7 Tips For Swimming With A Swim Tether

If you're swimming with a swim tether or bungee cord, these 7 tips will help you get more out of your workout. I like the StretchCordz brand of tether available on Amazon (amzn.to/2Vix49e).
1. Attach it high
2. Mix it up
Use front scull, kick against the wall or different strokes to keep it interesting.
3. Use a snorkel
My favorite snorkel: amzn.to/2XqKDpx
4. Track time or strokes
5. Short reps and sessions
6. Change speed
7. Underwater exercises
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Session from Elise:
Not tethered:
- 4 mins easy laps
- 2 mins easy kick laps w/board
Tethered:
- 2 mins easy Pull
- 2 mins easy Form
- 8 x (15' explode/15' easy) - 15'R
- 8 x (30' polo drill/30' easy swim) - 15'R
- 8 x (30' Fast/30' Easy) 30'R
- Tether + Fins on: 6 x 60' Fly kick on back in streamline - 15'R
Not tethered:
- 8 x (30' x vertical kick or tread water; 4 x blast offs w/vertical fly kick; Sprint to other end of pool) - 30'R
- Cool down: 3 mins easy lap swimming.

[@philippepperell9951]

Hi, here in Yucatán México many people tend to have smaller pools. So I have used a tether since we moved in. We placed it as high as we could on the wall, but I found my legs still heavy in the water (ps I am 65 but was on the swim team as a kid for years and years plus other water activities. I am a strong swimmer), so (I am also a water aerobics teacher), I decided to try an inexpensive pool noodle under my hips/thighs/ankles so that I have some variety in my position in the water. When the pool noodle is under my ankles, I just practice my arm stroke. I think it is harder but it is so much fun. I also alternate swimming with jogging against the tether resistance. I found your tips useful. Thank you and keep on swimmin´! Colette

[@lauriekilmartin16]

Thanks so much, I just started swimming in a yard pool, tethered swimming so unstructured and hard to measure, your tips really help.

[@nunoprazeres1173]

Great advice! I am fully locked down in Portugal but I do have a 10 meters pool and using a open water buoy (that has a belt) and some physio elastic bands somehow managed to create a tether system that work surprisingly well. By the way... water is freezing so I use a wetsuit. A few additional tips. For me a snorkel is mandatory because the water does not move so there is no bow of air forming near the mouth so I either I have move my head up or over rotate to breathe. I place some markers in the bottom and use them as a reference of applied power. If I am swimming properly I move further if I don't I move back. Today I found that if I concentrate in doing a longer pull I easily move up a marker or two. I guess I was starting my recovery too soon. Maybe this is something that will make me a bit faster when we all finally are able to get back to normal swimming.

[@PedroSantos-nl7zd]

Olá Nuno, mais um tuga :) , estou a pensar comprar um cinto para a piscina, na dúvida se me adapto bem, começo com um da decathlon (custa uns 30€). tenho apenas uma questão, ao prender o cinto no fato, não vai começar a cortar? tu usas na cintura ou prendes nos pés? abraço e obrigado

[@glansberry]

I do most of my swimming static in my backyard pool using the StaticSwim belt. Regarding #4, tracking time/strokes. I found that my Garmin Fenix 6 Pro has a Swim Dead Reckoning feature in the software that allows for position updates to open water swim if you lose gps. If you turn gps off for open water swim, it will use a multitude of metrics to calculate a distance (especially useful for me since I swim mostly in my backyard pool). It’s a relatively new feature but this back whenever runners and cyclists transitioned indoors to trainers and all of the details behind how their machines calculate distance while stationary. Thanks for the tips, sub’d.! (btw I am not a strong swimmer).

[@Try_n_2Tri]

When you posted your video about what people are doing during pool closures - I was going to ask about tethers... ironically I ordered one yesterday. Great tips as I get ready to open my backyard pool in two weeks. Can't wait to get back to membership but for now... tether it will be.

[@katiecrowell9687]

Love it. Just bought a tether yesterday to attempt to keep in swim-shape during the course of all of this.

[@milenstoikov9819]

Which did you buy? I’m looking to purchase one as well.

[@peterdsouza5992]

Nice video keep it up my granddaughter is a very good swimmer because she learns in the school and also sees the videos of effort less swimming

[@lilybaker6109]

You get a SUBSCRIBE! They don't get handed out often but this was ridiculously helpful!! I am actually researching building an exercise pool and this was actually helpful in our research!

[@michaelmastell6778]

I've just started swimming on a tether in the backyard pool. The FORM goggles have been incredibly helpful for doing sets based on time.

[@eyesonthetube]

great video. never heard of deepend fitness, so good to know

[@userbosco]

Great tips and vid! You are correct, 30 minutes on the tether is much harder than 30 minutes of laps. Killer workout tho! Glad I bought one.

[@bellaz8543]

Awesome tips, thanks a mill!

[@carltrummer9103]

Thank you for your advices; very helpful.

