Rules To Not Annoy Your Triathlon Coach Using A GPS Watch/Strava

I use Strava more and more to keep track of both the details and for an overview view of my athletes progress. Unfortunately you can't set plans in Strava, so I rely on my TriLog I've developed over the years for that. But for checking in what athletes actually achieved in their workouts Strava combined with GPS watches are helpful. Here are some personal preferences on how to use your watch to display things properly. 

SWIMMING

It's debatable whether wearing a GPS watch in the water is that useful as at most pools looking at the clock for splits and send-off is accurate enough. But it does hold a few advantages. 1. you can get your total distance for the workout without counting laps if you're doing longer stuff. 2. If you can be bothered tapping your watch at the start and end of each interval you don't have to keep your times in your head and Strava will hold a nice record of it. But there are some pitfalls that drive me nuts.

Total Time in Water

There's more stopping and starting in swim workouts than the other 2 sports. As a coach, I'm primarily interested in how long you are in the water. So if you get in the water at 6am and get out of 7am, for me that's a one hour workout. Unless you're chatting up a lifeguard for 15 minutes in the middle of your workout you should only press the START/STOP button twice, once when you get in and once when you get out and the rest of the time you should just be tapping the lap button. Unfortunately Strava has a preference for "Moving Time" which I think unfairly discriminates against swimming (when your coasting on the bike it still counts that).

Drills/Kick

GPS doesn't track drills and kick great. It doesn't matter. As I mentioned it's time in the water that's important. If you really need to tell everyone how much distance you need make a note in description (+400 of kick) or something. Now, I've heard you can do a manual entry with some of the newer watches as a work around. Problem is my drill sets usually alternate between drill and normal freestyle swimming so that's a lot of fooling around with your watch instead of concentrating on your stroke. Let it go...Times aren't important for any warm up or drill stuff so I wouldn't bother touching your watch at all during this time.

Main set

On to the part of the session where you are working on your fitness. As an example I might give the set 8 x 200 (3:40) - 200 yards departing every 3:40. I usually look at the pool clock (not my watch) for the depart interval. It's just easier to see. So if you tap your LAP (or confusingly called BACK button on newer versions) button at the start and end of each interval it will come out like this on Strava.

Which is mostly great except, strangely, there's no record of your resting time. So ideally you could write "8 x 200 (3:40)" in the description or heading and your long suffering coach will immediately understand how much rest you got. Or, if you're doing a set with varying distances you can say "on the 1:50/100 cycle" or whatever the case may be.

A final note, unlike running it's a little bit of an art to press the LAP button while swimming. I recommend pressing it at the start when your head is under the water just before pushing off the wall in your streamlined position and pressing stop just as you bring your hand over to take your final stroke to the wall (so both hands are in front)

BIKING

Strava is better adapted for riding. In general I really just want to know the total time riding. Speed and average on a regular aerobic ride doesn't concern me too much as terrain and conditions vary so much. I'm split on activating the Auto Stop function (the watch will automatically stop every time you come to a complete stop). I don't use it and just stop for major breaks and leave it for short stop lights. Up to you.

Intervals

There's a couple of ways to do intervals, most of my intervals are time based and involve continuous cycling, e.g. 4 x 4 mins hard, 2 mins recovery pedaling. Ideally for something like this you'll hit the LAP button at the start and end of each 4 min interval and it will show up nicely in Strava, giving me an idea of the pace you hit for your intervals.

Another way to record intervals, or hill repeats, is riding intervals over a known Strava segment distance. Hill repeats are a good example of that. In this case don't even worry about hitting the LAP button as I'll be able to see the details of the hard interval on Strava by looking up segments. Below is an example with a segment I created myself.

If you do it the segment way it might be useful to mention in the Strava title a key word (like the name of the road) for the workout in case you do it again and want to look it up to see how you improved. "granite creek road intervals". Or, make the segment a "Starred Segment" as shown.

RUNNING

For a regular aerobic run I'm pretty much just interested in average pace and how your pace progressed mile by mile. All this is recorded in Strava without you needing to touch your watch. I DO stop my watch whenever I stop for water or toilet breaks as I like to know my average moving pace. It sucks when I forget to start it again. Again, I don't use Auto Stop as I just think it gets weird sometimes and stops when it's not supposed to etc. but maybe the newer versions work better. 

