Pro Cyclist learns to swim - La Barceloneta

[@joshuasmith6262]

Hey jimmy I am an elite swimmer turned geriatric age group triathlete. Couple things I noticed. Fingertips need to be below elbow at all times. You can correct with fingertip drag drill. Right arm is entering early as well. Sculling drills will help as well. These are the best tool for water feel which is everything in swimming. There is a great variation of that called YMCA drill. Right arm is crossing your centerline. You can do a drill for that with a kick board when you hold it with one arm in front and only swim with the other. You can swap arms per stroke. You can also think about reaching out to the side a little instead to correct, things in the water always feel more drastic than they look when you fix problems. Fins work is beneficial for body position stuff and using them with a snorkel will help with drills. Great to warmup too. an easy thing you can do in your warmups before main set to help with efficiency is a couple 25’s with the first 10 strokes off the wall at 90% kind of like strides for running. If you want to mix it up try with an ankle band. I also noticed your ankles are flailing out a bit and your knees bend a lot. you may be over rotating the hips. Try to keep them flatter and kick from the glute in a flutter motion. Almost like using your toes as the end of a whip. Kick should only be supporting what your arms are doing. Torso rotation is looking good. The drills will look and feel silly but they are the most valuable way you could spend your time in the water, technique is everything. Hope this helps & good luck

[@jimmywhelan]

mate this is amazing, thank you. I have since googled all the terms you use and already thinking how to apply them to my next training. Again thanks 🙂🙂

[@MaDiViL696]

I recognize myself in some of the comment you've made. I will apply them as well. Very concise and clear feedbacks

[@KP-ox5yo]

Enjoyed the video! Hope to see your nutrition pre during and post training at some point in a vid ☺️

[@jimmywhelan]

@@KP-ox5yo will include in my next videos 😎😎😊

[@CG-99]

Looks like a solid start. One quick improvement you csn make. Look down more, look at the bottom of the pool, not out in front of you - this will shift your center of balance forward more, which then lifts your butt and legs closer to the surface.

[@jimmywhelan]

yeah I saw this from the video also, I need to tuck my chin to my chest more, you can see my hips are a little angled down, for sure something that is an easy fix and easy gain

[@Lankysprinter]

I think quickest fix is the left hand not pointing up when it’s in the water so it’s not causing drag. Fingers below hand, hand below wrist, wrist below elbow, elbow below shoulder works for me as a simple cue (only very slightly below at each stage of course!). Do you ever run trails? You make my knees hurt!

[@jimmywhelan]

@@Lankysprinter I run trails yeah, on my longer runs 😊 and yes for sure about the hand, I’m trying to fix this

[@heikkisanelma6625]

Run seems smooth mate. Hope you get the swim to the level you are in the competition straight away, wil lbe interesting to see how you progress! give us updates on you 200-400m swim times on TT effort as well as 1k-5k runs :)

[@jimmywhelan]

@@heikkisanelma6625 will do mate, good idea about the 40 TT time, will be interesting to see how I progress on the times

[@wrecker59]

Great video and great tips … swim bilateral … breathe every three strokes … gives you better balance and rhythm and then you will be comfortable breathing on either side in your races All sons love a tip from their fathers 😳

[@joshuasmith6262]

@@wrecker59 not necessarily a good idea as it can mean he will be hypoxic if swimming fast, if it was better you’d see the elites swim like this in races and they don’t. Good idea for cool downs

[@jimmywhelan]

i cant swim bilateral, i have bad genetics i think

[@ProffessorSeen1]

Arms crossing the centerline of your body is bad. My triathlete gf says you should get a technique consult from a pro coach. Been following since the EF days. U got this mate.

[@robredpath9860]

Dancing in those Nike’s Jimmy. Making it look easy 💪

[@jimmywhelan]

thank you, trying my best aha

[@PeterSmith-w7h]

Hey Jimmy love the grind and the content I am Barcelona based would be down to do a run session with you down the beach up to Forum

[@jimmywhelan]

send me a message on insta, if you have it :))

[@willinked486]

When you enter the water with your left hand, you point your fingertips/hand up. This creates e little dragt. Try ti focus on keeping it straight. Its a little thing to focus on that gives instant gains. Otherwise it looks good for someone just starting out and the other peoples advice is great. Keep up the good work🤩💪

[@jimmywhelan]

thank you, and yes i saw in the video i really do a weird angle with my left hand. I swam today and focused on relaxing my hand, seems to have worked :))

[@marcelcamprubi3869]

I believe in you ma G!!!!

[@jimmywhelan]

aha, i made it seem a bit like this, i know you believe, so thx, but i also need a bit of doubt to keep me motivated