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Category Archives: Crunch the Numbers
Laurie Hug: FINIS Tempo Trainer Pro
About four years ago, I purchased a FINIS Tempo Trainer and immediately loved the product. I started using it during solo training sessions where I found I was able to stay more focused and keep up with more difficult intervals. Setting … Continue reading
Posted in Athletes, Crunch the Numbers, Drills, Events, Fun, Helpful Product Info, Interviews, Laurie Hug, open-water, Tempo Trainer Pro, Triathlon
Tagged distance swimming, drill, FINIS, freestyle, fun swimming, head position, kicking, masters, open-water, pacing, product comparison, product design, racing, streamline, stroke rate, swim, swimming, swimming basics, technique, tips, training, Triathlon, triathlon swimming, USMS, warm-down, workout, Workouts
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FINIS “Why Swim” video
Why swim? We all make the trip to the pool for a slightly different reason. Whether you swim for fitness or to escape, we all agree that there is something special about the water. No other sport will leave you … Continue reading
Posted in Company News, Crunch the Numbers, Drills, Events, Fun, Helpful Product Info, Interviews, open-water, Swim Tips, Tim's Tips, Triathlon, Uncategorized, Workouts
Tagged #whyswim, 20, 20 years, 20th, 20th anniversary, FINIS, FINIS Inc., link, swim, swimmer, swimming, video, why, why swim
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FINIS Launches the New Streamline Log
Livermore, CA – (December, 21 2012) FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products that maximize your fitness potential and technique, announces the immediate upgrade of the Swimsense Performance Monitor online training log. The new Streamline Training Log is now integrated with … Continue reading
Posted in Company News, Crunch the Numbers, Events, Swimsense, Uncategorized
Tagged competitions, distance swimming, drill, FINIS, freestyle, fun swimming, open-water, pacing, product comparison, product design, swim, swimming, swimming basics, Swimsense, swimsense performance monitor, technique, tempo trainer, tips, training, triathlon swimming
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FINIS Partners with MyFitnessPal™
FINIS Announces Partnership with MyFitnessPal™ Leading Community Helping Users Improve Health FINIS and MyFitnessPal team up to encourage users to track their swimming workout with the Swimsense® Performance Monitor Livermore, Calif. – (October 16, 2012) FINIS, a world leader … Continue reading
Posted in Company News, Crunch the Numbers, Events, Helpful Product Info, Swimsense, Uncategorized, Workouts
Tagged distance swimming, drill, FINIS, freestyle, my fitness pal, pacing, product design, streamline, swim, Swimsense
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Open Water Comparison: FINIS Surge vs. Zoggs
The folks at FINIS have been fortunate enough to find themselves at the center of an open water explosion. This subcategory of the sport we all love has evolved into one of the most rapidly growing activities in the country. … Continue reading
Gary Hall: What Makes Michael Fly?
Most people that swim butterfly are not so pretty to watch, especially at the end of the race. It is not coincidental that some of the greatest flyers in history also had some of the most graceful strokes. Mark Spitz … Continue reading
New Product: FINIS Bolt Goggles
Livermore, CA – (August 21, 2012) FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products that maximize your fitness potential and technique, announces the introduction of the Bolt Goggles to the FINIS goggle family. These racing goggles are designed with low profile lenses … Continue reading
Posted in Company News, Crunch the Numbers, Events, Fun, Helpful Product Info, Uncategorized
Tagged competitions, FINIS, goggle, goggles, head position, new product, product design, swimming, swimming basics, training
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Learn how to split your races: 100 Breaststroke
In conclusion of our examination of race splitting and pacing techniques we will examine the 100 breaststroke at Nationals. As you can see, like the 100 Butterfly, the other short-axis stroke, we seem to see closer splitting by the male … Continue reading
Posted in Crunch the Numbers
Tagged breaststroke, competitions, pacing, race strategy, splitting
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Learn how to Split Your Races: 100 Freestyle at 2010 Nationals
The 100m Freestyle provides another example of a race where women tend to split the race more evenly when compared to men (See also 100m Backstroke vs. 100m Butterfly). Although both men and women tend to have a similar race … Continue reading
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Tagged dropoff, Nationals, pacing, race analysis, race splitting, splits
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Learn How to Split your Races Correctly: Featuring the 100 Butterfly
Take a look at the average drop-off for the top male and female athletes in the 100 Butterfly. Now take a look at the 100 Backstroke drop-off from last week. At this point you have probably realized that the average … Continue reading
Posted in Crunch the Numbers, Drills
Tagged competition, competitions, energy, pacing, racing, rythm, splitting
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