The Fastest (Legitimate) Ironman Swim...I've EVER Seen

Lukasz Wojt had a cracking swim at IM Copenhagen recently and broke the course record in a time of 43:57. His background as an Olympic swimmer certainly shows through. Let's look at some highlights from this swim and take a look at his technique.
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[@liqiye8611]

Hey dude, Just wanted to say that thanks to you I have completed Black lake XTRI triathlon. Thank you. Milos Lazarevic

[@EffortlessSwimming]

Legend! Well done Milos

[@AccordGTR]

Lucasz is 184cm, not 194cm tall. He is 41 yrs old averages a 1:04/100 pace on an interval of 1:30. What a phenomenal swimmer

[@DonostiGros]

Excellent analysis. This is a benchmark for distance swimming; the guy is so balanced, rhythmical: like a metronome, never breaks the pace with his breathing of sighting. A joy to watch, inspiring and something to aspire too.

[@sandyanderson9117]

Hello dear how you doing 😊

[@_bergflow]

buttery stroke for sure. Also just really cool seing a former pro swimmer smoke an Ironman swim.

[@photosquare7]

Last saturday I had a fast IM trainig swim at nearly the exact same time. It took me only 1h longer ;-)

[@stuartblack77]

Thanks for this, first one of your videos I've seen and I've learned a huge amount! New to triathlon and swimming so really great analysis!

[@dariendude2]

Note the arm entry vs the other fast swimmers. His are nearly splashless, with quiet hands leading the way after a relaxed, bent-elbow arm recovery. Many of the others are windmilling their straight arms and making a much larger splash with each arm entry. Gotta believe his preserves more energy and allows for a consistent pace from start to finish. Really impressive.

[@petertaylor123]

I was in Copenhagen watching the whole race...I am not saying he was one of them, but many athletes did cut a corner and missed the last marker bouy. Nobody was penalised. And also, yes. He looked MASSIVE standing on the beach. He looked like a swimmer. Tall, long limbs and shoulders about 4m wide he had a different body shape from anybody else on the start line.

[@Falquiboy]

If he made a course record he probably also cut the bouy lol

[@frlipa]

How much distance approx. did they cut? Cuz 43 is unreal

[@juanibian]

Excelent as usual, thank you for your time

[@Cachoeira1986]

I like to watch and rewatch your analysis again and again, there are many things to be learned.

[@sljb_7107]

this is the most esthetically pleasing swimming i have ever seen in my life. @effortlessswimming thank you from Danube river, Novi Sad, Serbia.

[@alptaskurt]

Hey sir am from turkey and been watching your videos for two months i watched almost all of them,i am living by the sea side and i practice every second day,for two month i developed my swim with your help thank you :)) i still keep watchin and go for swim after.. i was thinking that i already knew swimming but i was not thank you again ..have a great day oh there is one another guy too like you,he is also good but you are the best

[@EffortlessSwimming]

Thank you! I love Turkey, I once did a Swimtrek in Kas

[@alptaskurt]

@@EffortlessSwimming am in bodrum not very far from kaş ve been there too great u were here beatifull sea and nature,fires massed around here but in few years nature will renew it self..thanks

[@jensmeggers926]

thank you for the detailed analysis. Super helpful

[@Brian_Reeves]

Super informative. I’m new into swimming and love working on having better technique. 🏊🏼

[@sandyanderson9117]

Hello Brian how you doing dear .

[@caesarsun82]

Thanks brilliantly explained and super informative, few thinks I have to correct! And congrats to the swimmer it looked effortless but the speed was insane!

[@BenjaminBriu]

You forgot to mention his butterfly’s swim at the end, looks like it was a shallow water! And yes Lov this analysis! Triathletes analysis are the best!! Lucy Barkley next!

[@robfs6691]

Lucy Charles Barclay - ex 10k swimmer turned ironman pro - always front of any swim pack Many videos of her swimming on her KZbin channel - ready for analysis including Olympic trials this year - would be excellent to see a review

[@TheSnifmister]

Such a great swimmer. Love watching his technique.

