- Fairly serious things when it comes
to putting on a wetsuit.
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Why more people don't do this, I couldn't tell you.
Morning trainiacs.
It is currently, 6:15 in the a.m.
I just spent the last hour or so shooting
a video for Cycling Body.
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They're doing a 200k ride with primarily new riders.
I think they might have a tough day.
But good on them for doing it.
Raised a bunch of money for Ducks Unlimited
and we're going to make a nice video about that.
Now, it's open water swim time.
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Hey, so there's two fairly serious things,
woo, why are you so dirty?
Fairly serious things when it come to putting on a wetsuit.
Number one, you don't want to chafe.
You don't want to be in pain when
you're putting on your wetsuit.
Body Glide.
I like to put it on the areas that rub.
Which are typically neck, back of the neck,
front of the neck, pecks, and underarms.
Oh, it looks like I've still got
a little rub spot for long sweat.
Don't be shy with this stuff.
It's not like it's expensive.
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K, I lied.
There was third big thing.
Second one, is as you're putting on your wetsuit,
you wanna get as much fabric as you possibly can
into your shoulders, like high up your arms,
and high up your legs.
Use the pads of your fingers, not the fingertips.
So like, paw at it like that.
And then get as much as you can
up into the shoulders especially
because that'll get you some good mobility
as your turning your arms over.
You don't want it to be tight up here.
You want it to be tight there and tight there
and in the legs so that you don't hold
a bunch of water in your suit.
It'll keep you fast and keep you mobile.
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And then the last thing, is how you put on your watch.
If you race with a watch, a big issue that people have,
is like what do with my watch in the swim?
And if you put it on overtop of your wrist like that,
when you try to take off your wetsuit, its going to catch.
I myself lost a placing in a race
because of that many years back.
So what you do, is you put on,
squinch it back a little bit
and take that and make sure that it's folded
over top of the wrist, so when you rip it off,
this just goes, whoop, over top.
And now we swim.
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Oh man, trainiacs, that was nice.
I was intending on driving about 40 minutes out and back
to this place called Birdshill Park
and then I realized this morning, like hey,
I already swam in the river that is right there,
why not do my open water training there?
Feel like Kramer swimming in this cesspool
that the city thinks is just polluted.
And in the morning, with the sun out,
Paddling Association going by occasionally,
water was water was nice and calm.
I got to say, that feels like more in tune and in touch
experiencing nature than just about anything
because it's right there.
Like that water doesn't have concrete or cell phone.
It might have a GoPro.
But it's just you and the water,
and nature and the wind and the current.
And all you get to experience is real, raw working out.
It's fun.
All right.
What do I have there?
Oh, a groaf.
Ew.
And I recognize that not everyone is cool with being
in open water, or not everyone has access to open water.
So for one, the being cool with open water, I wasn't either.
I was terrified of the water for a long, long time.
Do it as much as you can, and you get over it,
and eventually you start really liking it.
If you don't have access to open water,
well, that's another thing,
You want to get into open water as much as you can
but if you can't, there are resources.
So for one, take a look at this video
about how not to panic in open water
and wait for that to go away.
Three, two, one.
And if you can't get into open water,
take a look at this video which will help you practice
open water sighting and open water swim tactics
while you're in the pool.
So that's a snot glob on my chin.
This is a tremendously successful morning.
Holy smokes.
Hey there trainiacs, I got to go kick a day's ass.
Do likewise.