How Resisted Sprint Training Helps Swimmers Get Faster

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
To get faster, swimmers need to sprint.
This means lots of intensity, lots of white-water stroke rates, lots of block-rattling starts.
And one of the best ways to unlock even more speed is by adding resistance to your sprint work.
Resisted sprinting—lassoing our body to a form of added load, whether it’s via drag chute, resistance tubing, or a rack—and letting our stroke rip improves how much force we generate in our stroke.
Here’s how