A short instructional YouTube video transcript (Ben Greenfield) describing poolside gear and simple techniques to increase swimming strength. The speaker lists and briefly explains equipment—kickboard paired with Zoomer fins for leg strength, Finis Freestyle PT paddle for arm/stroke strength, and drag tools (parachute or drag suit)—and refers to a blog post with an accompanying workout.
Hey, it's Ben Greenfield, and I'm going to show you how to become a stronger swimmer in this video. Now, when I say strong, I mean.
Able to produce a lot more force.
With your arms and your legs. There's a few things that I use. I just got warmed up and I wanted to show you some of the.
Stuff that I have poolside here to.
Help me become a stronger swimmer. Now, the nice thing about swimming for strength is that a lot of times you can kind of kill two birds with one stone and have this be almost like your resistance training or your weight training workout as well. So here's some of the stuff that.
I take poolside when I've got a.
Strength training session coming up. And then in the blog post, under this video, I will give you an actual workout that shows you how to use all this stuff over@vangreenfieldfitness.com so here's what we got.
I always bring a kickboard, and the.
Kickboard I will pair with fins for a strength set for the legs. These are the zoomer fins, a little bit different than, like a diving fin. The way that they're shaped, they produce resistance on the way down and on the way up. So I like to use those, and I'll include those usually with a kickboard for a leg focus strength set.
The paddle that I like to use.
For a strength set is the Finis Freestyle PT paddle. It kind of puts you into a.
High elbow position when you initiate your.
Stroke, and it guides you into the correct freestyle stroke. So I do like to use this paddle. It's the one that I'll use for a strength set. The other thing that you need is some form of drag. And for drag, I will use something like this. And this is basically like a swim parachute. One end goes to your waist, the other end drags in the. I'll also put a link to something that's a little bit more friendly to.
Circle swimming, so that you're not dragging a parachute behind you in the water, which can annoy people if you're swimming.
At a busy time.
And that's a drag suit. So you can wear a drag suit, just pull it up over your waist.
And it drags water with you as you go.
Another good alternative, the last thing I'll show you here, I use a pole buoy. And the reason that I'll use a pole buoy for a strength set is, for example, I'll pair that with the paddles and I'll show you how I do that in the workout that I will include underneath this video, but those are basically main elements that you need. Of course, you don't want to forget about your swim pee free player. To keep you motivated, I pump this thing full of music and banging away at my workout. It works great, but get yourself some form of drag, get a pull buoy, get a kickboard, get some paddles, get some fins, and you'll be pretty much set with everything you need to become a stronger swimmer. So hopefully that helps you out.
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