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Workouts in a Binder for Swimmers, Triathletes, and Coaches Spiral-bound – November 18, 2005

by Nick Hansen (Author), Eric Hansen (Author), Gale Bernhardt (Foreword)
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Swim Workouts for Triathletes: Practical Workouts to Build Speed, Strength, and Endurance (Workouts in a Binder)
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This waterproof book of 100 swimming workouts offers swimmers and triathletes a wide variety of structured workouts to improve swimming fitness, technique, and speed. Using all four competitive swim strokes (freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly), swimmers and triathletes will strengthen more of their swimming muscles than by swimming freestyle alone.

Nationally recognized swimming coaches Nick and Eric Hansen offer 6 effective training plans to improve fitness and speed. Triathletes, masters, and collegiate swimmers will swim long-distance, middle-distance, sprint, IM, and stroke workouts to improve all swimming abilities.

Choose between a standard "A workout” and a modified "B workout,” for those with less time or stamina. Spiral bound and printed on durable, waterproof cards, these swim workouts are specially designed to be used and abused at the pool.
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  1. Print length
    101 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    VeloPress
  4. Publication date
    November 18, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    6.16 x 0.66 x 6.86 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1931382743
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1931382748
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You won't find a more useful or durable swimming book. These waterproof pages are made to be used and abused on the pool deck, and the oversized flap will hold the workouts upright for easier viewing.
 
Thousands of swimmers and triathletes have used the original Workouts in a Binder® to strengthen their strokes and improve their times. Now Nick and Eric Hansen deliver 100 new workouts that incorporate a full range of strokes, drills, and skill building to help you develop more power, endurance, and speed. Athletes can choose between a standard "A workout” and a modified "B workout,” for those with less time or stamina.
 
Regardless of experience or ability, you'll enjoy the variety packed into these pages and the six unique training plans that help you put it all together.
 
Nick Hansen holds a graduate degree in exercise physiology. He is a former U.S. National Team swimming coach, University of Wisconsin head coach, University of Arizona assistant coach, and the Loveland Master's team coach. Nick also served as an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Clinic.

Eric Hansen has national and international experience as a member of the U.S. National Team as an athlete and coach. Currently he is the head men's and women's swimming coach at the University of Wisconsin. In 2004 he coached an athlete who won a gold medal and set a World Record at the Olympic Games. He was also the head coach for the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2002 Short Course World Champion ship. Eric holds a master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona and a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University.

About the Author

Nick Hansen holds a graduate degree in exercise physiology. He is a former U.S. National Team swimming coach, University of Wisconsin head coach, University of Arizona assistant coach, and the Loveland Master's team coach. Nick also served as an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Clinic.

Eric Hansen has national and international experience as a member of the U.S. National Team as an athlete and coach. Currently he is the head men's and women's swimming coach at the University of Wisconsin. In 2004 he coached an athlete who won a gold medal and set a World Record at the Olympic Games. He was also the head coach for the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2002 Short Course World Champion ship. Eric holds a master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona and a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VeloPress; Spiral Bound edition (November 18, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 101 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1931382743
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1931382748
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.16 x 0.66 x 6.86 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 221 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a swimmer you NEED this!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2020
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First, the waterproof pages, small size, and spiral design make this so easy to throw in your swim bag and bring to the edge of the pool. Second, the workouts are tough! 4,000 yards each. We usually swim 1500 yards so we do an abbreviated version of the workouts - having instructions to guide you is 10x more motivating than just swimming aimlessly for an hour. Third, they have various workout "plans" you can follow - 13 and 26 week training programs, each workout also has an A and B version. Lots of variety to keep the staring at the black line on the pool floor interesting. The price can't be beat. Planning to gift this as Christmas presents for my other swimmer friends. 10/10 would recommend!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Workouts will keep it interesting
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2018
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This book is my cure for swimming boredom. Plus, I work so much harder with my book "coach" than I do on my own. The workout instructions are confusing as others have said, but guess what, there are pages in the introduction which explain everything. So it's really not that tough if you just take some time to read or reference the instructions. Workouts too long? I modified it myself to fit in the time I had allowed for swimming. I'm six swims into this summer, and I just started using the book after spending the first five swims getting my swimming arms back. My 2,000 yard nonstop freestyle time right now is 28 minutes and I'll be using the book all summer, so I can update on my progress at the end of July. Hoping to get that time down significantly..!
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No Name
5.0 out of 5 stars My second one
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2014
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I love this book, I trained for countless triathlons with this book. It is water proof and the spiral bounding makes it easy to display your workout pool side. It takes a little bit to remember what some of the acronyms mean, if that is too difficult for you to take 5 seconds to look it up you won't like this book. I am not exactly sure what happened to my first one, I probably just misplaced it. I have spring, summer, fall, winter bags of cycling, swimming, running, race, triathlon, etc. gear. It could be anywhere. I checked the pools I train at when I realized I did not have positive possession of it, not to be found when I went back. If I found this book at the pool and I was not feeling like doing the right thing, I may or may not slip it in my bag, it is that good. People ask me about it all the time, I always recommend it and kindly guide them to amazon to purchase it.
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Rose
4.0 out of 5 stars heavy on the freestyle
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2014
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I would like to give a rating without stars, just to let you know what's inside in an unbiassed manner. However, I like the book well enough to give it 4 stars. On a good day I'd give it 5 stars, on a bad day 3.

