{"id":439205,"date":"2020-07-09T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=439205"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:02:21","slug":"swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-emily-overholt-and-markus-thormeyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-emily-overholt-and-markus-thormeyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “How They Train: Emily Overholt and Markus Thormeyer”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/span>
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How They Train: Emily Overholt and Markus Thormeyer<\/span><\/h1>\n

By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n

EMILY OVERHOLT<\/span>
\nAt age 15, Emily Overholt won three gold medals and a silver at the 2013 Canada Games and grabbed bronze in the 400 IM at World Juniors. Since then, she has added eight medals (one gold, two silver, five bronze) at the Commonwealth Games (2014), Pan Pacs (2014), Pan Ams (2015), World Championships (2015 and 2019) and the Olympics (2016). She also set a Canadian national record of 4:32.52 in the 400 IM at the 2015 Worlds in Kazan, Russia. At the 2020 U Sports (NCAA equivalent) Championships, she won six golds and a silver.<\/p>\n

To her credit, Overholt has overcome a post-Rio bout of depression and a debilitating hamstring injury that caused her to miss the 2017 U Sports season and World Trials. These days, as a third-year University of British Columbia kinesiology major, she continues to train under Coach Tom Johnson while joining the Toronto Titans, Canada\u2019s professional International Swimming League entry.<\/p>\n

Overholt\u2019s training program is middle distance freestyle and IM-based. \u201cShe covers all the strokes every week,\u201d says Johnson. \u201cWhen her freestyle goes well, so does her IM. She struggled with a hamstring injury following the 2016 Olympic Trials, and that has only recently allowed her to return to the type of breaststroke training that she was doing earlier in her career. Breaststroke is the weakest part of her IM, and she swims a breaststroke-based IM program twice a week that has a heavy Jozsef Nagy influence.<\/p>\n

MARKUS THORMEYER<\/span><\/strong>
\nLike Overholt, 22-year-old Markus Thormeyer swims for the University of British Columbia, where he is an environmental science major. The seasoned international competitor also competes in the International Swimming League for the New York Breakers.<\/p>\n

A two-time World Juniors participant in 2013 and 2015 (gold mixed free relay), he also represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games, 2016 Olympics, 2017 and 2019 World Championships, 2018 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships. A talented freestyler, Thormeyer is also the Canadian national record holder in the 100 meter backstroke (53.35). At the 2020 U Sports Championships, he garnered seven golds in the 100-200 back and freestyles and three relays.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarkus is a quiet, thoughtful team leader\u2014one who is very purposeful and engaged in his program. He communicates well and approaches his training with an intelligence I find rare in most swimmers,\u201d says Johnson. In the past year-and-a-half, Thormeyer has placed greater emphasis on his backstroke.<\/p>\n

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Swimming World Magazine July 2020 Issue<\/span><\/h2>\n

FEATURES<\/p>\n

017<\/span> A NEW HOPE<\/span><\/strong>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the globe and changed the lives of everyone in the world. Now, there is some light at the end of the tunnel as the world struggles to find normalcy again.<\/p>\n

020<\/span> ISHOF: \u201cCALLING ALL TROUBLEMAKERS\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
\nSprinters are a different breed of swimmer. They\u2019re not just free spirits, but they seem to be rule breakers and troublemakers who also are catalysts for positive change. In the first of a two-part feature, Swimming World takes a look at the stories of two of the most well-known female sprinters who fit this image: Dawn Fraser and Eleanor Holm.<\/p>\n

023<\/span> GREAT SCOT(T)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nScotland\u2019s Duncan Scott should be an Olympic medal threat next year in the 100 and 200 free and maybe even the 200 IM, and he will be a key cog for British 800 free and 400 medley relays with gold medal aspirations.<\/p>\n

026<\/span> TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: A STAR OF SWIMMING…AND HOLLYWOOD<\/strong><\/span>
\nby John Lohn<\/strong>
\nThe latest installment of our Takeoff to Tokyo series looks at the career of the legendary Johnny Weissmuller, one of the first stars in the sport, and then a Hollywood hero.<\/p>\n

COACHING<\/p>\n

012<\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: THE VALUE OF HAND FORCE ANALYSIS: PART IV\u2014FREESTYLE<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
\nThe first three articles in this series (Part I\u2014Butterfly, Part II\u2014Backstroke and Part III\u2014Breaststroke) presented information about the value of using hand force analysis to reinforce positive technique elements and identify limitations. The current article includes more general information about force analysis with a freestyle example.<\/p>\n

014<\/span> AEROBIC OVERLOAD: VOLUME REVISITED (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nLast month, Swimming World examined the role of volume in aquatic training. This month, some of America\u2019s most successful swimmers share how volume shaped their development.<\/p>\n

042<\/span> Q&A WITH COACH TOM JOHNSON<\/span> <\/strong>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

044<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN EMILY OVERHOLT AND MARKUS THORMEYER<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRAINING<\/p>\n

011<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: THE NEED FOR STRENGTH<\/strong><\/span>
\nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n

JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n

046<\/span> UP & COMERS: ZACH TOWER<\/span> <\/strong>
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n

COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n

008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

010<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

019<\/span> DID YOU KNOW? NO TO TOPLESS BATHING; HIGH DIVING; AND FIRST FULLY AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC TIMING SYSTEM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

029<\/span> 2020 AQUATIC DIRECTORY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n