- They smell like new shorts.
Good way to practice that
is called 'sink downs.'
Look at me,
I have shorts.
Good morning, trainiacs.
Today is a bit of a
Crackerjack box of a workout.
I have no idea what it's going to be.
Pat was talking a little bit yesterday
about doing like a two hour swim,
but, at the same time,
he was also talking about coming down
and not having big swims this week.
And then, at the same time,
we had a bunch of athletes in the group
racing the half-marathon yesterday.
Don't know what it could be.
Whatever it is,
it's going to be good.
Oh, there's our buddy Brian Lehrer,
kicking with six boards.
He's the executive director of Swimming Manitoba.
I'm not going to question it.
I'm going to out on a limb here,
and say
that a good chunk of you
have trouble breathing in the water.
And I'm going out on that limb
because I used to have trouble breathing in the water.
The problem is not getting enough oxygen.
The problem is that you take in too much typically,
and, there's that.
All right.
So, as I was learning how to swim,
I had that really built up 'oh my god, I need to breathe'
feeling in my chest.
That is not a lack of oxygen.
That's that you're taking on too much,
and the carbon dioxide is building up in your lungs
because you're not blowing it out.
So the trick to not losing your breathe
is to actually take less.
A really good way to do that
is to get in the habit of, as soon as your face enters
the water, you start blowing out bubbles,
and you blow bubbles just gently out
until your face exits the water,
and the take a little [Breathes In].
But you almost don't even think of the breath that you take.
You think of the breath that you push out, eh?
Good way to practice that is called 'sink downs.'
You just go into the water.
You start blowing out bubbles,
and, because you'll have less air in your lungs,
you'll start sinking down.
Just get used to that.
Like so.
Do those a whole bunch of times
until it's not scary to have your face in the water.
Blowing out bubbles and sinking down.
The more comfortable you can be
blowing out bubbles and sinking,
the better you're going to be
because, what ends up happening is,
you blow bubbles in
all back of your chest.
You chest will go down.
Your legs will come up and float,
and you will go faster.
And, as far as the breathing goes,
when you take a breath,
just a little, teeny-tiny breath like.
Like I almost don't even think about it.
Not [Gasps].
When you take that,
you're not going to be able to blow that out
for the life of you.
Now let's make it here.
Oh, guys, guys, guys, guys.
I goofed up big time.
It is freezing out there,
and I am not dressed for the like,
look at me.
I got shorts.
Shorts on.
I brought my Ray Bans,
and it's like five degrees
and sleeting out.
That's it.
Today,
I am getting some new, water-proof shorts.
I'm going to Mountain Equipment Corp.
We are spending money on proper clothes.
Somebody get me a sweater.
Well, this here and that fancy building
is where we going to go do a shoot.
We have used this place because it looks so
un-Winnipeg-ish, fancy,
I think for four shoots.
I'll show it to you later today it's pretty cool.
Now to just right the wrongs done by the rain,
and my unpreparedness this morning.
(pop music)
Automatic door.
Quick dry.
Goods.
Secure your goods.
All right, what do you think?
Shorts.
Or knickers.
Felt nice and stretchy.
Got reflective little bits on the pockets.
Quick dry.
I don't know if I'm ready to be a knickers guy.
I went with the knickers,
and a bunch of CO2 cartridges,
and a new CO2 cartridge inflater.
And a new bike pump in triathlon, terran red no less.
Always an expensive trip when you walk into the bike store.
Never immune to it.
(pop music)
All right, trainiacs.
Let's just see how the new knickeroos work.
Legs are limber.
Waist is wicked.
Eh, look at these, look at these.
They have pockets.
They have zippers.
I can twirl in it.
Not bad, not bad Mountain Equipment Corp.
Ooh, I was worried about that.
That is a tight squeeze, okay?
Maybe that doesn't work.
We got a little ferdangling to do around the jewels here
with the phone.
Home,
with time.
And minutes from leaving.
Literally,
minutes from leaving after a
I want to say a 12-hour day.
10, 10 for sure.
All right, let's see how these old knickerbockers
handle the first ride.
Well, juries out on the knicksons.
I mean,
they're a little swooshy, can you hear this?
They're a little bunchy in the old pocket here.
For the iPhone+.
But they look damn good, damn good.
All right, Trainiacs.
See you tomorrow.
Guys.
Smell like new shorts.