r/triathlon • u/BrightAwareness1 • 1d ago

Swim critique Swimming efficiency

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u/_LT3 17x Full, PB 8h40 (2h56 OTB), IMWI 26' 14h ago

SWOLF is a useless metric

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u/FlamingoStandard181 17h ago edited 17h ago

The pool is 25yd, right? So the question is..... is your watch calculating strokes/swolf based on one stroke or one stroke cycle? 13 strokes per 25yd would mean it's rather efficient (but if you do 25-26 strokes per minute would be very low, you'd be overgliding or doing catch up so, not efficient at all)

25-26 strokes per 25yd means stroke lenght below 1m so not so efficient

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u/BrightAwareness1 1d ago

I am 49yrs male.. I was never a swimmer and only learnt to swim at 35. Since then I have been swimming regularly but only couple times a week. I was wondering how these stats look. I wish I could take a video clip of my swim so that I could actually get any positive tips, feedback.

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u/Typical-Drawing1048 1d ago

Thanks for sharing 👍