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If you\u2019re trying to improve your swimming, it can be overwhelming to consider what you need to work on to reach your goals.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p> From a skill perspective, you have to worry about your kick<\/a><\/strong>, your pull<\/a><\/strong>, your breathing<\/a><\/strong>, your body position<\/a><\/strong>, and more.\u00a0 <\/p> From a training perspective, you have to worry about developing aerobic fitness, developing speed<\/a><\/strong>, preparing to race, and more.\u00a0Sounds like a lot, and it is!<\/p> Unfortunately, the solution most triathletes is to work on everything all the time.\u00a0They\u2019ll do some aerobic work, they\u2019re do some speed work, and they\u2019ll do some skill work that addresses five different skills.\u00a0 <\/p> It makes them feel like they\u2019ve made progress in all the important areas, but they haven\u2019t focused on anything, or done enough work in any one area to get better!<\/p> The reality is that most triathletes aren\u2019t going to be spending multiple hours in the pool at a time, or even a single hour.\u00a0And to make meaningful progress in any area takes some work.\u00a0Ten to 15 minutes won\u2019t cut it.\u00a0<\/p> As a result, it makes a lot more sense to focus on accomplishing one goal during a workout. Instead of trying to accomplish five objectives, just make sure you accomplish one.<\/p> At first, this can be pretty uncomfortable because it\u2019s easy to focus on all of the work you\u2019re not doing.\u00a0 When that happens, just remind yourself that you can devote the next workout to something entirely different, and you\u2019ll make a lot of progress when you do.\u00a0 <\/p> Once you start to see improvement in the areas you focus on, you\u2019ll start to understand the power of limiting your goals for any one workout.<\/p> Rather than trying to work on each aspect of fitness during every workout, pick one.\u00a0Stay focused on that objective and make sure the majority of the work in designed to improve that component of your fitness.\u00a0 <\/p> The main work should be aligned with your goal and the warm-up should be aligned with your goal, which means it\u2019s a lot more likely you\u2019re going to accomplish it.\u00a0<\/p> If you\u2019re swimming for longer periods of time, it\u2019s okay to add in som<\/a>e<\/a> complementary work<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0You could add a few short sprints to a longer aerobic workout.\u00a0However, make sure the goal remains the goal!<\/p> The same concept applies to skills.\u00a0Rather than performing five different drills skills, pick five drills that all focus on the same skill.\u00a0 Or even better, pick the best drill for what you\u2019re trying to accomplish and just use that.\u00a0 <\/p> It takes practice to improve your skills, and if you\u2019re never taking the time to get some significant practice on any one skill, it\u2019s going to be difficult to improve.<\/p> Top image credit: <\/strong>Getty Images <\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Andrew Sheaff Published: Thursday, 07 December 2023 at 15:27 PM If you\u2019re trying to improve your swimming, it can be overwhelming to consider what you need to work on to reach your goals.\u00a0 From a skill perspective, you have to worry about your kick, your pull, your breathing, your body position, and more.\u00a0 From […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27243,"template":"","categories":[1,23],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive.jpg",1200,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive-1024x768.jpg",800,600,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive.jpg",1200,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/12\/one-simple-step-to-make-your-swim-sessions-more-productive.jpg",1200,900,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Andrew Sheaff Published: Thursday, 07 December 2023 at 15:27 PM If you\u2019re trying to improve your swimming, it can be overwhelming to consider what you need to work on to reach your goals.\u00a0 From a skill perspective, you have to worry about your kick, your pull, your breathing, your body position, and more.\u00a0 From…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/27242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Training goal<\/h2>
Skill goal<\/h2>
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