If you are in West London or located nearby you can now book yourself a 1-2-1 coaching session with swim experts, Swim For Tri, who are bringing their swim experience to the area
Last few places on the Swim for Tri Summer 2018 Italian swim camp based at the Hotel Beau Soleil, Cesanatico. Interested? Here are the details you need.
Starting in late November 2017, Intelligent Triathlon Training have launched their 2017/18 Swim Clinic programme details, lead by Head Coach Mark Pearce
Triathlon specialist Swim for Tri at the Giant Store St. Paul’s ‘Swim Special’
“Improve Your Front Crawl Technique”
The recent ‘Swim Special’ Triathlon evening at Giant Store St. Paul’s (www.giant-stpauls.co.uk) featured an excellent presentation from coach Gui Arnoldo from Swim for Tri (www.swimfortri.co.uk).
Gui Arnoldo presents at the Giant Store St. Paul’s
Full coverage from the Giant Store St. Paul’s Swim Special Evening
Steven Lord goes back-to-basics with triathlon swimming
“You need to turn up… making swimming interesting is almost the most important thing”
Giant Store St. Paul’s Triathlon Evenings
We’ve been covering the great triathlon specials that have been held recently at the Giant Store St. Paul’s in Central London (check what is coming up in the series HERE).
At the recent swim special on 2nd February, Steven Lord (www.everydaytraining.org.uk) spoke about building a swim training plan and making it work.
This – in the opinion of this Editor – is triathlon GOLD.
Swimming can be exceptionally complicated and is typically the discipline that many triathletes, especially those from a running and cycling background, struggle with the most.
However… before you start looking for marginal gains, get the basics right!
This video is just eight and a half minutes long. If you are feeling confused about your own swimming training plan and feel you need to go back to the drawing board, then this is essential viewing.
For more advice from Steven on this topic, visit his coaching blog HERE.
Full coverage from the Giant Store St. Paul’s Swim Special Evening
This Thursday, the Giant Store St. Pauls, Central London, will host the second of their FREE Triathlon Evenings – which will be dedicated to Swimming!
Here is an insight into what will be happening, a great opportunity to learn from a range of experts and also see and trial the latest in wetsuit and swim-related products
5pm – 6.30pm Wetsuit Fitting Sessions – 3 x 30 minute bookable sessions. 2 rooms (Males/Female) 6 customers at a time. All brands in each room.
6.30 pm – Wetsuit cat walk. Starting with entry level suit male and female from each brand. Then mid range suite from each brand. Brand Ambassadors wear the suits and Brand Reps can talk through the details.
7.15pm – Speakers. 20 mins from Swim for Tri on Swim Technique. 20 mins from The Great British Swim on Open water swimming – and possibly one other slot to be confirmed!
8pm – General social / sales
Discounts
There will be a special event discount of 10% on Wetsuits.
Competitions
For every wetsuit someone tries their name gets entered into a prize draw for a goody bag.
Simply fill in a feedback form and pop it into the prize draw box in the fitting room.
You can see the full schedule of events at the Giant Store St. Pauls in THIS ARTICLE.
Scroll through the gallery above for images from the first evening Giant Store St. Pauls Triathlon event held on 19th January 2017
We’ve even put together this quirky little time-lapse video from the evening. If you can, do try and come along to some more of the events in the fortnightly series, which will cover a range of triathlon-related areas. All of the events are FREE to attend!
For many triathletes, swimming is an ongoing frustration. Just when you think you’ve ‘got it’, it vanishes. But, sometimes ‘bad’ swimming is good! If you are struggling with the ups and downs of the pool (most of you…), this is well worth a read to gain some perspective.
In the lead up to the AJ Bell London Triathlon, professional triathlete Harry Wiltshire has teamed up with the title sponsor, AJ Bell, to put together a series of training videos to provide you with tips covering all aspects of the event.
In this video, Harry looks at how to swiftly and efficiently remove your wetsuit for a speedy transition.
AJ Bell London Triathlon Training Tips Video Library
In the lead up to the AJ Bell London Triathlon, professional triathlete Harry Wiltshire has teamed up with the title sponsor, AJ Bell, to put together a series of training videos to provide you with tips covering all aspects of the event.
In this video, Harry has two swim tips to focus on: how to deal with collisions in the swim and how to turn around a buoy.
AJ Bell London Triathlon Training Tips Video Library
In the lead up to the AJ Bell London Triathlon, professional triathlete Harry Wiltshire has teamed up with the title sponsor, AJ Bell, to put together a series of training videos to provide you with tips covering all aspects of the event.
In this video, Harry looks at how to approach the swim start and then make sure you swim in the right direction.
AJ Bell London Triathlon Training Tips Video Library
In the lead up to the AJ Bell London Triathlon, professional triathlete Harry Wiltshire has teamed up with the title sponsor, AJ Bell, to put together a series of training videos to provide you with tips covering all aspects of the event.
In this video, Harry looks at a seemingly simple task which many people struggle with – how to put on a wetsuit correctly.
AJ Bell London Triathlon Training Tips Video Library
If your legs have that ‘sinking feeling’ when you swim front crawl you shouldn’t just reach for the pull buoy! Check out this video from Swim for Tri’s Dan Bullock.
Top swim coach, Dan Bullock, from Swim for Tri brings us more swimming technique advice. This time the topic is stroke rate in front crawl triathlon swimming.
Swim for Tri’s Dan Bullock introduces a drill which involves removing capacity in one area to improve your overall swim stroke. That might sound counter-intuitive you’ll be amazed at the results!
With the open water racing and training season now well and truly over, Swim for Tri’s Dan Bullock has some thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and a video to help get you back to the swimming pool and off to the right start in your Autumn/Winter training.
