Strength reserve training
Technique
Raising pull-up one-rep max to make each swim stroke easier
"So that's the reason I still strength train now. It's this idea very much inspired by, you know, Eddie Hall, Cam McEvoy, the strength reserve... because my one rep max on pull-ups is so strong, every single stroke is a smaller percentage of what I'm capable..."
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Making his swim strokes and connective tissue robust for multi-day ocean swims
"Strength reserve just basically means if you are capable of doing a pull-up with 100 kilos, that means your own body weight is basically a smaller percentage of what you're capable of... As strong as I get when I'm strength training, it just means that ever..."