Since Eindhoven rebuild the Tongelreep swimming facility into true swimming dome, my training takes place in this nice swimming dome. For the dynamic training we use the 50m pool and for static training we use a small pool.

My wet static is still making progress, although I’m a little bit further with my dry-static training program. I have to be able to do a good static no matter what the circumstances are and so far all proceeds as we planned it.

In the last few weeks I set a few new personal records, which makes me satisfied. My personal best in training now is 6:00 minutes, a nice barrier to breach!

Whilst training static, it’s always good to make some progress, otherwise the mental part takes over and could block the performance.

The dynamic training differs from specific technique training to cardio training. As stated earlier I had to adapt to the 50m pool, but as the training progresses I perform comfortably again. But the new pool features a new challenge as the depth of the pool is about 3m.

When doing dynamic it’s better to swim shallow, but I still like to swim at a short distance from the bottom. So that will be some of the points I’ll have to work on in the coming weeks.

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