really positive training session this morning after applying some of these.
The best style ever, thanks
Thank you Brenton. You're the best swim coach. I love your videos. I get better and better because of your coaching. Writing from Los Angeles, CA.
Another great video! Thank you!!!
Great Drills! I like the 1 arm free drill with a kick board in the outstretched hand. I'll use that for 1 arm butterfly too.
This vid really helped when I first started I had to stop in the middle of my 400, now I can finish 1st thank you so much for helping me improve 😊😊😊
Thanks! Going to try this today!
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いかにリラックスできるかですね。
明日、さっそくサークルで試したいと思います。
Good drils for warm up. We will do it. Get well with your cold and take care.
Incredible tips. I had to quit lessons after a few months and these techniques are really helping me to finally learn and enjoy swimming. Huge thanks!!!
excellent tips, thanks.
Thank U. As reaching forward after entry other arm delivering a bit of force so makes sense to be streamline as possible at that point
Great video! Thanks a lot!
Thanks for to show this very nice and illustrators examples in this video greetings
Great video thanks
great drills!
Great video clip with simple explanations.
Easily understood and will definitely do these drills. Great content for me, as I am starting and trying to perfect my freestyle swimming at age 60.
This is the best and my only subscribed swimming channel ❤
Thanks great information
Great video as always Brenton. Thank you. You truly are the BEST swim coach on youtube. I swim freestyle nonstop, a mile a day. I keep getting better because of your videos.
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@@EffortlessSwimming I had a Coach, for technique. He was an Olympic swimmer, now 36 y.o.. Youre a much better Coach than him Brenton. He is a sprinter, Im a long distance swimmer... as a Coach, he is very limited by the racer's mindset. Whereas you are more well-rounded because u can coach sprinters and long distance swimmers. Yup, btw, we are from Los Angeles.
Hi Branden. First off I would like to say how much I have enjoyed your video's I have found them very useful. It was after watching one of them I realised what I was doing wrong. Over the years I have really struggled with freestyle. If fact I was inept. The issue I was able to identify was the position of the head as the hand goes into the water. My timing was completely out. As a result I was gasping for breath and fatigued after 50 metres. By ensuring the head was in the correct position I am breathing much easier gliding more and am swimming quicker. Needless to say I am enjoying it more. Many thanks
OMG, thank you so much. I watch lot of tutorials online to improve my swimming. I try my best to follow. Today I've tried your suggestions to swimming relaxed. I noticed I was faster, no tired, breathing normally. Ever thank you +++
Been swimming for 10 years and am stuck at terminal mediocrity. However, I still learn a lot from the videos. Thx!
Terminal Mediocrity ! Now that's the term that I've been searching for ! 😁
Going to try Brenton's points out tomorrow, see if I can extend the limits of my "mediocrity"..
HI from Stockholm. Thanks, will give it a go. Trying to avoid shoulder pain with by dragging fingertips and no high elbow entry.
Really, i have learned a lot from you man, thank you
Nice tips!
Not outta lockdown Brent . It’s been almost 3 months !!! I’ll probably need floaties that’s how long it’s been ! 18 October is the date for us in Sydney. Hang in there Melbourne we feel you’re lockdown frustration too . But great vid Brenton , of course I’ll have to revisit this vid in a couple of weeks when I’m allowed out of my lga . That was really clear I can see in my minds eye where I need to improve on entry to water , but I’ll have to get in to the pool to assess and adjust . YOURE THE BEST . Hello from Sydney
Cheers, mate. This is so useful.
Thanks for lesson.... it work ❤
Great videos, been watching on the tv for a while, which doesn’t give the the chance to like etc.
Cheers :)
Brilliant!
thank you !
Thanks for a very useful video. Off to the pool now 😊
After doing sprint triathlons at school I gave up swimming unless at the beach, I hated it. Recently I set a personal goal to get more rounded with my fitness and hoping to get involved at a local SLS club.
These videos have been great for motivation and to assist in prioritisation of efficiency in technique rather than increasing effort - which is what I am used to with sports and weightlifting.
Thank you!
Great video! Would you be able to do a video on pacing? been struggling to figure it out. Thanks!
Excellent training tips.
After swimming those exercises, working on different parts of stroke separately, I have better understanding of the movements, better feel of the water and pull.
And swimming free is definitely more relaxed and effective and fun.
Great video
Thanks!
Relaxed recovery is really a good idea. I found that it is especially good if you swim for a longer distance than you usually do.
