Swimming
I started swimming competitively when I was 7 years old, continued through high school, contemplated swimming in college, but decided not to because of a shoulder injury. I decided to switch gears by becoming a swim instructor instead and haven’t looked back. The need for triathlon swimming advice arose via Caitlin and Ashley, and I became inspired to create this page to help anyone who is interested.
If you have specific swimming questions, please send them to me via my contact page or to ryan [at] greensforgood [dot] com. I will be devoting certain posts to swimming and the links will be listed here for your reference. To get you started, take a look at my two guest posts on Healthy Tipping Point.
Swimming Tip Series
Disclaimer: I am offering my swimming advice as a courtesy to anyone who is interested, based on my 16 years of experience in the sport. I am not a certified swimming coach, nor do I claim to be. I have been teaching children how to swim through private lessons and organizations for the last 7 years under the supervision of certified instructors and parents. I am not responsible for any injuries you may encounter while swimming.
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I love that you have this page
Your instruction has led to me LOVING swimming in just a week! I think everyone should read your tips.
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Thank you for this page. I really like your page layout and everything! Its simple. Anyway, I used to swim but have decided to add it back on for cross training. I currently run, cycle, stair master
, and want to get back into the watah! Going for my first swim tonight!!
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Hey! Great site! Thank you all for the amazing tips! I was just wondering if you were still planning to do a post on swimming workouts, intervals… Or if not, if you had any laying around, or good resources for swimming workouts! thanks so much!
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Ryan @ Greens for Good Reply:
May 19th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
@Kaitlin, Oh my gosh, you read my mind! I’ve been meaning to do this but since you asked for it, I’ll put at the top of my list
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Kaitlin Reply:
May 19th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
@Ryan @ Greens for Good,
Ah, thank you so much! The boyfriend and I are starting to train for our first sprint tri at the end of the summer, but are both clueless for swimming workouts. Thanks so much!
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