"April Pools" Day and it's FREE!

My club is having a swim promotion for "new" or "pre-owned" swimmers who want to start swimming. Here is what Clay sent me:

It starts Sunday with two great clinics/101 Workouts and tons of our regular workouts. So, if you are not swimming regularly by now then replace March Madness with April Pool's!!!! With a month of swimming with us then May can be "May" in the "BAY"!!!! You hear that triathletes?

We have so many workouts to offer you, check out our schedule link at SWIM.net/scaq. Check out my recent articles on technique as well on the articles page. So call us or go on line and start swimming.

For all you potential new swimmers scared of starting a coached workout come to one of my workouts 101 for beginners. That is where I will lead you through a beginner's workout with tons of technique. I will also will show you what are the most effective ways to workout such that you maximize your times in the water away from your busy schedule.

Here are two FREE Swim 101 Workouts, this Sunday, April 1st:

LMU 8:00 AM - Directions: [Link] (Park in the first parking lot on the right)
Van Nuys Sherman Oaks pool: 11:00am - Directions: [Link]

RSVP before you show by calling (310) 390-5700

SCAQ VNSO Swim Workout: I tried Lauren Matthewson's flip-turn tonight

Well, it appears Lauren Matthewson will still be the only swimmer in the United States doing that innovative and amazingly fast turn.

Let it be known that I have an anemic kick. It has gotten a lot better but it is still far below the average. The only reason that I am a moderately good swimmer is due to my enthusiasm for the art of swimming and my love for water itself rather than any sort of intrinsic talent. In my age group I finish in the middle-third when the final placings of a race are posted. In Open water I place in the upper third so basically that is where I am as a swimmer.

Tonight, I tried LMU swimmer, Lauren Matthewson's, innovative turn as noted below in the 'You Tube' video while swimming at VNSO tonight; (Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool). Though I was a little bit faster off the wall, it took up a massive amount of my oxygen store to accomplish. Since my kick was weak the advantage obtained is negated by my body going lactic much more quickly. Maybe I could integrate it into a 50 Free but I need a solid kick first.

If you have a strong backstroke kick, I recommend hooking up with Bonnie Adair and doing a turn-clinic with her. (Be sure you donate to LMU after learning the dark arts of a superior turn.)

IM workout at VNSO:

3 X 200's Free warm up

This set done 2 times through:

1 x 100's Fly/Free by 25s @ 1:40
1 x 100's Back/Free by 25's @ 1:40
1 x 100's Breast/Free by 25's @ 1:40

This set done 2 times through:

1 x 150's Fly/Free by 50's @ 2-something (Mark like he was a seeing eye dog tonight)
1 x 150's Back/Free by 50's @ 2-something
1 x 150's Breast/Free by 50's @ 2-something

150 warm down.

I sprinted a 50 under 30 to make sure I was ok.