lucky to have a great swim partner

I am Gwen Jorgensen, 2016 Rio Olympic Champion in the triathlon. I am a mom of two and am returning to triathlon after running profesionally for five years. Follow along as I battle it out with the best in the world. Subscribe to learn about my nutrition, training, and being a mom.
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[@samholder196]

I absolutely love Taylor's energy. Also I love how brutally candid she can be lol

[@RachelWhelton]

This is great. I love hearing this conversation about how they do the set and what they say to the coach.

[@keithdoran89]

Great concept video! Very rare to see world class athletes working out together!

[@kellismith4913]

The conversation between you and Taylor was so interesting to listen too. Love hearing the different perspectives and that it came from a natural conversation!

[@aldodesantanajr3456]

Thank you so much for the content,the after session talk is so important for our self learning, Happy training “The boring stuff is the exciting stuff “ 😎

[@GwenJorgensen]

:)

[@heatherhaviland489]

This is great!!! 2 incredible athletes helping each other from 2 generations ❤️❤️

[@megmikerodriguez6011]

The boring part is the exciting part, lol, gotta love Taylor! Way to get the work done; bettertogether!! God bless, Megan

[@ziginc]

Just a great post. Little philosophy, little technical, little Taylor knibb talking at warp speed. Love.

[@SandraRingelstein]

I like this concept. I love seeing you two together!

[@kevinhanover5001]

ha! “half wed or half dead” is so true. that’s exactly how it feels to be dating in boulder 🤣

[@HoeDaniel]

Love this video! Great to get some ideas for swim sets and also nice to see two top tier athletes trading ideas about the job. More swim vids! 🏊

[@3Max]

I love how detail oriented Taylor is, very impressive memory! Thanks for sharing the session, and hope to see more! :)

[@cryptopuke]

love seeing the workout videos. Keep it up! Great banter with Taylor!

[@BarticusAD]

Sooo good! Love hearing how 2 of the best process their workouts!

[@henri_sxq]

Love the discussion on what do you tell your coach! Great piece !

[@avoycendeether8869]

That was one of your best vids, y'all. Just letting you know...

[@GwenJorgensen]

Wow, thanks!

[@GwenJorgensen]

what did you like about it?

[@yeahbaby3239]

I enjoyed seeing Taylor working out with you. It’s great to see a promising talent training with a gold medalist.

[@avoycendeether8869]

@@GwenJorgensen It's the right mix of relatable (peeking at the clock, exchanging notes with the coach, not an epic workout but work that you gotta do) & a little inside baseball w/o giving the farm away. Lots of insight into pro tri life but not an interview (nothing wrong with an interview, love them)...instead just natural conversation even though there is somebody there sticking a camera in your faces.

[@toddkearney6464]

Great video! I enjoyed the discussion after the swim set.

[@99cya]

taylor is fantastic. watching her in hawaii was so great.

[@GwenJorgensen]

yes:)

[@waynemar11]

ooh swimming again brilliant, love it thank you :)

[@texajersey5569]

Taylor is the best!

[@GwenJorgensen]

agreed.

[@peachxblue]

I loved this video! I’m working on my freestyle, so I was watching as closely the swimming parts as the conversational parts :) « the boring parts are the exciting parts » as Taylor would say haha. But, as a swimmer, watching other swimmers isn’t boring to me :)

[@marcelezo]

Taylor is amazing 😂

[@dakilamoty]

Love both if you 🤩

[@Claire_16]

So relieved to see Taylor's goggle marks. I thought it was just me that suffers from shocking goggle and hat marks, nice to see a Pro has the same issues. 😃

[@shartmann2008]

Swim is so odd, it's nice to see my favorite athletes chat about it!

[@victoriaanderson6326]

More Taylor!

[@AaronAnsari]

Nice to see this type of video and collab. Great content.

[@GwenJorgensen]

Next I’ll have to show her the wonders of Disney! After she goes and crushes Paris (and likely Kona too)

[@hellotiger99]

Good job Gwen. Looking at that underwater it looks like there is limited reach and glide before the start of your catch. Your arm is dropping straight away. You can see the difference with the side by side with Taylor. I'm not sure if this is a conscious technique decision? Anyway, regards arm chair, KZbin expert (0 Olympic medals)

[@GwenJorgensen]

my stroke is far from perfect and in open water the glide is often nullified

[@waltertakano6706]

much closer to do a 70.3 😀😃 maybe post Paris 2024?

