Tuesday, June 09, 2009

CVA Tri Club: SWIM WORKOUT!!

We had our first “CVA Triathlon Club” swim workout this morning! There were only a few people interested, and a couple of them couldn’t make it to this lesson. We met with Andrea and Cindy at the Y for an hour-long lesson (they called the class “Triathlon Performance” which I thought was pretty cool! It sure beat “Trying Not To Drown 101”).

Here’s Rudy and Trent looking pale, tired, weird beefy as we were getting ready to start:



Then the guys got some instruction from Andrea:



Cynthia and Sarah were a little more advanced then Rudy and Trent, so they worked with Cindy. Here they are discussing some kick drills:





Rudy and Trent started off SLOWLY, but soon they were making good progress! Andrea had me show them (nearly) perfect form once the drills got a little more advanced. Here they are working on some of their drills:




Trent working on his breathing.
Keep that lead hand up!

Here’s Cindy working with the girls at the far end, and Andrea working with the boys in the foreground:



After an hour, the girls had made improvements in their form, and the guys made LEAPS and BOUNDS in their swimming ability! Here’s the 5 of us as we were wrapping up:


Cynthia, me, Sarah, Trent, and Rudy

Thanks Cindy and Andrea!! I think us guys will be back for another lesson in 2 weeks! These guys are now PUMPED to be swimming! Before, they were really freaked out!

I think the tri club is going to meet for our first BRICK workout on Friday morning. I'll just be watching, because Pharmie and I are doing the Liberty Triathlon on Saturday!

11 comments:

  1. "Trying not to Drown".. LOL!

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  2. Looks like a lot of fun...they will be ready for open water in no time.

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  3. Pool drills really do help!

    I think it's so fantastic that you have a Tri Club to meetup with.

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  4. Cool, get them in the pool early! respect that swim distance!

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  5. I'm jealous. I need someone to work with me on my horrible form.

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  6. Awesome, looks like it was fun as well. :)

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  7. So when do you tell Trent and Rudy about the wonderful benefits of swim jammers rather than board shorts?

    Great job Coach Steve!

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  8. If I were to ever do a tri, I'd need lessons exactly like that!

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  9. Great idea for the group lesson/club.

    Good luck at your race on Saturday!

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  10. I need a club - that looked like a really good time!

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