Track

My biggest frustrations are with people using their watch at track. Again, unless you are stopping for prolonged times, like over 5-10 minutes I would just start my watch at the beginning of the warm up and leave it on for all the drills and walking around and what not until you've finished the cool down. My position is if you're moving around and your heart rate is above resting during a workout then you're exercising and that should count in your total workout time. Like swimming, your average mile pace is irrelevant during a track workout. What IS important is how fast you're doing your intervals. You HAVE to hit your LAP/BACK button and the start and end of each effort. Strava will show clearly your work and rest. What is slightly annoying is that the distance will often show up in miles and track workouts are in meters so it's sometimes hard to figure out the interval. So it's useful to write the workout in the title.

After I have that info it's easy to make sense of the data in "Laps".

Other intervals

Like on the bike it's a simple matter of hitting LAP/BACK at the start and end of each interval, be in time or distance. You can use the pre-set interval features, especially for something like the 30 second ON, 30 second OFF workout which is a favorite of mine and you don't have to be looking down at your watch all the time. Outside of pre-set interval workouts I prefer to have the Auto time or lap feature turned off as it can mess you up if you're recording manual intervals.

How To Win At Kids Triathlon

Most kids triathlons are held over pretty short distances and much of the total time of the event can be spent in transition if they don't practice it! The goal should be to have your kid complete the triathlon without any assistance. Not always easy to keep your hands off when your kid is struggling with cold hands and wet equipment!

Here a few tricks to make the transitions easier:

Elastic Laces - You don't want your kid to have to tie shoe laces in the transition from swim to bike! There are two options. Shoes with Velcro they can just slip on. Or buy or make some elastic laces that you can replace the normal laces. A final tip. Sprinkle some baby powder in the shoe to avoid blisters. No time for socks!

Race Belt - Kids should plan to complete the triathlon in their bathers (i.e whatever they swim in). They do generally need to wear a number according to triathlon rules. The solution is to attach a number to a race belt and putting that on. Much quicker than putting a t-shirt on a wet body! You could probably make one with elastic from the craft store but you can also buy them online for about $10. May need to be modified for skinnier waists!

Most kids aged 6 and above should be able to handle the skills with a bit of practice.

Bollé The One Premium Helmet

Guess what? Bollé, renowed sunglasses manufacturer, turns out helmets too. Makes sense. In the case of many time trial helmets now sunglasses are integrated completely.

The first noticeable thing is the lack of vents. Until you realize the two panels easily detach and it becomes a fully ventilated helmet. That's not the only interesting knick-knack. There's an inner winter shell, and detachable safety light and a mountain bike visor.

Other than that it didn't seem more or less comfortable or aerodynamic than others I've tried but thanks to the add-on it's a winner for versatility. MSRP $169.99.

NEW Bollé Aeromax Sunglasses Review - Then And Now

Bollé Aeromax Sunglasses

90s me in my beloved Tutti Frutti Bollés

Bollé sunglasses have been a part of triathlon scene forever. My first pair of cycling sunglasses were the Bollé Tutti Frutti. Everyone's idol at the time, 1994 World Ironman Champ, Greg Welch sported them. They had detachable temples, one of which wrapped around the ear completely.

Putting nostalgia aside and fast forward twenty years, and Bollé release their latest model, the simply named Aeromax.

Whether it's in fashion at the time or not I want a lens that covers the eye, protecting from sun and debris. The Aeromax delivers on that with great surface area.

Bollé Aeromax Matte Black

I also like the adjustable nose piece. By making it wider or narrower you're able to customize how close the lenses are to your face which is always a very personal preference.

The temple adjustment seems a little more gimmicky. Didn't find it gave me anymore grip or advantage compared to regular good-fitting sunglass arms.

Love the lens tint. My first trial was in very overcast conditions and they didn't block the light out enough for it to be a problem. I don't want to go switching lenses for different conditions and they have got the tint on these just right.

Check the product page for a full run down on the key technology features and colors available. The Aeromax retails at $145.

The Runfie Stick

The Runfie Stick solves a complex problem for the modern runner. How do I draw as much attention to myself and the event I'm doing without having to wait until the finish line or rely on friends or family? Enter Martin Spierings, long time runner, coach and Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

Athletes test early prototypes of the Runfie Stick

"Being Australian, I felt a bond with the 'selfie' phenomenon which originated in Australia" he said.

