Warming Up for the Triathlon Swim

"So right now I'm going to do two or three hundred yards warm up swim. So then the next part of the warm up is usually a couple hundred yards of kicking. Flutter kick. With the warm up portion of your swim, don't be afraid to include some different strokes. Even though, in a triathlon you only use the front crawl, in the interest of varying your training and working on rotation, it's a good idea to introduce the back stroke and even some breast stroke for flexibility. The kick for the triathlon is something that you need to pay attention to because you need a short shallow kick. Once you put on your wet suit, your legs are going to float real high in the water and to expend a lot of energy in the kick would be detrimental to the bike and run legs. So work on just a short, steady, shallow kick."