- It's going to get that arm
in a proper swim stroke kind of pattern.
(hip hop music)
It's Global Running Day, not Global Pulling Day.
Morning, trainiacs.
Mel and I have to drive off to a meeting
later this afternoon, so I had to bring in
the four-wheeled gray box to the office.
I was thinking this morning that maybe I should give you
a little sneak peak of my favorite drills
from the drills series that I've created
in triathalontaren.com/coaching.
20% off all of June, trainiac 20.
There's my plug for the week.
(hip hop music)
So, my three favorite drills from that coaching program,
new smart phone gimbal, have to do with what I think
are the three keys to swimming well in triathalon.
Number one, it's learning how to breathe easily.
Number two, it's learning how to float
so that you're not fighting the water
and pushing a lot of water.
Number three, it's getting a good arm catch.
And the three drills that I think are
the best bang for your buck if you've only gotta pick
three of the 15 or so that we put together,
are, number one, holding the wall, kicking slightly
with your face in the water, to teach you how to breathe.
Number two, corkscrew I call it,
and kicking across the pool.
Number three, skull 10.
Okay, so this is some footage from those drills
that we put together.
Drill number one, like I said, what you do
is you face the wall in the shallow end of a pool,
you put your hands on the wall,
stick your face in the water,
and slowly start kicking your legs
until they get to the surface of the water.
All the while, you're breathing out really hard.
And it sometimes helps to hum.
That'll keep your breathing out
consistent and not choppy.
What this is gonna teach you to day is it's gonna teach you
A, to be comfortable with your face in the water,
B, breathe out consistently so that you don't have
CO2 building up in your lungs, and that is what actually
typically gives you that shortness of breath.
Did I go A, B, three?
And then, three, it'll teach you the starting points
of floating with your feet up close
to the surface of the water.
Drill number two builds on that, and what you do is
you push off the wall, and you slowly start kicking your way
across the lane on your stomach with your hands overhead.
Then, what you do is you learn how to corkscrew yourself
onto your back so that you can get a breath.
What's gonna happen is, when you corkscrew yourself
onto your back, you're gonna be under
the surface of the water,
and it's gonna take you a few seconds to rise up,
so you've still gotta focus on breathing out really hard.
What this is doing is it's reaffirming
how to kick so that you're feet are close to the surface
of the water, keeping you nice and streamlined.
It's further building on your ability to stay under
the surface of the water and not freak out,
focus on breathing out.
And it' getting you another step closer
to being in that streamlined swimming position.
The third drill then starts getting closer
to actually swimming, and it's called skull 10.
I typically do it with a pair of fins and a snorkel.
Kick off the wall, slowly kick onto your stomach,
and what you're doing is you're skulling under the water
with one arm for the count of 10,
all the way back down your leg.
And then do the same with the other arm.
And what this is gonna do is you're gonna feel
where you have the most propulsion
based off of the position of your hand,
so it's going to get that arm
in a proper swim stroke kind of pattern.
And of all of the drills, I would say that those three
are the best bang for your buck in the entire program.
Now, trainiacs, it's time for oatmeal and productivity,
brought to you by focus and determination.
Oh, and while I'm waiting for yesterday's footage to upload
before I do the vlog, the swim this morning,
Pat is just being brutal
with the speed workouts on Wednesdays.
We're not cut out for that stuff.
(calm electronic music)
Swim's over, and would you believe that it's just me and ...
- Oh, I'm not long for this set.
(Taren chuckling)
- You know everyone's gone, right?
Just Pat and I left in the lane, go figure.
Gotta go make us some coffee.
Pat and I might not be gaining any speed
with this long swim training,
but apparently we've got some lasting power.
(calm electronic music)
- How you doing, Pat?
- I am so comfortable.
(giggling)
I have ample elbow and leg room.
The Kia Souls are roomy and spacious.
I think that there's 20 cubic feet per Soul.
If it's good enough for a gerbil, it's good enough for me.
- Sorry.
(chuckling)
- This, trainiacs, this is why I commute by bike.
Seriously, who does this?
God!
I can walk home.
So, I didn't realize this until just a couple hours ago,
but today, June 7th, is Global Running Day.
Millions and millions and millions of people
all around the world are apparently running,
like Forest Gump style,
'cause they just feel like running,
and they wanna celebrate the power of fitness and running,
which I am into.
Wasn't planning on running, but we're gonna go running.
I'm gonna pledge to run.
It's Global Running Day, you coming?
- What running day?
- Global Running day.
- What does that mean?
- It's Global Running Day.
- It is? - Yeah.
- What does that mean, like all the globe is running?
- People all over the globe are running
to celebrate the power of fitness and running.
- If you're going running, I'll ride beside you.
Nice jeans.
- They are nice jeans.
Unfortunately I can't run in them.
186 countries, 1,245,882 people
have committed to join Global Running day.
A distance of, let's go three miles.
What's my inspiration?
Fat rolls.
And, pledged.
Let's run.
The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips.
The Human Torch was denied a bank loan.
All right, I'm warm.
Family run time.
(hip hop music)
They're coming in hot!
- I've never seen Gracie run so fast in her life!
- Gracie, Guy, slow down!
- It's Global Running Day, not Global Pulling Day.
I have officially lost them.
I don't know how far back they are.
They're on a bike, and they're dogs,
they're supposed to be the faster ones.
Half way.
Where'd you guys go?
- We went up the back lane of Lindsay.
- Look at this goof just pulling like
as hard as she can to get me.
- The second she saw you, she turned into
the sprinting champ of the north.
- I know, Gracie, I'm the best.
All right, let's move.
It's Global Running Day, need to run.
- I'll catch you at home.
- All right.
Gracie's obsessed with me.
She can't be a productive running day member.
Gotta pick it up at the end here!
All right, trainiacs, that is a 4.15K.
Very, very, slow.
25 minutes.
Lot of back and forth and ...
Ugh, canker worms!
From the dogs.
So you know, trainiacs, you know those days where
you get home and you just feel
like you're in a boxing match with life,
and life is Mike Tyson with a set of brass knuckles,
and you're a white belt?
That was today.
But you know what?
You through in a couple of the F's,
a little bit of fitness, a little bit of family,
all of a sudden you feel better,
glad that you got out and did something.
I've never shared this before,
but my tendency as a kid was to be shy and be introverted.
I've still got a lot of those tendencies now,
to keep to myself.
You wouldn't think that.
But I find that sharing things and being part
of the community of trainiacs here
brightens everything up.
So, thanks for being around.
I think the dogs are here now, and Kim.
What were they like?
- The worst.
- The worst?
You guys were the worst?
- Come on.
Come on, Pete.
- Almost feel guilty that I had such a fantastic run
and they didn't.
- You what?
- Nothing.
Bye, trainiacs.