[@anesmekid798]

sweet girls both

[@siitan83]

Exciting is getting boring stuff done

[@Dan-rg7jj]

It's probably known (swimmers or coaches) can have a dig at triathletes for their stroke or turns but what about set design? This is where it gets interesting and I have a feeling less then 1% are really looking into this enough (everyone not just triathletes). 'Does it really matter if you're a couple seconds slower and in 4 days you wouldn't have lost any fitness?' You said it yourself. Think about this further and question if the clock matters that much? 15x 200s - decending, assending, on xxx time, or xxx time, or xxx time. I could modify this set so much. 6x200s free, last 200 don't stop into 400 IM (or 2x 200m IMs) then, 6x200s free - start first one without stopping after IM. 3x200 free, 400m 50back alt 50fly (or 25back alt 25fly), x3 200m free. 2x100 fly, 2x200 free (do this 3 times). 200m back, 400IM, 200m back, then 4x100 free, 4x100 reverse IM, 4x100 free. Rather then using the clock recover with backstoke, double arm backstroke, double arm backstroke with brest kick. One arm butterfly is another good one. Warm up 800m 50m alt left/right arm. Then don't stop - into 2x400 of 100m back/free. Don't stop the wall so often unless drinking - backstoke, backstroke, backstroke. Finis snorkel like your buddy had. 200m free, alt 200m kick (x4) or done as 100s. No one should be kicking without a snorkel. Terrible for the neck the ideal freestyle position. 100% freestyle will improve with a finis snorkel. Get a full sized adult kickboard too. One that is shaped more dimond like or spear headed. It supports weight better. After 3 or 4km of this you are ready to hit the paddles/finns and lastly pull. I would work hard with finns. They are really good for turns and pushing off walls. I find them good for sprint work rather then anaerobic. Also for dolphin kick (front and back). 300m - 100m free (sprint), 100m back (sort of recover), 50m fly, 50m dolphin kick on back (anaerobic) do this a few times after you've done main set. One word on warmup - back strokes at start, then towards the end of the warm up incorporate front strokes. I'm a fan of brest stroke but it doesn't work like the other 3 and I just put it in where I can, when I've done too much backstroke. Hope this helps. I'm a fan and remember you from following triathlon back around 2010. I wouldn't have ever remembered but recently popped up in my feed since I started doing and following the fitness scene again.

[@GwenJorgensen]

clock doesn't matter - i did a video last year all about this. The clock for me is more about entertainment than anything else. but often in my sessions i am not giving a time send off. just whatever i need to accomplish the goals of the set

[@happygilmore8259]

Nice work! What was the total duration of this swim?

[@GwenJorgensen]

i think almost 5k

[@happygilmore8259]

@@GwenJorgensen Sorry, I meant how long did you swim for? Just curious. :)

[@GwenJorgensen]

time wise? i think it was about 1:15-1:30@@happygilmore8259

[@j.e.8442]

I like swimming (training) vids

[@GwenJorgensen]

well this video is doing well ... not sure if it's taylor or if people do actually like swim videos?

[@brunochampoux]

@@GwenJorgensen both :)

[@BourgotPrune]

Who else took a screenshot of the workout? 😏

[@GwenJorgensen]

:)

[@joshspencer6240]

Mixed team relay preview?

[@GwenJorgensen]

:)

[@bb-r5710]

❤

[@juliandiazromero4101]

Hey it's the Olympic Champion and the soon-to-be Olympic Champion! neat.

[@GwenJorgensen]

boom

[@juliandiazromero4101]

@@GwenJorgensen plot twist, they are the same person

[@gabeduran8321]

Thumbs up for/cuz Taylor is in the vid, but must say, Taylor looks like a "Baby" compared to Gwen, the ten year differance shows dramatically! : ( Gwen, unfortunately defenitely no chance for LA in 2028, and unfortuantely Paris 2024, you might crack top 20 overall! All the best!

[@GwenJorgensen]

hahaha two kids will age you quickly. Love that I get to train with not the next generation but the current one! she's awesome

[@letsrelaxwithtexts2114]

how do you deal with the BIG hunger after swwiming.... nothing seems to saciety my apetite after it.

[@GwenJorgensen]

food. lots of it. haha

[@letsrelaxwithtexts2114]

@@GwenJorgensen kkkk but im a fatty... cant do lots of it kkkkk

[@trbeyond]

Is this SCY or SCM?

[@cphilipbrown]

I’m guessing it’s scy? I looked up the team on the backstroke banners and its high school team. I’m pretty sure US high schools usually race scy…could be wrong?

[@GwenJorgensen]

it's meters at a rec center that the team uses

[@GwenJorgensen]

SCM