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Adult swimmer's trick for mastering swimming timing

For me as someone who's learned to swim as an adult, the hardest parts have been one, keeping the high elbow during the catch and to just getting the timing right with the the catch, the the kick and the hips and driving everything from the hips. So I'm still trying to figure all of that out. I found personally that when I put on some fins I tend to it's easier to get the timing right? If I swim for a while with fins on and then take the fins off, I find that I swim much better with better timing than and if I don't do that, so that's been one trick. I've learned as an adult swimmer.

As an adult swimmer, the hardest parts have been keeping the high elbow during the catch and getting the timing right with the catch, kick, and hips. Using fins has helped me improve my timing and overall swimming skills.

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As an adult learner, I've found that the hardest parts of swimming are maintaining a high elbow during the catch and getting the timing right with the catch, kick, and hip movement. It's a challenge to coordinate all these elements and drive the movement from the hips. Personally, I've discovered that using fins can help improve my timing. If I swim with fins for a while and then remove them, I find that my timing is much better. This has been a helpful trick for me as an adult swimmer.

What is a key tip you would give someone aiming to do their first ever Ironman (besides enjoying the process)?

Expert tip for first-time Ironman: Don't race until the marathon leg!

Hey Eduardo, before I did my first Ironman. My coach at the time. Matt Dixon said treat it like a long day of training and whatever you do. Do not start racing until the end of the marathon leg, at which point I guarantee you. You're not going to feel like racing and that was great advice.

My coach said to treat my first Ironman like a long day of training and not to start racing until the end of the marathon leg.

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A key tip I would give someone aiming to do their first ever Ironman, besides enjoying the process, is to treat it like a long day of training. This advice was given to me by my coach, Matt Dixon, before my first Ironman. The idea is to resist the urge to start racing until the end of the marathon leg. By then, I guarantee you won't feel like racing, and this approach can be incredibly helpful.

What’s been your hardest part of training thus far?

The swimming struggle: training as an adult novice.

Hey, Nick, thanks for the question. I'd have to say, swimming's been the hardest for me. So far given that I've had to learn to swim as an adult. I never swam competitively when I was younger. So as a result, I'm not very efficient in the pool, but I'm trying to get better. And as my technique improves, it actually becomes more fun and and also a bit less difficult when I hop in the pool and do a workout. Out.

Swimming has been the hardest for me since I had to learn it as an adult, but with practice I'm getting better and more confident in the pool.

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The hardest part of my training so far has been swimming. I didn't have any prior experience swimming competitively or even learning to swim as a child. As an adult, I've had to start from scratch and work on improving my technique. It has been challenging to become efficient in the pool, but I'm determined to get better. As I focus on refining my technique, swimming becomes more enjoyable and slightly less difficult during my workouts.

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Ed Baker is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive, currently serving as the CEO and Founder of AnyQuestion, an AI powered knowledge sharing platform. Prior to this, he played an instrumental role as the Vice President of Product & Growth at Uber and prior to that he sold a company to Facebook where he joined the team as the Head of International Growth. Ed currently sits on the boards of both WHOOP and Form, and his extensive experience in product management, growth strategies, and consumer technology has made him a sought-after thought leader in the tech industry.