Spierings saw opportunity in the new breed of runners, an annoying bunch of narcissists who are more about self-promotion than self-improvement and who feel the need to further aggrandize themselves in real time by taking Runfies. After working on a prototype of the stick, which retracts into a small cylinder, he approached FuelBelt.

"FuelBelt was the perfect company at the perfect time to provide a transport solution for the Runfie Stick. They figured eventually runners will realize that it's useless to carry around your own own stupid little bottles when most races will hand you drinks every mile or so. So they were happy to develop an attachment for my device", explained Spierings.

The Runfie Stick is fully connected with all the major social media sites and GPS sharing apps. You can even pre-load hashtags and descriptions, if you had any self-respect left, and wanted to avoid stopping at the side of the road to type your update.

If development goes according to plan you should be able to get a Runfie Stick at a Rock 'n Roll Marathon Expo by early 2017. The only color available will be pink...to match your compression socks.

Mako Goggles Review - Goblin Mirror Red

Disclaimer: provided a free pair by Mako.

These goggles are perfect. First the seal. I've tried everything from super cushy foam to swedish style hard plastic and the rims on the Mako Goblin Red Mirror (MSRP $28.00) strike the right balance with a firm but comfortable seal. The other feature I like about the goggle that I've hard problems with in the past is not enough clearance in front of the eyes which . These pop out enough to have that not be an issue and I doubt it hurts hydrodynamics enough.

The clear but mirrored tint of the goggles make it an effective goggle for overcast or bright conditions. The band is rounded but has a secure fit and is easy to adjust. My only criticism is the red tint make it hard to see the red hand on the timing clock at the pool!

Enter coupon code tricoachmartin for 10% off Mako wetsuits and gear.

Mako Wetsuit Review

So I broke one of my golden rules and used the Mako Extreme wetsuit ($750) in a race without training in it first. I arrived late 20 minutes before the start of a mid-week swim/run event and threw it on for the first time.

My first impression of the Mako was that it was super easy to get on. It shouldn't really be an evaluating factor but it was nice not to struggle with a wetsuit for 10 minutes just to put it on. Especially when you're running late! It was equally easy to take off in T1. Which IS a performance advantage.

I had ordered an XL, which was my size from the online sizing chart and it fits well. I really like the long arms. Too often wetsuits will pull up too far up on the wrist but this one I was able to pull it over my shoulders properly and still cover the wrist completely.


The other thing I noticed was the flexibility around the shoulders and forearms. I've personally never had a problem feeling constricted in a wetsuit but I often hear from athletes that they feel like long-sleeved wetsuits work against them when they are lifting their arms out of the water. This will be used as a reason to go sleeveless (which is always a much slower option). The Mako was the most flexible suit I've experienced around the shoulders.

The other peculiarity of the Mako is you pull the zip down on the back to secure and up towards the neck to take it off. I prefer this method as I find it less awkward to rip off getting out of the water running up the beach but some people don't like it or aren't used to it.

The only potential negative I found was some pretty bad wetsuit rash around the neck after swimming in it. There are two seams around the neck area which I haven't seen in some other suits but if you're extra generous with the Bodyglide to avoid abrasion that resolves the problem.

Product Review: Ciclotte - Wait but what?

I'm not really sure where to start or finish with this one. Sexual fetish object? Furniture? Exercise equipment?

Myothon Amino Acid Pseudoscience Vs. Eggs

I received an email from Vitality Sciences "because you are one of the top triathlete coaches in California". Way to get my attention! Anyways, they are selling some amino acid supplement crap and for fun I told them to send me a sample and they did. I was excited because no-one ever sends me samples because usually they read my product reviews first. Here I was thinking they were all clever from their very astute opening statement.

So the pill (although nothing can be confirmed by the FDA because presumably they have better things to do) contains essential amino acids (EEAs). The funny thing is it only lists 8 of the 9 considered essential. Essential just means you have to get them from food and the body doesn't produce them. Poor old Histidine got the boot for some reason.

Lots of things contain all the EEAs eggs, meat etc. etc. and even if you're vegetarian and eat a variety of foods you'll probably hit them all.

They make a big deal about them absorbing rapidly (into what I'm not sure?). They demonstrate this using this wonderful graph that is neither to scale nor like any graph I've seen before.