[@cannonball9478]

Mate your videos just helped me swim a 750m in 10:27. Fantastic tips and channel. I’ve had a few Masters Sessions about 7 years ago. Such great tips cheers

[@FrankP83]

wow!Amazing time!My time on 1500 is 30.20 mins 🥲

[@bopndop2347]

@@FrankP83that’s a great time too 👍👍

[@FrankP83]

@@bopndop2347 just re-started my swimming classes...i will test my time next summer on open water :)

[@przemekpecio3100]

Fantastic video thank you, the next would be what exercises can I do in order to practice all these elements you broke down - that would be nice to learn from you!

[@phxrsx]

I’d like to see some underwater footage of this guy.

[@remygrandemange8460]

Wanna see the propellers?! 😅

[@oscardelatorre2325]

thanks for these videos , all of these tips helps

[@iddqdidkfa4758]

In my cmpetitive swimming phase very long time ago, he already was so much faster than anybody else of his age. Quite a talented competitive swimmer.

[@kerambeach]

I am really impressed by is kick, seem powerful!

[@adityajoshii]

Thanks for making this video

[@GerardoRodriguez-tn1pd]

Coach, it would be great if one day you could decompose the stroke of Mykhailo Romanchuck in the 1500. I’ve been always intrigued by the emphasis he puts on some of the technical elements that you regularly talk about. It would be specially helpful for triathlon enthusiasts like myself! 🙂

[@EffortlessSwimming]

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[@Dunlaoghairegirl]

Great commentary 😊

[@ewelinaniwelt8679]

Thanks!!! Great Job!

[@ziomki8]

🇵🇱 greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

[@Alesandro113]

Great analysis

[@markkennedy9767]

Incredible how he just cuts through the water. Lovely to watch

[@bvgatti]

hi folks , started open sea swimming around 2017 and became a daily hobby for me. I love water and its effects and benefits on my mind and health . my observation during rough and shoppy conditions i found maintaining a "proper" stoke is often not practicle or work as a disadvantage to propell forward in straight line without energy drain and fatigue caused by the angle of attack and pull against currents... which forced me to adopt various catch mixed with dolphin kick in submerged free style swimming rather than a repetative stroke that is more suiting with flat water pools. noticed that catching a breath while spiraling from belly stroke to back to belly helps in maintaing better streamlined when facing cross current and allows the spine and shoulders to adjust to shanges in boyancy and maintaing speed.

[@shansingha]

Thanks ❤loved the video

[@torontocycling]

Excellent analysis. Would you please remove the background music when you talk in upcoming videos? Thanks!

[@stephanebertrand6051]

Each Time I go to the pool, I m thinking of this video ! :)

[@Zipperneck.]

Smokin'. It gives me something to aspire to!

[@nombre5502]

I notice that the pace or the cadence is faster than others olimpic swimmers which is longer. He gives 72-74 spm, and others 50-60 as Sun Yang or Mark Horton, who are long distance swimmers. What cadence would you recommend? Many strokes or less strokes and glinding? Thank you

[@Beaver8080]

I consistently swim this exact time to the very second... in 70.3 events 😱

[@tommiles5604]

At 1:50 in the video, I was amazed at the huge wake behind him. Then at 2:20 it looked like the wake was bigger than that of the boat to his right! Would love to be able to draft off his feet . . . in my dreams :)

[@MJswam4AU]

Not sure how this ended up on my recommended videos(granted I am a swim coach), but as soon as I saw the stroke I had a feeling who it was. Swam with him for a time when he came to Auburn in around 2004-2005.

[@lflemmin]

Great breakdown! I’d be curious to know what his swim training looks like.

[@KungFury_7337]

He is on a German podcast where he mentions no less than 25k a week and during the winter 35k a week. That’s 1 long swim, 2 intervals and 1 technical swim (Check his Instagram, he does all kinds of drills).

[@richardnoe3965]

His stroke rate in the beginning too!!! You can see the guys behind him with much faster stroke rate!

