This site is devoted to swimming. Why is it called Twenty-Three Seconds? Because my goal is to swim 50 meters within twenty-three seconds. Follow along as I analyze my crawl stroke to death and maybe you'll learn a few things to improve your own time.
First a few stats about Stefan Nystrand Birth Date: October 20, 1981 Birth Place: Haninge, Sweden Height: 193 cm (6′ 3") weight: 85 kg (187 lbs) Stefan Nystrand is the current world record holder in the short course 50 meter freestyle and the short course 100 meter freestyle. There are some fantastic videos of his [...]
This is a very interesting post I found. I think it is from a coach of a swim team and discusses the differences that water can have on swim times. I’d certainly like to see some more research on this issue and will try to put some together. Someone told me yesterday that the Lacombe [...]
At some point it is important to look back and enjoy the gains you have made. I often forget how far I have come and I really enjoy thinking back to one year ago, thrashing around, the water fighting me on every stroke. My first blog post on swimming came on June 27th and I [...]
Here is some biographical information on some of the world’s greatest swimmers. Ian Thorpe Birth Date: October 13, 1982 Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Birth Name: Ian James Thorpe Height: 6’5" (195.58 cm) Foot Size: 17 Arm Span: 192 cm coach: Doug Frost, Tracey Menzies Alexander Popov Birth Date: November 16, 1971 Birth [...]
It is immensely frustrating to not see any progress on my personal best times. Ten weeks ago I had dropped below 17 seconds on 25 meters and below 38 seconds on my 50, but as the time has passed my times have gotten worse and worse. The funny thing is that I feel like I [...]