Amazing Upsidedown L-graph

Anyways, I'm comfortable with my protein being broken down and absorbed in a way that's been developed by my body over thousands years in a process called evolution. My athletes lives are stressful enough without their amino acid absorption processes being sped up. So I threw the $45 container of pills down the toilet in support of Histidine, the EEA that Myothon rejected, and thought about how much better the three eggs I had this morning tasted than those nasty pills smelled.

Oh, if you think I'm just being mean here's a video of the hoaxsters that should convince you. I was LOLing.

Product Review - Lava Pants. Xterra's Half-a-wetsuit

I'm sometimes criticized for not testing the products I review. But I defend my right to think something is completely ridiculous without trying it on. It saves money and, really, who is going to be brave enough to send me their stuff after reading one of my reviews.

Anyways, I was thrilled at the release of LAVA pants. As far as I can figure out they are swimming wetsuit pants. Why hasn't it been thought of before?

Now, according to the argument of manufacturer Xterra wetsuits they are to replace the pull buoy.

Why would you use a pull buoy? "Form, body positioning and strength."

Why would you want to replace the pull buoy? Because you "become dependent and when you take away the buoy you regress to poor form."

The Xterra solution? Replace the pull buoy with something else that provides artificial floatation to the lower half of your body. Perfect! Just like a pull buoy. Well, no not exactly, you now have a "natural range of motion". Which means you are free again to split your legs and do that inefficient wide scissor kick triathletes a particularly prone to.

Also, it is "the essence of the axiom "train like you race"". Except...it's half a wetsuit and you probably race in a full wetsuit. It's like hopping is just like running or riding a unicycle is like riding a normal bike.

But, hell, at the bargain price of $125 what have you got to lose? At least they'll hide your compression socks from everyone's sight.

How To Transition in Triathlon (T1)

If you're doing any more than this you are wasting time in T1.

Key Points:

• Have your wetsuit to your waist or half way down your thigh before you get to your bike.
• Stomp on it once you've pulled it below your knees and use that time to put your helmet on. Smear Bodyglide on your calves before the race to slip it off more easily.
• Have your bike shoes attached to the bike. It's a skill that saves time but it requires practice at first. Just like everything else in triathlon. Here's a good series on that: 
• If you have a choice on where to rack your bike, go for the closest possible rack to the bike exit. The less time you spend wheeling your bike the faster you'll be in both T1 and T2.

Common mistakes:

• Socks. Buy some baby Johnson's Baby Powder and sprinkle in your shoes.
• Sitting down.
• Drying off your feet (you'll notice Matthews barely steps on his towel).
• Putting your race number on. You don't have to wear it on the bike and you can attach it during the run without losing time.
• Putting your aero helmet on backwards (Yes, I've seen this).

Core Power and an Ironman Champ vs. this piece of chicken

Cooooore Powerrrrr is packed full of protein. You need protein after a workout to recover properly. That's why Craig "Crowie" Alexander drinks it (when you're looking) and he is a three-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion. The sucky thing is, if you drink Core Power, you don't automatically become Craig Alexander. That's because he does 30+ hours training a week and, well, who has the time and motivation for that?

Anyways, enough about exercise, this is about recovery and you can recover just like Craig Alexander with Core Power. It has 26g of protein. So, as it happens, does 4oz of chicken breast. 4oz of chicken covers about the size of the palm of your hand.

Let's compare:

corepower.com

Chicken has chicken in it (boring) so let's move to the ingredients of Core Power. Core Power is basically milk and sugar and some synthetic compounds. Not sure where the extra protein comes from because I can't see anything in the ingredient list that could contribute to extra protein compared to regular milk. Any ideas readers? Core Power also brags about having Vitamin D which you can get by going outside.

Carrageenan is an interesting one. Researchers have reliably linked dietary carrageenan to harmful inflammation. Read the latest full independent report. The body is already inflammed after exercise and I'm thinking the fact "Carrageenan so reliably causes inflammation that scientists actually use it to induce inflammation in biological experiments" would not be so super.

Core Power costs about $3 a bottle and that tiny amount of organic chicken would cost about $1.50.

So I'm going to side with the chicken but facing off against Crowie and these dominators is tough.

If you wish to support the fight for chicken to become a sports recovery beverage, please buy a chicken coop...

ElliptiGo. The latest silly cross-training gimmick to distract runners from what they're supposed to be doing.

Before I get started, why do elite runners look so silly with bike helmets on? Check it out...