Very nice practical tips,Bro!
nice lesson
Thank you sooo much for theses advices! I can swim 1km without being out of breath!! Especially since i have a handicap on the left forearm.
Awesome video as always! Will write this as a warm-up on the next masters workout with the team :) Thanks
love that outdoor pool 😛
Thank you for the effort you have put into these amazingly informative videos.
Thank you for the excellent tips!
I'm new to swimming having started lessons in January. I used to run mostly but having taken up swimming I find I get the same feeling afterwards, but swimming just kinder on the joints. I love ❤️ it!
Keep up the excellent work!👏
For what it's worth I'm in exactly the same place you describe. Just took up swimming after 40 years of running and I love that it's gentle but I'm still slightly sore and tired after a good swim.
Thank you. 27c and sunny in Brisbane, wonder where my closest pool is.
It works thanks
Thanks
I can't wait for the pool to re-open in Melbourne to practice all this!
Brother I love it, you’re making me progressing a lot with your videos. This is incredible. God bless you thanks. I downloaded the app but unfortunately I don’t have the money right now to stay on it for the 1year subscription. But you’re making me reaching my goal to become a firefighter and then I’ll buy it bro and start triathlon. I went from hating swimming to loving the fuck of it. I can’t wait for my next seshion. Thank you Fares ❤️❤️❤️💪💪💪🤝🤝
I liken the recovery to swinging my arm forward by the shoulder muscle/twisting of the torso. Using as little effort as possible to get the arm forward. Similar to standing and attempting to slap someone with the back of your hand - but with a totally numb arm from the elbow down. This action automatically has the elbow leading forward and slightly bent.
Great Teamchef
Very good
Perfect timing for me as well - found myself getting too exhausted this week trying to swim 1k, so I've started trying to relax more. I watched this video before my morning swim today and managed to do 1.25k easily and could have done more. So useful. Oh and my condolences to those in lockdown ... I know how you feel. Not being able to swim for months and months last year was really hard!
The first time I went back to the pool after six months of lockdown I couldn't do two lengths one after another. It made me very sad and hateful of governments but after a week or two I was back up to pre-lockdown distances. Still, I won't forgive them for stealing my time over some bs flu.
Well good teacher! Very interesting and inspiring! I'm off out into our local freezing flooded River where lots of people have drowned recently 😂🏊♀️ that will be fun! I will be aware of my composure and my relaxed elbow slap and loose fingers at shoulder width apart while the dark murderous currents take me to the abyss that is the botty of the river Severn Worcester!
It looks so easy but I bet I mess it up tomorrow at the pool as usual 😆
In my experience relaxation comes from slow but steady exhalation, while I focus my conscious effort onto my back, and as I pull through the water I pull with my back. It doesn't get tired, it's by far the strongest muscle group, and once I got a proper feel for the water and also developed a mind-muscle connection with both sides of my back, I can glide forward firmly by using my back, instead of using all sorts of muscles and exhausting myself unnecessarily.
An other thing that came to mind is trying to maintain a continuous movement through the water, instead of stopping in-between each stroke, if that makes sense. So by the time my rear hand stops pushing forward, I would already start the pull, or at least the catch, so that I wouldn't lose momentum.
One thing I didn’t mention here was breathing but this is often where we’d start. That’s why it’s our first Core Principle - Breathe Deep and Relax
But if you're starting your catch already when your other hand hasn't even started the recovery, then it means you can't be reaching forward that much, so you're going against one of the key points of the video.
This is such a helpful video for me as a beginner. Watched it a few times already and watching it again now just before my swim to try these three things out.Greetings from a cold Sweden :-)
I have today broke my mark thank to this video. I could have done more if I didn’t run out of time. Relax and feel of water!!
From 0:21 to 0:41 ..... THAT is what I am trying to swim like. What a great stroke. Wow. Ohhhhn how I wishni could be that fluid and smooth. Practice practice practice. Oh yes, the rest of the video is great too. But i want a 20 minute loop of that stroke to emulate :) As always Thank You for great content. Am doing the 5 day catch program starting this week. :)
Your videos never fail! Your point about swimming being a balance between relaxation and effort could actually be applied to many, if not most sports (and probably most of life). I boxed for a number of years and as I now seek to improve my swimming I wish I had been aware of this philosophy back then.
I would like to see a video that addresses how a swimmer can determine and then improve upon their own Physical shortcomings when Trying to swim their most fundamentally sound and efficient freestyle.
