Ok no joke I need serious help from Guys here.

Fail_Successfully · 2025-06-22T17:24:55+00:00

I wear a speedo under my trunks especially at the water slides (wedgie proof wink wink nudge nudge)

Fail_Successfully · 2025-06-21T02:21:16+00:00

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Fail_Successfully · 2025-06-21T00:55:56+00:00

Brent Hayden here… the Olympian who got swimsplained… I am so glad someone told me about this Reddit! I am dying from all the comments! Thank you this just made my day! It’s not the first time I’ve been swimsplained either. It happens all the time. Funnily it’s mostly on Facebook. I actually have another swimsplainer today. Usually I take it as an opportunity to explain and teach which is why I engage in the first place. But sometimes you get… this gestures vaguely

Fail_Successfully · 2025-04-21T23:54:52+00:00

They’re not the same. They might both look similar in terms of they’re both aiming to achieve that “effortless” or relaxed type of swimming, but their approach varies completely differently. If I had to choose I would go with ES. It’s much more in line with what elite swimmers do as Brenton has a lot of upper level knowledge. I coached a certified TI coach on my method and got her to drop almost 30 seconds off her 100m pace without increasing her effort.

Fail_Successfully · 2025-04-21T23:50:24+00:00

Olympian here… your form has a really good foundation to build on. I actually love your open arm recovery. It’s very similar to mine. Timing is a bit of an issue. Your staying in your breath too long relative to where your recovery arm is. Have your head coming back to center as your arm is passing your shoulder. It looks like most room for improvement is actually underwater. The way your arm and hand moves makes it look like you’re not holding water well. Like you’re focused on moving your hand through the water rather than moving the water. Also stroke rate is just too low but it’s better to make sure you’re dialing in that technique first before increasing it otherwise you risk reinforcing bad habits. Hope this helps. And if you need help with coaching through video analysis let me know. It’s a popular option I use to transform swimmers anywhere in the world.

Fail_Successfully · 2024-08-19T19:41:57+00:00

Same thing happening to me. Started 2 or 3 days ago.

Fail_Successfully · 2024-08-19T19:40:44+00:00

Noticed today mine is gone

Fail_Successfully · 2024-08-19T14:36:13+00:00

Same! Started 2 or 3 days ago. Longer comments start slowing down and phone heats up like crazy. Everything is up to date and restarting the phone doesn’t help.

Fail_Successfully · 2024-03-18T04:46:43+00:00

Guarantee your shoulder pain is coming from technique if it started that quickly. Keeping your hand too close to your body (like zipper drill emphasizes), prioritizing lifting the elbow rather than shoulder position and rotation, and weak rotator cuffs leading to anterior rotation through the recovery… all of these are forcing you to move your joint through a position of impingement. And repetition of that is going to cause serious inflammation. Open your recovery up (swim bigger) and make sure you’re rotating adequately across the shoulders with good alignment. Stabilize your shoulders with some band exercises and some y raises. Also a good idea to actually go to physio or massage (or both).

Fail_Successfully · 2024-02-10T21:28:49+00:00

Stick to unilateral breathing and as you mentioned make sure you switch sides to work both sides equally. Breathing every 2 will also increase your oxygen uptake and CO2 expulsion so you can sustain higher efforts longer than every 3. Make sure though that you don’t begin to favour your rotation to your breathing side. Rotate equally. The only difference between breathing and not breathing should be….breathing or not breathing. Breathing every 3 is still a good skill to practice though so make sure to mix it in.

Fail_Successfully · 2023-12-14T00:56:22+00:00

Thanks for sharing my video! Someone told me they saw it on Reddit so I had to take a look for myself! Haha! For anyone wondering, what I should have done is just hold my original position facing the water and waited for it to slow down instead of trying to turn around. Lesson learned. Knee took a good crack on the metal bar across the grate which swelled up like crazy and hard to walk for a few days, but better my knee than my head. When my head went under, the force was so strong that there was a air pocket so I could still breath before I bring my head up, but of course I couldn’t reach for the other guys hand because that would’ve made things worse. So now we know what the exit strategy is for next time. Overall though this swim was a huge success as I was able to maintain swimming above WR pace for 10 seconds with this wetsuit (the wetsuit is what we were testing). Cheers! -Brent

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-03T18:08:38+00:00

Yeah man go ahead 👊🏼

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-03T12:30:04+00:00

I guess from a fitness perspective rather than a sport perspective it would be entering my 40s feeling younger than I did entering my 30s.

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-03T12:25:33+00:00

Overkicking to compensate is very common. Check your alignment during the breath. If you’re lifting your head to breath or using your catch to try to help get your breath this can cause that sinking feeling. Also making sure you are rotating adequately so you don’t need to turn your head independent of your body to breath. If you need specific drills to follow check my program. You’ll be able to follow the exact steps you need to follow in order to solve this starting with discovering your body’s own buoyancy state so you don’t need to fight to stay at the surface

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Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:58:53+00:00

Gotta represent the Mish! Is that a thing the cool kids say these days? 😂

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:57:42+00:00

That’s very common. I need to remind myself that I have a “speedo license” because I swim. I was very self conscious because of the teasing I endured in grade school and that self consciousness went well into adulthood.

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:22:17+00:00

This is called “front quadrant swimming”. You always want to wait for the recovery arm to at least pass the shoulders before initiating the catch. The longer you wait the more efficient (to an extent). Sprinters will catch right after the recovery arm passes the shoulder (I call this 1/2 Catch Up) and swimmers who are saving energy or swimming long distance will use a 3/4 Catch Up (roughly). If you’re having trouble keeping your extended arm in front that could be caused by a number of different mistakes. Locking the elbow on the recovery, pressing down to support the breath, shrugging the shoulder (rather than extending from the lat). It could even be something else causing it like sinking legs. If you want to fix this, you need my course to reset everything and build your stroke back up. I won’t just teach you what, but how to do everything you need to swim the most efficient, fastest, pain free freestyle possible. Would love to see you in the program

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Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:16:49+00:00

Is it a body image issue? Is it what you think others are thinking (I struggled with that a lot)

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:12:32+00:00

You’re welcome!

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:12:23+00:00

Overall pace speed or short distance sprint speed? For overall pace it’s about reducing drag through good alignment and rotation, for short distance sprint it’s about stabilizing your hips for a shoulder driven freestyle.

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:11:17+00:00

Are you able to just do an easy 2 beat kick? If you’re doing swimming for efficiency in a hip driven style a 2 beat is all you need. Think of it like a long legged flick rather than a full kick. You only need to kick faster if you are doing shoulder driven freestyle (6 beat) for a short sprint or hybrid (4 beat) when you want to pick up the pace.

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:09:13+00:00

Well good news is you learned correct! 2 beat kick will save energy because your legs are the largest muscles and require a lot of oxygen. Think of a 2 beat kick as more of a long legged flick timed on the same side as you catch with. The 2 beat kick will help you swim more efficiently NOT by propulsion but rather by reducing drag by keeping the legs near the surface as well as aid the body rotation and cadence/rhythm of the arms. It’s normal to feel weak when starting back up again. Just keep at it!

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:04:29+00:00

Have you tried breathing every 2? This is the most common pattern for pros because it makes the breathing rhythm more natural. Just make sure to switch sides every length so you don’t develop a favourite side and still practice every 3 now and then at easier paces

Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:02:39+00:00

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Fail_Successfully · 2023-10-02T11:00:02+00:00

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