Olympic marathoner Meb Kelflezighi (running.competitor.com)

Running is boring. Especially if you have a personal online coach, no friends and have to stick ear phones in the whole time to pretend that you're fine with running around by yourself for hours.

It is into this fertile environment of ennui that the ElliptiGo was born. What? I can get better at running without actually doing the horrible, painful exercise? Sweet! Finally some variety! And I get to choose a color? This just gets better and better.

Well, no, actually, it's not going to make you any better. ln fact, it's going to make you worse because when have to make a decision, in your time squeezed life, to go for a run or ride the useless thing in garage that you wasted your money on, you are probably going to try and justify its existence. ElliptiGoing has sweet fig all to do with running. Your feet are totally fixed into position on the pedals unlike running which is full of impact forces.

If you're interested in finding out more about the futility of cross training in general read Gina Kolata's New York Times article. It neatly reviews the science and even summarizes by saying that "using an elliptical cross-trainer may feel as if it is exercising your running muscles, but it is not giving you the same kind of training that running does. Nor does it train the muscles you need for cycling." Ouch. I will agree with ElliptiGo on one thing. It will reduce the chance of a running injury (because you're not running).

Of course that hasn't stopped a few pros nearing the end of their careers and some celebrity coaches enthusiastically recommending it to you. Hey look, there's Dean Karnazes! You do know they're all out on runs together laughing at you behind your back, don't you?



Anyways, get on Ebay before it's too late. Remember rollerblades?

Disclaimer: this review was done without actually ever using the product. I value my marriage (they cost nearly $2K) and I already have a bike if I ever feel like not running.

Sports Nutrition Product Review: Banana

Bananas are a compact, easily digestible power pack of carbs and potassium. They are available in a range of sizes. They retail between about 69 cents to as low as 19 cents at Trader Joes.

A banana (credit:flickr pykmi)

They have a convenient three way flap mechanism to open. On my last ride I ate half, then folded the flaps back over and put in my back cycling jersey pocket. When I took it out to eat the other half two hours later my riding partner was surprised how well the product was preserved. The packaging is also fully compostable making it a very environmental choice.

Banana

Powerbar (www.powerbar.com)

The only draw back is the manufacturers of bananas don't sponsor any elite triathletes or endurance events to my knowledge. Although you can still find some at the finish line occasionally.

If you are forced to eat an actual food during exercise the banana could provide a balanced, nutritious alternative to the congealed, syrupy, stuck together mess you've been told you need.

Help Educate Olympians on Benefits of Compression Socks

I stumbled across some photos of the 2012 London Olympics and noticed something shocking. None of them were wearing any compression gear!

Uninformed Olympians

Anyone who's done a triathlon or half marathon knows compression totally works to make you faster by stopping muscle vibrations, lactic acid build up and preventing injuries not to mention helping you recover faster. Why haven't any of these so called Olympians figured it out yet? I must say I'm surprised as they always seem to be looking for the edge over their competition. Some even take drugs! Compression socks are totally legal.

Fit ladies totally rocking the compression
socks (credit: www.bitchyrunners.com)

So what I've done is formulated a three point plan that we can all participate in to reach out to Olympians so they're all clued in before Rio Olympics in 2016.

1. Send them to Race Expos

Elite athletes sometimes have to go to press conferences, skip registration and train before the event so they might be missing out on the pre-race expos they have at their events. There are tons of companies that make awesome compression gear. Many of them go to the Expos and all of them have experts at the booths that can help you formulate a recovery plan. They are just there to help and educate you. Oh and you can buy the socks right there on the spot so make sure they know to bring their credit card. Convenient, huh? Some of the consultants I've spoken to even run themselves.

2. Tell them about Meb Keflezighi

Meb, if you don't know, wins nearly every Rock n' Roll Half Marathon he enters. He's an American so he probably has better education and access to resources than some of the runners from East Africa and Sudan and such.  Some of those countries can't even afford roofs on their schools.

Meb looking tired before he
 knew about compression

Meb knows about compression. Like all of us who wear them, he has totally PRed in them. His PR is 2:09.08 which is seven seconds faster than when he wasn't wearing them. Seven seconds might not sound much to regular runners like us but it's MASSIVE for an Olympian.

Awesome testimonials from real runners.

He probably wouldn't like this but if you run across one of his African competitors tell them about compression socks and that Meb wears them. If they don't believe you tell them to get a Competitor magazine. He's in every issue wearing them. Competitor magazine is free too so they shouldn't hassle you for money either if they are from one of the poorer countries.