[@kduabreu]

Thats amazing.. what a skill

[@donk115]

What is about watching a great swimmer, so satisfying

[@lornesemenowich4099]

Dave Kirk at Ironman Canada is still the fastest in Lake swim at 42:55 and Bryan Rhodes from New Zealand had a fast time years later at 43:10

[@enjoyvideo7658]

Full race please

[@robertweber4592]

What is the name of the Song in the beginning??

[@wrxzboost]

this guy is built different...period.

[@leslie7922]

Those water Conditions are dreamy

[@tednruth453]

Crikey......Struth......bloody awesome 😀 Did he throw in some butterfly?😳😯

[@EffortlessSwimming]

😂

[@MrPBerumen]

Yes, I saw it too, at about 9:53. Maybe he was finishing and already touching ground with his feet

[@NecromancertheKing]

how do u get this high pull rate? if i can trust my watch im between 55-60 pulls/min. im by far no pro, but id say im pretty okish for an amateur in speed. whenever i rise the pullrate, im heartrate skyrockets and i cannot hold it.

[@ddjsrob]

What is the song please?

[@robfs6691]

Lucy Charles Barclay would be a great interview also - maybe a cross channel collaboration? See Team Charles-Barclay

[@sultanniazi2394]

I can only dream of this. WOW ❤

[@zzsql]

He looks strong. Hope I can pull this off in Augusta in 2 weeks. /

[@maisetas]

there was a strong current that day, i watched that performance live

[@princethumper]

It's an out and back course, how does the current matter? It is salt water though, so possibly helps a bit. Did my fastest ever swim here as well

[@bignightnahbigday3429]

Great video! The first 40 seconds is mesmerising. What's the song you've got playing at the beginning?

[@Paul.Casteel]

I think he looks like one of tge best swimmers in the world 🌎.

[@phertek1]

for a previous swimmer this time is a smooth swiming

[@elonado]

How long can he do that without pause?

[@RSarosdy]

He went as fast as I swim in a HALF ironman lol! Better watch more of your videos!

[@F_Bardamu]

Dude's pace is so even he looks like he's got some engine attached to his waist. lol

[@gangyal8537]

It took me a while to check out the distance should be 3.8km, which means he was swimming at average speed of 5.23 km/hr.

[@barkleyhunt9004]

Unreal - wow

[@sandyanderson9117]

Hello mr how you doing dear

[@anuaraffandi8363]

That is not a human, that is a machine!

[@vilee1001]

9:52 he made a butterfly stroke (right bottom corner of a screen from a bird eye view camera)

[@jgjg2023]

Anyone know what the music is?

[@frannelk]

This is actually very interesting the way broke down the whole thing. The Polish is guy is a beast. Just to inform you that thanks to some of your vids I have improved my technique, it took me about 6 hours. Now I started to understand and feel the gliding effect and my breathing is way better. In 3 month I will be a decent swimmer, and before that I will land my first triathlon. Cheers.

[@EffortlessSwimming]

👏

[@dithperlay3292]

Wait, what was the distance?

[@pokeypickle3]

I can still see the very strong kick during the sighting. My legs would drop if I lift my head a small bit. Maybe his neck and back is flexible? Maybe I lift my head too much and take too long to sight.

[@phongnguyen007]

Hi there, wonder why the water is calm but after a few breath he jumped his head high out of the water?

[@markogligoric7139]

Can you please do Lucy Charles? I really want you to look at here stroke… you have the 70.3 worlds she finished first by 8 minutes..

[@ReVoltaire]

That's around 1:03 per 100y! Not clear what the background "music" or sound track is adding while you're speaking?

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

it's 3800m in ~44mins ... or about ~1:07-1:08/100m Most top pros can do around 1:10-1:13/100m .... he's an Olympian so no amount of training by conventional triathlete will ever match his swimming talent. The flexibility and feel for the water is only something you can learn from a lifetime of training. There are no shortcuts.

[@ln5747]

And he's about to turn 40!

[@blaquaman1739]

Smooth water conditions

[@sqmp446]

his style reminds me of thorpe swimming

[@desalines]

What’s the distance?

