2010 Spring Session

Dear All,

Thank you for checking out our blog. As we head into the Spring Season it is the perfect time to learn how to swim right before the summer time and the perfect time to start getting in shape, look good and feel strong, but the most important is to be able to be safe in the water. National Institute of Health study confirmed that swim lessons play a role in drowning prevention. Participating in formal swimming lessons was associated with an 88% reduction in the risk of drowning in children between the ages of 1 to 4.
(Arch Pediatric Med. 2009; 163(3):203-210)

We are proud to offer swimming lessons for all ages starting with parent and child classes to adults who are looking to learn how to swim or perfect their strokes.

Our Spring semester will kick off in the last week of March. Registration for classes can be arranged by phone, fax, mail or email. Please visit out website for level description, schedules and locations around NYC and North Jersey Area.

Homepage: www.PhysiqueSwimming.com

Click below for NYC locations, schedule and fees:
Battery Park Swim & Fitness Center
Claremont Prep School in Financial District
St. Barts Church in Midtown East
333 East 66th St on Upper East Side
Julia Richman High School on Upper East Side
City College of New York in Harlem

Click below for locations in NJ:
St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ
College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ

Please feel free to call or email us if you have questions about placement. We can also offer financial assistance, family packages and sibling discounts.

See you at the pool,
Vadim Shoykhet
Director/Owner of Physique Swimming NYC
phone: 1 212 725 0939
email: info@physiqueswimming.com

Testimonial 3/9/2010

Dear Vadim,

I'm writing just to let you know how happy we have been with Physique. Each and every swim teacher we have encountered has been patient, kind, energetic and highly skilled as a teacher. When we went through a rough patch last year, because of a fear that my daughter had about the pool, you and your staff were incredibly flexible and compassionate with her. I think it enabled her to continue with her lessons for the long run! We travel in from the suburbs for this great program and as I have told many friends, it is well worth the trip!

Best regards,

Ilene Z.

Set of the Week

Backstroke Day

20o freestyle
200 backstroke

200 flutter kick on side looking down (alternate side every 25 yards)
200 flutter kick on side looking up (alternate side every 25 yards)

50 x kick on side looking up
50 x drill (arm up drill - see video below)
50 x swim (backstroke)

repeat 6 times

12 x 100 (alternate between freestyle and backstroke every 100)

easy 300 backstroke
easy 200 freestyle

Never Too Late

Today I stumbled across an inspirational blog entry. Too often adults can let a fear of water develop into an incapacitating foe over time. I teach many adult classes and find my pupils in good humor, if a bit self-deprecating. It cannot be said enough, but adults deserve never ending kudos for getting in the pool in the first place. Having allowed fear to develop and take root over many years, they have a much more difficult time getting in the pool than children. The hardest step is the first - as illuminated in the below citation.

A lot of my friends were surprised when I finally told them the fact that I had never had swimming lessons in my life. To tell you the truth, I was a little bit embarrassed about this fact and hesitant to tell anyone. Most kids have youth swimming classes when they are young, you see. In my case, however, I was never allowed to have child swimming lessons. My mom was deathly afraid of the water. She had a brother who drowned when she was young, and ever since then she would not enter any body of water no matter how small. She thought that if I had even one child swimming lesson, I might join her brother at the bottom of the water.

I probably would have kept my lack of swimming lessons secret to this day, except for the fact that I was found out. You see, I was having a group outing together with several of my friends. We went to the lake to have a picnic, and because it was such a nice day everyone wanted to go swimming. I tried all of the usual excuses for not swimming, but no one would believe me or accept them. Finally, I confessed my secrets. I told him that I had never had swim lessons.

My friends were very supportive. They were a little bit surprised, but they were all eager to help me out. They offered to give me a swimming lesson right then and there. At first I declined, but my friend Jill is a very experienced swimmer. If she told me that she could give me swimming lessons, she probably could. I gave it a try, and to my surprise it was much easier than I had thought. I had inherited my mothers fear of swimming, and I had had it for so long that I didn't realize that it was there.

Soon after that, I signed up for adult swimming lessons at the local rec center. It was slow going at first, And I was a little bit embarrassing being taught by a 17 year old kid, but nevertheless I learned to some very quickly. Everyone there was very supportive, and soon I could swim like a champion. If you have never had swimming lessons, there is no reason to fear it. It really isn't that hard once you get in the water. Overcoming the fear and stepping into the pool is half of the challenge. ~ Original Posting

Set of the Week

Not for the weak of heart:

3 x 500 free easy

3 x 200 (100 drill, 100 swim) 1:45

6 x 50 (25 sculling, 25 free) n/t
3 x 100 free on 1:30

6 x 50 (25 kick, 25 free) n/t
3 x 100 free on 1:30

6 x 50 (25 fly, 25 back)
3 x 100 free on 1:30

6 x 50 (25 back, 25 breast)
3 x 100 free on 1:30

6 x 50 (25 breast, 25 free)
3 x 100 free on 1:30

Set of the Week

Warm Up
500 free
easy100
choice kick
200 pull

Drill Set
6 x 50 fist on :55/1:10
3 x 50 (25 kick, 25 free) 1:00/1:15
6 x 50 catch up/splash on :55/1:10
3 x 50 (25 kick, 25 free) 1:00/1:15
2 x(100 drill, 100 free) 1:45/2:00{Drill 25 ra, 25 la, 25 cu, 25 free}

Main set
3 x 100 free on 1:30/2:00
6 x 50 free on :50/:55
3 x 100 stroke/IM on 1:45/2:10
6 x 50 free on :45/:50

Cool Down

Set of the Week

If I were my coach, I'd hate me after this set...

200 Free

12x75 (swim, kick, drill – im order, repeat 3x)
12x100 (kicking on back – im order, repeat 3x)
12X25 (underwater dolphin kick in streamline position – no breathing)

200 Choice

12x50 (2 turn 50s start in middle of pool – im order)
12x100 (im order, repeat 3x)
12x25 (underwater breaststroke kick in streamline position – no breathing)

200 Choice

12x50 sprint (im order, repeat 3x)

200 Cool Down