
Science of Swimming
Transform Your Stroke, Improve Strength, Revolutionize Your Training
Brett Hawke(Author)
DK (Publisher)
Published on 26. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-241-64761-5 (ISBN)
Description
Learn the science needed to perfect your stroke, swim faster, and endure for longer.
Science of Swimming dives deeper than any other book to examine the muscle groups and bodily systems involved in being an effective swimmer; how they interact with the hydrodynamics of water resistance; and how you can apply this knowledge to streamline your technique and achieve your training goals.
- Each swim stroke is anatomised so you can analyse and adapt your stroke to swim smarter.
- Full-spectrum training programmes - for all abilities and goals - combine drills, speed work, and endurance with dry land conditioning routines targeting muscle strength, flexibility, and aerobic intensity.
- All the latest scientific insights explained, including optimum nutrition, the importance of sleep hygiene, and techniques for mental resilience, to questions around wetsuits and open water swimming.
Whether you're swimming simply for relaxation, competing for a club, training for a distance badge or triathlon, or planning to explore the oceans, Science of Swimming will support you both in and out of the water.
Science of Swimming dives deeper than any other book to examine the muscle groups and bodily systems involved in being an effective swimmer; how they interact with the hydrodynamics of water resistance; and how you can apply this knowledge to streamline your technique and achieve your training goals.
- Each swim stroke is anatomised so you can analyse and adapt your stroke to swim smarter.
- Full-spectrum training programmes - for all abilities and goals - combine drills, speed work, and endurance with dry land conditioning routines targeting muscle strength, flexibility, and aerobic intensity.
- All the latest scientific insights explained, including optimum nutrition, the importance of sleep hygiene, and techniques for mental resilience, to questions around wetsuits and open water swimming.
Whether you're swimming simply for relaxation, competing for a club, training for a distance badge or triathlon, or planning to explore the oceans, Science of Swimming will support you both in and out of the water.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Product notice
Flexible plastic/vinyl cover
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-64761-5 (9780241647615)
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E-Book
12/2024
1st Edition
DK
€2.49
Available for download
Person
Brett Hawke is a podcaster, swimming coach, and former competitive swimmer who represented Australia at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. In college, he swam under legendary coach David Marsh and returned to his alma mater to become head coach of the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team. His podcast, Inside with Brett Hawke, takes an intimate look inside the minds of swimming's highest achievers.