[@jm6734]

Thanks for another great one. You probably wanna turn down the music a bit.

[@user-rl3ef4ju9k]

It was downstream in the river. But nice swimming anyway! Wish I could do that stroke rate efficiently.

[@user-cg7kr7xx1q]

It’s not in a river. It’s a beach area outside Copenhagen.

[@ahmedelshahawy852]

I’m still stopping swimming after 100 meters only 😢. I feel I had a reserve to swim more but I stop I don’t know why and take my breath then start again 😖😖😢😢😢

[@LabRynthisist]

0:38, those are dolphins

[@helicart]

So much of this analysis is oh so nano. At the end of the day, Lukasz is fast because of his height, slim hips and legs, large lung capacity, and superior cardiac output. - it's his big chest and lungs that allow him to effortlessly float his chest more out of the water. - this would not benefit a shorter swimmer as it would drive the legs/feet deeper under water. However, a taller swimmer has the length to get chest above water, but keep the legs at optimum height in water. - narrower hips and legs also have less drag. The above factors make him a superior swimmer. You can analyse stroke and sighting until the cows come home, but it's the body shape and cardiac output that count.

[@Falquiboy]

Exactly. Its pseudo science for me as well. The anatomy defines the success in swimming. Recovery and pull phase are set.

[@RageAZA]

he swims at what im betting is my swim sprint speed..

[@maisetas]

isnt 43-44ish seconds per 100m a world or olympic record ?

[@gregor350]

No its 43-44 minutes on the ironman distance (3,8 km).

[@Bendoverandgrabyourankles]

Listed as 184 cm on wiki and you’re going with 192 big difference.

[@Bendoverandgrabyourankles]

@OpL so we have 184 or 192 or 194 or 200cm …. Yeah it’s safe so say height unknown but can swim 🏊‍♂

[@massimofrascaroli7461]

Amazing swim! Please copy the author of the music hehehe, also amazing.

[@speedyswimming5270]

Haydn wooley swam 43.5 mins at NZ Ironman years ago. I'm sure Tim Don went faster 2-3 years ago

[@samtwine42]

Music is PALA - Summer Surf

[@massimofrascaroli7461]

@@samtwine42 Thanks for share!

[@drym3943]

The thing is. The best you are at the two other discipline the less you are good at swimming. Because your lower body muscle are so dense and heavy that it is just drowning

[@carlosnf2]

I think IM cozumel may have faster times due to current

[@leandrosanto4075]

Get thanks

[@janeshthapa3523]

Why He do not emberge head fully

[@krztuszenie]

His former Olimpic swimmer, soo ;d

[@joe-hp4nk]

He swims like me, I'm just a lot slower.

[@anderssanggaard6215]

A 1:48 200 freestyle while fast, is certainly no longer World Class standard. In 2021, the Olympic year, 171 people swam 148s or faster. Top 16 for the year, which would be an Olympic Semi Final, required a 1:45,7.

[@inz_uzi]

That's why he switched to triathlon

[@ghyathhallak4281]

No mention of his kik!!!

[@edmundblack]

How about interrupting the video more often than each 2:30 min with double adds

[@jamesbutler181]

If I kicked like that, I'd be finished after 50M

[@Ergustavinho]

Have u ever done an Ironman ?

[@EffortlessSwimming]

Just the one ☝️

[@kingsleyoo7133]

Polish power

[@jaymueller2418]

If I’m hearing you correctly, as a pudgy 45 year old with a full time job, average height, tiny hands, and minimal swimming experience, it’s unlikely I’ll come very close to swimming as fast as he did.

[@bluntandy]

Im a pudgy 45 year old. I have been swimming for about 35 of those. You're right we won't hit those speeds. Im a fair open water swimmer and he'd smoke me with his feet tied together

[@hanssjostrand6265]

Copenhagen IM Swim part was easy...

[@jamesd5241]

I think this was a slightly short swim course. No way Lionel and cam wurf swam 49mims that same day. Still great swim