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It\u2019s easy to assume that, in summer and in warm climates, swim training outdoors is best. The fact is, swim training at an outdoor pool or open water isn\u2019t always an ideal choice.<\/p>\n

A great example is Ironman triathlete, Michelle Bentley<\/strong>. She is the Assistant Fire Chief for the City of Houston, Texas, where she\u2019s been a firefighter for 20 years. She\u2019s also a mom and wife. Her husband and coach is Steven Bentley<\/strong>, who has coached hundreds of triathletes for the past 20 years.\u00a0 He says, \u201cshe is a lightning rod for everything going on, and she doesn\u2019t have a lot of time to waste in her training.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Triathlete

Triathlon competitor Michelle Bentley before a race Photo Courtesy: Vasa<\/p><\/div>\n

Steven\u2019s expertise is helping athletes be efficient with their training. \u201cI strive for maximum benefit for minimum time,\u201d says Steven. \u201cI like being fit and active, but I don\u2019t want to spend my life exercising.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three years ago when Steven and Michelle met, she was training a whopping 20 hours per week. With Steven\u2019s guidance, Michelle reduced that to 13 hours. Coach Bentley\u2019s plan incorporated a\u00a0Vasa SwimErg<\/a>\u00a0into Michelle\u2019s routine.<\/p>\n

\"Michelle

Triathlete Michelle Bentley with her husband, and coach, Steven Photo Courtesy: Vasa<\/p><\/div>\n

Michelle\u2019s greatest gains in triathlon have been in swimming, the one aspect of triathlon that she did not always like.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe couldn\u2019t work out hard in the pool,\u201d says Steven. \u201cI would see what she could do on the bike, and wondered why she was being such a slacker in the pool. She would tell me she was working as hard as she could, and I\u2019d say no you\u2019re not!\u201d<\/p>\n

Sooner or later, every athlete will be challenged by consistency, efficiency, and safety.\u00a0Texas-based Bentley<\/a>\u00a0and Florida-based\u00a0coach Tim Crowley<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0gave us a shortlist of why this is so and how to do it properly:<\/p>\n

Vasa Training<\/a> prevents bad habits:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWhen I train athletes on a Vasa, it takes the challenge of breathing while swimming in water completely out of the equation,\u201d said Bentley. \u201cIf someone isn\u2019t comfortable swimming in the water, they\u2019ll often build their swim stroke around their breathing pattern. But they need to build their breathing around their swim stroke.\u201d<\/p>\n

When your face is in the water, breathing dictates swim stroke.\u00a0 When swimming on a Vasa, your face is not in the water so it isn\u2019t part of the equation. \u201cOnce the swimmer is in the water, they can focus on breathing again, and it\u2019s less likely it will change the stroke they\u2019ve ingrained during weeks and months of Vasa training,\u201d said Bentley.<\/p>\n

Dryland swimming helps train your body position and prevents swimmers from being lazy:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Your body position in a pool is different from your body position in an open water saltwater swim, or in an open water swim where you\u2019re wearing a wetsuit. \u201cIn an open water swim, your legs are raised up, your back is in a different position than any swim position you\u2019ve done,\u201d said Bentley. \u201cA lot of people come out of the water and their back is a mess. They\u2019re not used to that hyper-extended position, and they get out of the water and they can\u2019t bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swimming on a\u00a0Vasa Trainer<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0SwimErg<\/a>, an athlete is always in a hyperextended position, which in the end makes swimmers more adaptable to different positions in the water, according to Bentley. \u201cWhen you\u2019re swimming on a Vasa, you\u2019re feeling what it feels like to swim properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training on Vasa often gives athletes a mental edge since metrics motivate:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We all have good days and bad days. The\u00a0Vasa SwimErg<\/a>\u00a0with power meter gives athletes and coaches reliable and repeatable numbers that show progress. At Montverde Academy, Crowley uses the\u00a0SwimErgs<\/a>\u00a0to test various aspects of his athlete\u2019s stroke, including power over time or distance per stroke. Repeated testing lets athletes see their improvement, which can be a mental edge in competition. Having hard data also helps coaches plan a taper into the training program before important events. High-quality Vasa training is measurable and repeatable.<\/p>\n

Consistency:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWithout availability to a Vasa, then a day when training gets rained out would become an unplanned rest day,\u201d said Tim Crowley, Head Strength Coach at Montverde Academy (MVA), a private school in Clermont, Florida, where daily afternoon thunder & lightning storms frequently cancel the pool swim practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was never a good way to maintain consistent quality swim training on such days.\u00a0 Before we got\u00a0Vasa Trainers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SwimErgs<\/a>, we used tubing for resistance workouts, which is a far inferior alternative. Over the past eight years, I\u2019ve been working with 25 athletic teams here and my biggest takeaway is that consistency matters.\u00a0 Even if the workout is only 20-25 minutes, working out daily gives athletes a huge advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Athlete using the Vasa trainer Photo Courtesy: Vasa<\/p><\/div>\n

