{"id":1846,"date":"2016-11-16T13:09:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T18:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2017-01-02T12:57:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T17:57:39","slug":"fall-and-winter-swimming-for-triathletes-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/fall-and-winter-swimming-for-triathletes-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall and Winter Swimming for Triathletes Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a> of cool weather swimming for triathletes, the many benefits to keeping in the water this fall and winter are noted. There is one more I think worthy of mentioning. Learning backstroke.<\/p>\n

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Here is why:<\/p>\n

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  1. Backstroke is a natural recovery stroke for freestyle, unwind those shoulders and arms in the reverse direction. It is perfect to use in an active rest interval, or in a designated set of its own after challenging freestyle work.<\/li>\n
  2. Backstroke can make your freestyle better! Common in both strokes are finding a long, stable posture that allows just the correct amount of rotation around the long axis of the body and using core control to manage rotation and maintain alignment. I also find the activation of the lower core in backstroke a really nice wake up for those muscles that can be neglected in freestyle.<\/li>\n
  3. You may need it in a race one day. It\u2019s a great stroke to keep moving yet allow you to take a breather, or fix goggles or other adjustments. Long distance swimmers may feed while on their back, or for rests from freestyle.<\/li>\n
  4. It allows you to add variety to your swimming in a purposeful way. Once the season starts again and swim time increases, sub those frustrating and pointless kickboard sets with backstroke. You will be a much better freestyler for it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Check out the 200m Womens Backstroke final from Rio<\/a>!<\/p>\n

    Coach Dinah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In Part 1 and Part 2 of cool weather swimming for triathletes, the many benefits to keeping in the water this fall and winter are noted. There is one more I think worthy of mentioning. Learning backstroke. Here is why: Backstroke is a natural recovery stroke for freestyle, unwind those shoulders and arms in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1849,"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/1849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/discoveryaquatics.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}