How to Use Overspeed Swimming the Right Way

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
One of the most enjoyable tools that swimmers have at their disposal to improve performance is overspeed training.
Highly fun.
The concept is straightforward:
Swim or walk out against resistance tubing that is belted around your waist until it’s really really taut, hold onto the wall for a few breaths, and then let the tension pull you back to the wall at Mach 5.
The wave that thunderclaps into the wall is always awesome. And on the surface, the reasoni