{"id":48,"date":"2015-04-07T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmo.com\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2016-11-25T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T10:45:10","slug":"swimming-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmo.com\/secure\/wordpress\/inspiration\/swimming-gadgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Gadgets To Make Your Workouts More Exciting"},"content":{"rendered":"
First off, we have goggles, so no more burning eyes or running into lane markers or the walls.<\/p>\n
Without the worry of hitting objects in the water, we are able to keep our heads down and looking at a black line for lap after lap.<\/p>\n
Swimming workouts can sometimes feel like a real bore, no matter how much you want to succeed. There will be times you long to be in the water and time where you could just take a break.<\/p>\n
One of the things I recommend to swimmers and one thing I use to be a big fan of is bringing technology into the water.<\/p>\n
I am an absolute tech nerd, especially when it comes to swimming gadgets. I feel the incessant need to have the latest phone, ipad, and computer.<\/p>\n
Bringing technology into the water has revolutionized the world of swimming, allowing for more exciting workouts, but also a way to get feedback on your swimming.<\/p>\n
There are swimming gadgets that you can use to listen to music and other entertaining things or there are gadgets to help you improve your swimming like heart rates. The list is pretty extensive of the type of swimming gadgets you could use, but I am going to focus on the top four gadgets that improve swimming.<\/p>\n
There are a ton of swimming fitness tech that tries to measure anything and everything it can, even something that seems impossible like the amount of body fat you are burning in your workout.<\/p>\n
If you are a competitive swimmer, some key measurements you may want to track are, your heart rate, stroke count, stroke pace, distance, speed, and feelings (this is a subjective measurement).<\/p>\n
With these measurements on hand and recorded, you can track the speed of your swims and the efficiency of the swims. You can gather information to find out where you swim the fastest. Is it through power and speed, or would you swim faster by slowing down to improve efficiency?<\/p>\n
They to practice like you are in a race, and anything that can help us swim faster in the water should be tested.<\/p>\n