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Dryland - EVF Isometric Exercise

By Barbara Hummel to All Strokes (IM) | Mar 23, 2010 09:29AM | 48 comments 48 comments

EVF, EVF, EVF. Early Vertical Forearm is right up there with underwater dolphin as one of the key moves and key concepts in swimming. This dryland exercise will help you understand and FEEL what EVF is all about. And... it will help you develop the muscles that help make it happen.


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Swim Pic of the Week - October 1, 2009

By Glenn Mills to Pic of the Week | Oct 01, 2009 08:42AM | 15 comments 15 comments

Name a swim specific exercise you could do with these simple tools.


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Swimming Set of the Week - July 31, 2009

By Barbara Hummel to Set of the Week | Jul 31, 2009 09:27AM | 0 comments 0 comments

This week's set is actually several short sets that we combined into a stations workout for Masters practice this morning. The hula-hoop station was hilarious. If you don't have this exact list of equipment, just improvise with whatever cool equipment or challenges you can think of.


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Figuring out Intervals

By Glenn Mills to Gold (Advanced) | May 05, 2009 10:33AM | 8 comments 8 comments

This practice helps figure out what intervals you'll be able to train on for future practices. It's tough, challenging, but loads of fun... for the coach.


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Swimming Question of the Week - March 17, 2009

By Barbara Hummel to Question of the Week | Mar 17, 2009 10:00AM | 3 comments 3 comments

What parts -- if any -- of your dryland/weight routine do you carry into the taper?


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Dryland: Building Quickness

By Glenn Mills to Starts & Turns | Dec 16, 2008 05:15AM | 6 comments 6 comments

Quickness and explosive power are essential to fast swimming, but it’s difficult to develop these skills in the pool because of the resistive quality of water.



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