Tues 28th Nov - Привет ...I trained with champions...
I was very privileged to have the opportunity to train with the team at St Pertersburg for 2 weeks in November. The team at St Petersburg are the current world champions having just won the CMAS world cup trophy. A big thank you to my Coach (Igor) and the team at St. Petersburg for being so patient with me.
This was a very hard 2 weeks with 2 sessions 6 days per week. I am now much fitter and my technique and confidence have improved considerably. The biggest thing for me to learn was to be more flexible in the water and to tuck my head in. Lots of exercises both in the gym and in the water to improve flexibility, strength and endurance. So much I could write here that I don’t know where to start – I filled a small note book in the 2 weeks I was there.
Each day started at 8.00 am with jogging, flexibility and gym excercises for 30 mins and then to the pool for 1 ½ - 2 hours. Back to my lodgings for lunch and a snooze to be back to the pool for 4pm-6pm.
If you buy me a Vodka I will tell you all about it.
Some photos from my trip can be seen here. Photo to the right is Igor.
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/simon.kidd@btinternet.com/album?.dir=/1b72re2
posted by Simon at 2:35 AM
1 Comments:
Simon, I was looking on your site to see if I had missed anything you had posted in the past.
You stated when you went to Russia, you took a notebook full of notes on their training, technique, and gym work.
I would love to have a look at what you (and they) did. Is there any way I can get a copy? We get very little new information here in Texas.
Thanks and take care,
Robert
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