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  Welcome to the Talk Swim! Community Forums
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  keep fit with swimming
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  Share your Favorite Set!
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  One of my favorite main sets at Santa Clara Swim Club:
  6x200 primary stroke RACE!
  : they were on a slower interval so we could go in heats and dive each one
  : we got to practice our race strategies or try out a new strategy to see how we liked it
  : and we got to practice swimming fast in the morning or when we were broken down

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  Sunscreen stains on suit...
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  Some of the qualities that make zinc cream useful -- namely its water resistance and barrier-like properties -- also mean it requires extra care when it comes to removal. Removing Zinc-based sunscreen involves first scraping off the excess with a credit card, pouring baking soda on the stain to remove the excess oils, then blotting with vodka. You can read more detailed instructions here: http://www.ehow.com/how_7780495_remove-zinc-cream-fabric.html

  The NO-AD brand known to be low-staining although it is not zinc-based. It's non-greasy, quick absorbing, and contains Avobenzone, Aloe, and Vitamin E. https://www.swimoutlet.com/p/no-ad-sport-spf-50-sunscreen-lotion-16oz-8146896/

  Stay away from aerosol in general, it's more staining. If you're sticking with a Zinc-based sunscreen, applying it carefully is your best bet as they all tend to be equally as staining.

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  It is national Try Masters Swim day!
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  Ohh that was a new information. Thanks for the reminder.

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  Favorite Work Out
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  Workout Set with AB Wheel Roller
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  Need ideas to help my special needs son train for Special Olympics.
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  Sounds like your son is on the right track!

  Another place he can build speed is in the kick. A lot of swimmers, no matter the age or level, neglect their legs and end up dragging them through the water. By strengthening the legs and focusing on kick, he'll gain some speed out of his start and eventually through the turn!

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  Equipment
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  I'm no expert, but incorporating all of the equipment in one hour swim has worked well for me.

  It's a good way to get a balanced workout— focusing on both your pulls and kicks every single day.

  Maybe ask your coach or an instructor at your local pool what they suggest!

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  Sprint/ Mid-distance workout
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  This looks awesome, thanks so much for sharing.

  I can't wait to try this workout.

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  Suggestions for a Kick Set?
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  I work a 30 minute kick set into my daily 4000y swims. I use two training devises, I love my Finis center snorkel to reduce strain on my neck and train to have my head low and in proper allignment and also an alignment kickboard to help streamlining. Listening to music makes the time pass as well. Each lenght I dolphin kick 1/2 way and flutter kick the rest. Mixing in breaststroke and backstroke and varying tempo and intensity keeps the routine from becoming stale.

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  What swimsuit fabric holds up the best if teaching in the pool daily?
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  I agree on the polyesterfabrics!! I love the Endurance suit and the TYR Durafast and Diamondfit also. I was told recently, though, that the suit spinners at the gym are terrible for the fabric, and the best thing is to just rinse them in cold water (I use either the chlorine removing shampoo or a separate suit wash, or even plain soap) and squeeze out the excess water. Wrap towel around it and it will probably be dry enough that it doesn't even make a smell in your bag if you forget it for a day or two.

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  What's the shortest swim you'll do?
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  If it looks as if it's about to storm, if I think I can get 20 minutes in before I get pulled out of the water it's worth my while to go and try to swim. I like to swim for a solid hour, however.

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  Face burns when sweating after swimming
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  Sorry to hear your daughter is suffering. Does she have Rosacea?

  I have rosacea. My skin is very sensitive.
  It causes my cheeks to become red and hot as well as red bumps that look like acne.

  During hard workouts, blood vessels become dilated which will cause the redness and the face to feel hot.

  The chlorine will dry out your skin making it feel hot. Then she goes to basketball practice where sweat is having a reaction with the dry skin and the dilated blood vessels causing her face to feel like it's stinging.

  I would try to get the chlorine off the skin right after swim practice. Swim outlet sells a Vitamin C spray that is supposed to remove the chlorine from hair and skin.

  After that I would use a sensitive face wash. I have tried many products over the years and nothing has helped more than the Cerave line of products. I like both the face wash and the moisturizer.

  Dr. recommend sunscreen for everyone, however, I noticed that it makes my rosacea worse so I choose not to wear it on my face.

  I hope you find out the cause & hope there is an easy solution for her.

  Best Wishes

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  Crosstraining
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  Thanks for the suggestion have already tried the video and followed along and it really does help strengthan your core.
  Thanks again and thanks to everyone else for the suggestions will try the resistance bands and the others suggestions. thanks

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  Endurance swim sets
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  I agree 100s with limited rest will do the trick
  I also find it helpful for endurance to do 3x200 free trying to negative split each 200 by the 50s you don't have to physically time the set but it is helpful to visualize your speed and try to match that and a little more on each 50. You could also practice the event you are mostly training for in its entirety, say you are doing a 1000 free you could swim the 1000 every day at an advanced pace so you are more than familiar with the swim when it comes time to race it, but it all depends on what race you are training for and how fast you want to swim it.
  HOPE THIS HELPS

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  Late breathing fixes (freestyle)
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  Even a number of the Rio olympic freestylers demonstrated an unevenness in their stroke related to their breathing side. I have the idea, though unproven, that a more even stroke with even rotation should be more efficient and ultimately faster. In my own case, I have always had a preferred breathing side. The less comfortable side suffers from a failure to rotate enough to the non-breathing side on recovery. Always something to work on!

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  Breathing at the Walls
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  Luke,

  Great question and you may not like my answer. If you want to hold a breathing pattern in a race you have to do it every practice, no matter the distance and no matter the interval. You have to do it the entire season and then at the end of the year you will be able to do it when you are racing.

  In college, our coaches in Auburn made us hold breathing patterns around the walls. We had to do it every time no matter what or everyone started over. One person messes up and everyone does the entire set over. In freestyle, we had to take 1 cycle (two strokes) into the wall and 1.5 cycles (three strokes) without breathing. It was terrible but we got used to it. At first we were a little slower but after about a month of doing it, we were able to swim our best while doing it.

  Hope this helps.

  Mark Gangloff