What's good:
I don't have to think much about what I'm going to do for a workout. The workouts come in two lengths. My time allows me to do the shorter ones. This book is just workouts. There's no fluffy stuff.
The book is plastic. Plastic is waterproof, not moldproof or wetproof. I put the book in a baggie on the pool deck. Somewhere, somehow the baggie had a hole. The book got a little wet. I toweled the pages dry. Not ideal, but it would have been ruined if it were paper. I need to invest in some better baggies.

What isn't so good for me but might be good for you:
The book is divided into five parts: distance free, mid-distance free, sprint free, stroke, and IM. Mid-distance free is by far the thickest section, sprint free the thinnest, and I didn't count pages but the other three sections seem to be somewhat evenly sized. This makes the book 3/5 freestyle. I know most people swim mostly free, but I like other strokes and would prefer to have a larger variety of stroke workouts, especially since stroke workouts for butterfly are generally just a bit different than stroke workouts for the other strokes. People who love freestyle have the lovely option of purchasing Nick Hansen's other publication for triathletes, which focuses solely on freestyle. So I would love if Mr. Nick Hansen would publish me a book that's, say, 3/5 NOT freestyle, with a small focus on a few butterfly specific workouts for people who don't have the stamina to do an entire stroke workout of butterfly but would like to, someday...
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William Si
5.0 out of 5 stars I wasn't good enough for the Division 1 college team but I ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2015
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I used to swim with our local high school swim team. I wasn't good enough for the Division 1 college team but I still enjoy swimming.
I'm used to swimming with a team but without a couch, I was trying to make up practices in my head.

This book is great for different practices and workouts. It contains a variety for distance or stroke for example. While you can swim exactly like it says, treat it like a guide and modify it even more as you work out yourself.

Pro:
Waterproof!
Stands up like a triangle / tent so you can keep it upright at the end of your lane.

Cons:
All the pages get wet and it isn't the easiest to dry off since water gets in between the pages. Then again, I never had a problem with it yet.
I also left it in the car in the winter and it also can freeze. It defrosts quick enough :)
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4.0 out of 5 stars it's fine
Reviewed in Canada on May 3, 2019
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i am an avid swimmer and have been working my through the entire book. i find the workouts good but the layout is not great and all of the sets are abbreviated to the point that the book has a legend! i find that i take a Sharpie to each workout before i swim it and make notes.
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erikastars
5.0 out of 5 stars Get some motivation for your swim workouts!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2013
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This book is perfect if you, like me, swim regularly but not as part of a coached session and want some variety to break up the monotony of going up and down the pool. I don't always stick strictly to the sessions in the book but they are great inspiration for trying some new types of workouts. The fact that the book is waterproof is fantastic, so you can keep it on the side of the pool and it doesn't matter if it gets wet. I would highly recommend this book and have bought it as a gift for others who also love it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Für jeden was dabei
Reviewed in Germany on October 15, 2009
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Diese Workout-Sammlung bekommt von mir 4 Sterne, weil:
- Superverarbeitung, man kann es Problemlos ins Wasser tauchen, also insbesondere am Beckenrand liegen lassen
- Die Workouts sind in sinnvolle Kategorien eingeteilt, jedes Programm gibt es in zwei Varianten, viel und weniger viel

Einzige Minuspunkte:
- Sehr viele Abkürzungen, muß man anfangs häufig nachschlagen
- auch bei den leichteren B-Varianten (weniger Umfang) ist es of immer noch sehr viel Umfang, kann ja aber eigenmächtig gekürz werden, ohne daß das Training dadurch an Wert verliert
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but some of the pages were left unprinted.
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2019
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I like really like it, though the workouts are for intermediate to advanced swimmers- beginners beware… My only complaint is that mine has two pages that weren't printed. They're literally blank! So I got 98 workouts for the price of 100.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, useful that you can get wet and ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2018
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Good book, useful that you can get wet and use pool side, would be useful with a few smaller length programmes as most 3200 metres plus, so takes an hour or over for me and I’m fairly quick
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