
In the episode, you can download a few of those example workouts.Swim Smooth’s sole purpose is to benefit and enhance the freestyle swimming and triathlon communities around the world. So if you don’t do it already, get started with a good core training and activation program and do it diligently and regularly. That’s called Dysfunctional movement patterns, injuries and reduced performance in Episode 45.Īs James points out, IT band issues are generally not the root cause but something else like lack of hip or glute strength or activation. So, it’s probably necessary to keep going to the physio regularly at least for a while.įor the best general advice I can give you, I would recommend the podcast episode I did with James Dunne. I tried several but it was only the third physio that I went to that I actually stuck with and then kept going to her regularly.

This running injury didn’t get any better until I got the help from a good physio. This is actually got me to switch completely into triathlon. I speak from my own experience here as my small knee niggle turned into a 9-month hiatus from running. When you find that good physio, it’s really all about sticking to their plan and being diligent about it. He or she will hopefully put you on your best path towards full health again. The first thing that I do is to make the investment of seeking out a really good physio with a lot of experience with endurance athletes. If you have any experience then let me know.” Do you have any good advice on how to beat that injury and keep on training? I feel that I’m getting in worse shape and I’m scared that I will not be ready for June next year.

I got injured in my IT band and I have jumper’s knee. So I’m training for that but I was wondering if you have any tips for knee injuries. “I got qualification for the championship 2018 in the challenge family. Paul Newsome falls somewhere in between.She has a very traditional swimming background. He is more on the scaled down, triathlon end of the drill spectrum. Gerry Rodrigues uses the least drills.Some of the attributes of the 3 coaches, when it comes to how they use drills (from an outsider's perspective at least):.Don’t do drills without having a specific purpose, without knowing why you are doing them, and without knowing exactly how to execute them properly.Different swimmers have very different ways to swim and to learn swimming.


