Episode Details

  Triathlon swim coach Gerry Rodrigues discusses how to improve your triathlon swimming through having the right training prescription, and avoiding low-relevance training that may be relevant for pool swimmers, but not for triathletes.     IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

• The 4 most common and most costly mistakes triathletes make in their swim training
• Things that pool swimmers do (and coaches prescribe) that have little relevance for triathlon swimming 
• Swimming at different effort levels and the importance of putting yourself in the hurt box     
• The Tower 26 training program

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• Gerry's website
• The Tower 26 subscription program
• 3 foundational elements that will make you swim faster with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#3
• "How much dehydration can you tolerate during an Ironman?" Article by Andy from Precision Hydration

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