
#383 : The Fastest (And Easiest Way) To Draft In Open Water
About this episode
Hey, Brenton here. If you ever find yourself uncomfortable in the open water and not feeling that calm when you've got other people around and not knowing where to sit or where to draft off people to be most effective at it. This episode's for you. I joined the Low Tide Boys, Chip and Chris on a podcast, and they asked me all about the science of drafting.
So on this episode, I get stuck into that so you know exactly where to sit. In a pack or with other people around to maximize the draft, as well as how to prepare for this stuff if you don't have much access to the open water. So I hope you enjoy this episode. There's a lot of value for anyone who's training for open water swims or doing any sort of triathlon racing.
This episode is filled with things that will help you maximize your next open water race. Just to give you a heads up, we've added some dates for our 2026 camps for the Maldives and also for Thailand. I haven't released this anywhere else yet, but I'm just giving you the heads up on the podcast. If you wanna join me next year on one of those camps to work on your swimming, then there's a few dates that we've [email protected] slash camps.
02:57 General Consideration Around Open water Swimming
05:58 Sighting In Open water
12:58 Optimal Way To Draft
18:06 The Closer The Better
21:01 Keep It Tidy
22:16 Mindset For People Who Is Leading The Swim
29:03 Overtaking In Open water
33:11 Surging In Open water
36:59 Gears When Swimming
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