I had the pleasure of talking to Autumn at the Breaking Math podcast about Swim Training Patterns. You can also listen to the interview at Spotify and other podcast platforms. I am grateful for her praise: “An awesome book with amazing art and graphs that’s accessible for anybody, whether you are a mathematician, computer scientist or anyone who wants to learn more about swimming.”
Author: Christoph Bartneck
Interview with SwimSwam
I had the pleasure of talking to Coleman Hodges from the SwimSwam Podcast about my new book “Swim Training Patterns“. Coleman had some very interesting questions. I was particularly interested in his description of reputations. He called them “sacred”. Which highlights the special status they have in swimming. We would not want to swim a repetition that would be 2x, 4x, 6x, 7x. It has to be 8x.
Custom Book Casing
Today I created the custom book casings for my upcoming book “Swim Training Patterns“. Getting the settings for the laser cutter right was pretty difficult. You want clear marks on the cardboard, but you don’t want to burn all the way through. A fun little project for my upcoming Traveling Book Project.
Pre-Order now open
The pre-order of my upcoming book, “Swim Training Patterns” is now open. You can use the discount code “swiml” to get 20% off from your order.
To celebrate this milestone, I start a new video series that shows you how to use swiML to create training programs. Here is the first episode:
Swim Training Patterns Work Out
I have spent far too much time in the pool training for the 2025 New Zealand Masters Swimming National Competition that took place last weekend in Auckland. I varied my training using Swim Training Patterns. They kept from going insane by swimming up and down the lanes.
All that training worked out rather well. I managed to win the gold medal in my age group for both abled and para swimmers. It is likely the first time a para swimmer has also won the able-bodied swimming competition, but I might be wrong on this. The results and times are available.