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Swim fast in practice to swim fast in meets is a training axiom, esp.during the taper phase of swimming. The decrease in friction and rejuvenation of muscle strength are well documented by studies over the last three decades. One coach even called swimming at race speeds like learning a different stroke.
Training
Several years ago a picture was published which changed my swimming life. In it was world record holder Jeff Rouse standing in the newest streamlined position. Here was a broad shouldered swimmer in...
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