I have been swimming a lot of freestyle for a long time and continuously working on my stroke technique, watching video instruction, incorporating drills, etc. I realize that when swimming freestyle everyone incorporates their own physical abilities and style into the way they choose to Swim.
What I would like to see is some instruction that incorporates how to recognize the Weaknesses within the physical portions of your stroke that are going to you likely allow you the most improvement by really focusing on strengthening this portion (or portions) of your individually unique kinetic chain.
Do you have a more in-depth video on the entry? 5:10 "From knuckles to elbow" is a pretty wide range -- is it better to enter closer to knuckles, closer to elbow, right in the middle, or doesn't really matter? Thanks for all the great content, it's really helped me become a better swimmer!
For this morning's swim I focused on a more relaxed recovery and reaching forward further before moving to the catch. The net result was an appreciable difference in pace taking me from 1:45/100m to 1:42/100m over 1km. I also noted that my fastest laps were those where I took fewer strokes which, to my mind, reinforces the idea that gliding forward in a streamlined position by extending forward on entry is more beneficial than going straight into the catch as I think I was doing before.
sometimes gliding is the sweetest part! and i often forget it!
I don't mean to burst any bubbles, but if you're relying on a sports watch to track your swimming, it might incorrectly detect the turn, which will cause some laps to be "shorter", i.e. less strokes and less time (meaning you're not actually faster when you glide more). I notice that a lot with my Garmin Swim 2. It's a shame too, cause checking how "evenly" I swim a longer distance was one of the main reasons for me to get it.
What I've noticed in my swimming is that kicking basically slows me down, acts as drag. When I wear small fins on my feet, and don't use them, their flotation effect really helps me glide through the water. Is my kick just too weak? Do I need to think about technique on the upper half of my body?
Relaxed recovery! Uhhhhhhhhhh
Hello! Love your videos. I find one of my weak points is my lead arm. I find the lead arm shoulder gets stressed out with “lifting” my arm to parallel. It’s going too deep otherwise, but it adds loads of fatigue to force myself to be high enough for a better streamlined glide. Not sure how to improve this?
Thanks for your amazing CZcams content.
I sprint about 1:15/100m ish, I swim about 1:30 on a quick 100m, and I do about 1:45-1:50 on a long distance swim.
I bet this will really help me. I am very stiff and so sink down a lot by doing recovery tightly to the body and I feel I have to rotate a lot for that. Rotating costs energy *and* speed too since it usually increases kick amplitude😅
Just came back from the pool, sometimes I feel that my kicking is not sync with my strokes and this mess up my swimming.... At the beginning of the video I saw the swimmer (maybe you) just kicking at the same pace of the strokes, I think that efficiency will keep you relaxed while swimming.
In 4 weeks I passed from being a survival swimmer to swim normal, and I can see my progress everyday, I just set some routine and stick to a week training, let's see how good I will be at week #10
Thanks for sharing techniques, I am unable to breathe during laps, I tried multiple times to bring my face outside from the right, as soon as I brought my face out I have to stop there itself, any advice..
Can you do a commentary on. Ocean walkers technique
Can I ask you what brand of fins he's using at 4:50?
Can you please take person own view videoshot with pro swimmer to help us trainers, how it should look like to swim nice and steady with speed. Nice content you make, thank u!!
I swim in the sea, so I am not always able to follow some of the recommendations made, especially regarding the proposed exercises.
But one thing I complain about is muscle tension in my shoulders and neck. I try to relax the movement when I notice it, but I don't always succeed. Some advice?
I'd so love to get a video of me swimming to analyze how does it go!
Ask at your pool if anybody has a GoPro with a stick. Or get one yourself.
¬ 6.34, the swimmer r/s breather > l/arm higher in the reach phase ...
thanks for the video, mark
Mate - awesome stuff - will try that - on a side note - your plant needs some water 💧
Duly noted :)
@@EffortlessSwimming your noise?
Front quadrant free- semi catch up-
Wait to take your pull, -- claw the water , meditative swim-, mindfully…
Breathe naturally and relaxed …
Rotation , one goggle out of water …
Let legs drag - toes pointed and kick just to get legs up, occasionally--
Yoga/swim!
Enjoy each stroke !
Try to go slow…
It is not a race -
Think of each body part --
Have fun
Interval training, …
Do 50’s and stretch at wall-
Take 10 seconds rest and think about your stroke ,,,,
Or- swim a distance -
Do open turns and push off gently--
So much to think about-
Great video
Any thoughts??