Is This The Easiest 1:10/100m Freestyle Ever?

We filmed Dan swimming at an easy pace (1:10/100m) and at his race pace for 200m which is 0:54/100m. His 200m freestyle PB is 1:47!

[EffortlessSwimming]

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[mattgorrie]

This is how i picture myself in my mind but my 2min/100m suggests otherwise.

[timoklotz]

He is very high in the water, a very good posture, he is using a 4-beat-kick and he uses the so called serape-effect perfectly, which means very good tension in the core plus rhythm and coordination between his kick and pull every time. And he accelerates his arms through the pull-phase very much. Plus, he has huge planar flexibility.

[RichardLyleEsq]

This is almost exactly twice as fast as my best pace and it looks effortless. Gorgeous.

[dustinmaherfitness]

Ugh what is he doing that I am not?! Lol he is almost doing catch up drill. Amazingly efficient and smooth. Inspiring

[CaptainBvi]

Thanks to you guys I have gone from 2:11ish per 100m in a 1000m plus swim to.this morning 1:56 average per 100 in a 1000m. My final 250m was 1:51 per 100m think. This is open water times ! I started swimming training 3weeks ago as I am injured from running. I just added other sport !

[markreardon]

Damn. I hate this person. But l am gonna watch this. A lot.

[BARUNIZ]

This video is excelent. You can see all the core principles with the multi angle and HD footage

[greghill]

A graceful and efficient stroke with a perfect feel for the water. But what is not stated is he is pulling through the water like a mallee bull. It takes enormous strength in the core and arms to do this folks!

[untraumatizer]

I finally figured it out guys : 80% of what's causing drag is your feet, if you let your feet at a normal anger ( 90 degrees ) then your body will struggle a lot to keep the speed. Make your ankles and feet like a ballet classical dancer same as he was doing in this video. I did this today and I was shocked how fast and effortless I was swimming.

[MrFalcon]

Very inspirational! I notice NO bubbles whatsoever on his catch, in addition to all of the other observations by viewers! Makes me wanna hit the pool right now😁

[robertot.m.]

Please an interview with this guy please!!🙏🙏🙏 I need to know how he’s able to swim so fast an “easy”. Unbelievable 👏

[Pww]

You guys always preach, "Don't look ahead! Look down!" but this guy is pretty clearly looking ahead, and he's a darned good swimmer.

[TriathlonTaren]

This is insane! millions of views start now!

[shay]

I’ll watch this before every swim! Amazing

[archiagent]

His strokes are perfect! Steady head, rolling shoulders with long strokes. This made me want to get back in the pool!

[margaretbarnett]

This is hard to watch, but goes to show that technique and balance in the water trumps ALL else. Yes, you can work on stroke rate, or swim-specific strength, and generally try to heave yourself through the water, but with great positioning in the water (balance), a good catch and pull under water, a strong finish to the stroke, an easy elbow-led recovery, proper arm entry and extension and good head positioning, you can MASSIVELY improve your time/effort ratio in the pool.

So spend your time on FORM and TECHNIQUE before worrying about MAster-like sets, extreme long distance training etc. Get the basics right FIRST - THEN work on improving overall fitness and mileage, and yes, stroke rates etc. OTherwise, you're just drilling in poor form..

At some point, consider going back to the drawing board. Stupidity is doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results.

[jordanrundell]

Am I the only one that has replayed this video like 100 times to try to learn every aspect of this form? lol

[suddhasatwabanerjee]

He is having a very strong core strength. Which keeps him in balance. The strokes and legs help him to get forward smoothly.

[kierkegaard]

You should do a video with Florian Wellbrock. He has maybe the best technique for long distances and open water.