[@saracherry1334]

Great tips. Thank you for posting this. I’ve been using a tether the past couple of weeks and was wondering why it was so much harder than just swimming.

[@lenore1075]

Snorkel is a great idea

[@monster_006zz8]

Small pool ,,, Nice to have.....

[@haasmalik-akutedrilling9225]

Really useful cheers bud

[@swimwell]

I appreciate your job finding a creative topic at this dark time!

[@jeylful]

Hi mate, thank you for your informative video. Could you explain/contrast what is like to swim with the tether vs. free as well as exercises suitable for a normal house pool where doing laps is not that convenient? (perhaps which swimming technique we could use to take most of our house pools would be a video idea. I am overweight and recently bought a house and I am looking forward to start swimming to losing weight. Cheers mate!

[@pelotinleguiz]

Hi. Great tips! I would like to know if there is a specific height to attach the rope to the pool or a wall nearby. Thank you

[@comesolitoquito1977]

What about if I have an ankle (vs. waist) tether? Should I anchor it high? Thanks for your video.

[@dougparedes1911]

Hello Brenton, I appreciate all your videos, thank you. I have a question, have you coached a swimmer recover from a rotator cuff repair and bicep head reposition surgery ( a year and a half ago)? my case-specific is post-surgery when I place my left arm (Surgery side) on the glide ready to the catch, about 6 inches below the water, my arm sinks and I can not control it, do you have an exercise or a way to correct this and regain control, I haven't noticed any other major loss of control with this arm or at least no differernce from before the surgery, I normally do several different weight exercises to strenth the shoulders. My normal free style stroke is a 2 beat kick stroke. I thank you beforehand and I will appreciate any insight.

[@mikeseparator9654]

Great video. Just ordered my professional tether after having tried various alternatives.

[@Rubibi-saltwaterjim]

Can you recommend one to me?

[@mikeseparator9654]

@@Rubibi-saltwaterjim Mine is Static Swim from France. Comes in easy, moderate and Strong, in one pack. So far it worked, seems to last as well with the weather.

[@andrewharding3818]

Love you KZbin stuff & podcasts, can't seem to get your podcast to work, the one about having no pool, it’s a delema where all pretty much in at the moment not having a pool to train in unless a home pool

[@rafrokid79]

Thanks so much finally know how to use my tether now

[@milenstoikov9819]

What brand tether are you using? I’m looking to buy one.

[@rafrokid79]

@@milenstoikov9819 no brand just guessing on eBay

[@15heelagter]

What is better to prevent legs and waste from sinking; waste cord or ankle cords?

[@haasmalik-akutedrilling9225]

Can u plz post some videos for under water workouts

[@deboraghwigmore1481]

I'm looking to purchase a swimming tether, is there a brand you could recommend please Deb Australia

[@tasleemahmad6033]

Check out the description! There’s a link there :)

[@koala10ish]

Hello, Would the tether be okay with a pool size 220 x 150 x 60 cm?

[@bobbiecameron9529]

What tether would you recommend?

[@glansberry]

I have use the StaticSwim belt from France for the last 3 years. 👍

[@MeiryoSwims]

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[@K-StateScottFL]

First of all, thanks for this video! Excellent info. Question on #6 "Change effort". So, if I do 30 seconds @ 60%, 20 seconds @ 80%, 10 seconds @ 100% effort ("10 out of 10 effect") and I want to exercise for 30 minutes total, do I just keep repeating this without stopping? Or do I stop for a small amount of time? Thanks.

[@swimrr3709]

Scott USA - Florida hey hope your well, I would say you could take a small break and the length of that break depending on your fitness level after doing the 10 seconds at 100% to allow yourself to recover slightly and it will be easier to continue this set for you for 30 mins otherwise you may find it difficult to continue to swim after sprinting even for 10 seconds. However it is entirely up to you and what it best for you! Hope this helps

[@guntodd]

What’s a good starting age? I have 10YO age group swimmers

[@manjimmy1043]

My swim tether is snapped and i haven't used it

[@touriafransform6280]

0:26. Attaching it high is a bad idea. The more horizontal the tether is, the closer it gets to real swimming. Ideally, the cord should be horizontal at the water level. It is high-school physics. By attaching it high, there are two components of the pulling force. There is a horizontal component (cosine of the elevation angle) and a vertical component (sine of the elevation angle). The vertical component will "lift" the swimmer, making it very unnatural. You might feel your legs sinking if you suddenly start swimming in a normal pool again. TLDR: Keep it horizonal to eliminate the vertical lift.

[@anamariaaraya-castro203]

Do you think Fitbit track swimming just as well with a tether? I’m swimming 30min, without the tether that could be around a very slow 1km. And with the tether Fitbit is tracking 550m. And I feel like I’m swimming way more.

[@boufshit5071]

can anyone help me to find overspeed tether in the europ or north africa pls im from Algeria and we dont have em if someone just give me a like i didn't found it anywhere

[@kembooo000]

Didn’t stick to number 7