3. Get them into Social Media

Facebook Fan pages and mommy runner blogs are great sources of information for everything running and endurance. Try and friend an Olympian and send them some links of good running sites so they can educate themselves on what we already know. They can read the comments themselves and see how stoked people are on their compression socks.

I've also made this ready-made tweet for you to raise awareness:

Help Us Educate Olympians on Benefits of Compression! http://bit.ly/141MaB7 @tricoachmartin #runchat #runnerds

What's a FuelBelt for? No, seriously...

A picture of the
useless thing (flickr crab68)

Updated: 11/17/2018...Still useless

The hydration belt, of which FuelBelt is the best known, is a ridiculous invention for triathletes and runners that consists an elastic strap with tiny little holders that fit tiny little 7 oz (200 ml) bottles. The most pointless use for them involves filling them with fluids. After fumbling with each of your various four bottles you'd probably have enough fluids to sustain you for about an hour of exercise. In this time, if you were using it for racing, you probably would've passed by two or three aid stations, offering similar sugary substances, handed straight into the palm of your hand by a volunteer.


BUT ALL THE PROS USE THEM!
Yes. Yes they do. Mercifully for them they are paid to. But how do they minimize the damage? Well, I couldn't find any evidence of their sponsored athletes actually using any FuelBelt products (aside the elastic band) while racing. If they do use them, they're using the two bottle over the four bottle version (interesting) and they fill them with gels. So, yeah, at least that way the contents of the bottles will last them the entire event. At the end they lug an empty belt of empty bottles over the finish line for the cameras. Personally, I suggest using whatever is on the course unless you're getting paid to.

OH, NO BUT I *MUST* HAVE THE STRAWBERRY FLAVORED GU BRAND I'VE BEEN SPECIFICALLY TRAINING WITH.
Grow a pair, ironperson, vanilla is not going to kill you. Or, if you're really that sensitive to various food flavor additives, find out what flavor gels they are giving out on the course and train with those. Try and get the most out of your over priced entry fee.

BUT WHERE AM I GOING TO STORE MY GELS?
In your pockets. They have them built into your tri suit now to justify charging you $150 for a piece of lycra.

HANG ON, DOESN'T HEATHER JACKSON WEAR AND WIN IN A FUEL BELT?

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A post shared by Heather Jackson (@hjacksonracing) on Nov 13, 2018 at 11:16am PST

Well, she wins in a belt. There's not actually any fuel attached to it and in reality she seems to prefer taking fluid from paper cups at an aid station. Still, that doesn't stop FuelBelt sponsoring her. I'm waiting on the wind tunnel test results to see how much faster that piece of elastic is compared to others.

BUT MY RUN LEADER AT THE FLEET FEET RUNNING GROUP TOLD ME WE NEEDED ONE FOR OUR TRAINING RUNS?
Shut up.

ASEA - How To Identify A Nutritional Scam

I received an email yesterday on the latest wonder product which will increase my endurance by 10-12% and help me recover in half the time!

Here's my one minute bullsh*t test for any nutritional product you might hear about so you can get on with your day and concentrate your time and money on what will really help you go faster. Hiring me as your coach. LOL.

1. Was the research on the product sourced from a Scientific Journal? You should be able to scroll to the bottom of the article and see numbered references to publications supporting the claims. Names like Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, The American Journal of Sports Medicine etc.

2. Testimonials are worthless. Endurance athletes are poorly paid and who can blame them for putting their name to anything if it's worth a few bucks. It's an extra warning sign if you've never heard of any of them (see video). Shame on the coaches who appeared in this.



3. With the rate at which information is shared in this day and age don't you think you would've heard about it already? If the first I'm hearing about it is from a personal email farmed off my website there's something fishy going on. Subscribe to a couple of reputable websites and blogs like the Sports Scientists and The New York Times Well Blog and I promise you won't miss out on the latest silver bullet (if it ever materializes)

In the meantime. Go out and get some exercise. It may increase your endurance by 10-12%...

Liquid Image Camera Mask - Open Water Swimming Video

This is a video I made with a Liquid Image digital camera swimming mask.  This one was taken at Seabright Beach near where I live. I have started using it for swim stroke analysis. They are surprisingly affordable at $100 USD.  Takes great quality video both above and below the water.