Larry Arnold has been working with the high school swimmers at Phoenix Swim Club for about a year now. Through body weight exercises, with little to no equipment, he has taught the swimmers how the body moves and operates. This exercise is a short glimpse of the hour long session that Larry does on a weekly basis.
The Davies Test has been around for a while. Larry’s version is aimed at seeing how many hand to shoulder hits an athlete can get in a minute.
Check out other SwimSwam videos featuring dryland from Larry Arnold:
You Will Love to Hate Larry Arnold
Climbing Camelback with Larry Arnold
Warm up Starts from the Ground Up
Catching Air: Dynamic Squat Jumps
Solutions to Sore Swimmer Shoulders
I also recommend giving him a follow on Instagram @larryarnoldgram and Twitter @wehatelarry. Anything else you need to know you can find at www.wehatelarry.com.
This is good but they’re going for too long if the goal is for 100% speed. This is more of a speed endurance activity, so telling the athletes to get in the maximal number of reps in the time frame is a bit misleading. Notice that everyone has slowed down after about 15 seconds of work (athlete in the white shirt at the beginning is a prime example). For speed endurance athletes can go for about 1 minute 30 seconds, normally less, at about 70-80% of their maximal speed. Develop a cadence and have them stay in time with it (such as setting a BPM on a metronome). A maximal speed effort (90-100%) should be less than 30 seconds, likely… Read more »
Does this guy sound like the Rock to you?