Pro Triathlete Matt Lieto Swimming With The Dolphins
It was great to be able to swim in the ocean, but at least half of my swimming was done in a pool. This is essential as I am always trying to improve upon my stroke and drills and shorter intervals are essential for this. My coach Matt Dixon would prescribe the set, and I would put my head down and get to work. Most days in the pool were between 4-5,500 yards and consisted of a mix of intensities and drills. My focus for this period was to improve my cadence of my stroke and I would do this by swimming faster 25 yard intervals and doing drills with a snorkel and a band around my ankles (something that was easy to track with my 910XT). Try tying your feet up and swimming, your stroke rate will improve. ha 
Did this ‘swim camp’ work? Yes, I believe it did. In 35 days I swam every day with a total distance for the camp of over 150,000 yards. This is not a huge load compared to some “swimmers”, but for me, as a triathlete with chronic shoulder issues, this was huge. In 5 weeks I had noticeably more speed and strength in open water and my pool 100yd pace had improved by 3-4 seconds. I’ll take it. Once the season gets rolling this should put me in the front group of every race and allow me to race from the 
front early. Definitely worth the 35 days of “swim camp”.
Moral of the story is, focused ‘one’ sport camps, or focusing on a weakness for a period of time can be VERY beneficial. With triathlon we have to juggle so much that sometimes we become stagnant because we spread ourselves too thin. For me, this camp showed that a single sport focus can allow you to make breakthroughs in a short period of time, and in the end will lead you to be an overall better athlete if handled correctly. And…. Training in Hawaii is pretty awesome
— Matt
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