Crowley says that when an outdoor pool workout is interrupted, whether it\u2019s his own swim or the MVA swim teams\u2019 workouts, access to\u00a0Vasa SwimErgs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Vasa Trainers<\/a>\u00a0save the day. \u201cI can take a planned pool workout and adapt it inside in an instant. Plus, I can get my swimmers in and out in less time than in the pool because of the intensity of working out on a\u00a0Vasa SwimErg<\/a>.\u201d Crowley keeps half a dozen standard workouts on hand for the days when a pool session has to be aborted or canceled.<\/p>\n

Convenience is a time saver and Frequency is a training enhancer:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cAn athlete will benefit a lot more doing 10-minutes every day for seven days on a movement to pattern than if they spend 70 minutes on that same pattern only once a week,\u201d said coach Bentley. \u201cMichelle can walk upstairs and, bang, she is on the\u00a0SwimErg<\/a>. She can crank out 500 to 1000 meters fast, or if she is working on stroke technique, she can work on it for five to ten minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

When an athlete is learning to improve their body position, elbow position or hand position, they have to break old patterns. As athletes fatigue during a workout, the new pattern can fall apart and the old pattern can resurface, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the stroke technique training.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different from interval training because when you\u2019re learning a new way of doing something, you can\u2019t go hard initially,\u201d said Bentley. \u201cPeople go to the pool to swim for an hour, and most of it is ingraining bad habits. On the Vasa, as soon as your stroke starts falling apart, you stop. Then you can hop on it the next day for five minutes longer. It\u2019s the best way to ingrain good technique.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vasa helps athletes get an intense workout in a short period of time:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re doing 200-meter repeats in the pool,\u201d says Crowley, \u201con the Vasa SwimErg those 200M repeats will feel more like 250 meters. You can base workouts on time and intensity, and you know exactly what an athlete is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crowley\u2019s facility at Monte Verde has three\u00a0Vasa SwimErgs<\/a>\u00a0and two\u00a0Vasa Trainers<\/a>. When the swim team comes in, Crowley sends the athletes through a Vasa circuit of fly pulls, one-arm drills, freestyle and backstroke intervals. He also pairs those exercises with strength moves such as leg squats and shoulder injury-prevention exercises. Since the Vasa machines do not take up much space, Crowley says that an unexpected visit from a rained-out swim team does not impact the other teams already training in his busy strength & conditioning center.<\/p>\n

When racing in hot conditions, Vasa is ideal for safe acclimatization:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In Florida, lakes and the ocean get very warm from July through September. Crowley uses a\u00a0Vasa SwimErg<\/a>\u00a0installed in his garage to train his body so it will not overheat in extremely hot conditions.\u00a0 He routinely trains in his 90\u00b0F garage, practicing swimming at a higher resistance and lower stroke rate, all in a safe environment.<\/p>\n

If the athlete starts to hyperventilate there, he or she will not be in danger. \u2018In overly warm water, the body cannot dissipate heat very well,\u201d said coach Crowley. \u201cIf you hyperventilate during an open water swim, it can quickly spiral out of control. You can\u2019t just stop and easily catch your breath. A panic attack in the water can be deadly. It can happen easily when you can\u2019t bring breathing under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crowley says that if an athlete trains for intense heat in the water with a slower but powerful stroke, they have a much better chance of completing the swim safely. In a triathlon race, they can then get on their bike without being completely exhausted and overheated.<\/p>\n

Weather and safety go hand in hand:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are several environmental factors that can make indoor swim training a better choice than an outdoor pool or open water.\u00a0 The water temperature, plus the ambient heat & humidity in the air must be considered. Other common challenges are daily thunder & lightning storms, open water that\u2019s too cold in spring and too hot in late summer, and for some people like Michelle, chlorine pools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more often you put yourself into a situation that can threaten your safety,\u201d said Bentley, \u201cthe more likely you are to run into issues. The more often you can train in a safe, controlled environment, the better you\u2019ll focus on your training and how to meet your goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOTE: Regardless of how much you swim indoors or outdoors, you will improve quickly using Vasa\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>FREE 5-part Freestyle course<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0You\u2019ll receive 5 lessons by email to get you swimming stronger, better, faster than ever before!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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