Today was the first time we had a second morning practice and I love it. It’s 8:30 am right now and I already finished both of today’s sessions which is a great feeling. We had a bit more than an hour in the water and 1 hour 15 minutes in the gym. We also filmed one 50 all out at the end of the resistance set. Went sub 30 again for backstroke😁 so I’m very happy with the time. Time to rest now until next practice on Saturday morning. (Can’t make it to practice this evening due to university) I know some of you will hate me for what I’m saying next so be prepared: I would love to train EVERY morning and not do every evening. Sadly our coach can’t make it because of his job😢 What do you guys think about morning practice? And sorry for the video quality. I think I need to teach my mates how to film a swimmer hahaha

I felt super good with All my races, my knees didn’t hurt and I dropped time im all my events 200 back 2:18.92 (I broke my goal for this one!) 50 breast 38:48 100 fly 1:15.27 I felt really good since the meet was 11-21 and it was mixed.

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a song called “Life Before Screens” that my family recently released. It was created in connection with a club day we held in January, where the focus was on healthy habits for kids and young athletes — things like nutrition, training, recovery, sleep, focus and finding a good balance with screen time. Just like what David talks about💪🏊‍♂️ Check it out😁 https://open.spotify.com/track/6U2raCBpnMi2eehIOosBmX?si=tUQF5NgDR0S7t9upBiSYeg

If you don’t have a good relationship with your coach it’s going to be difficult to go far in swimming and achieve your goals. You need to have good communication with your coach. Your coach needs to know your goals and ambitions, if he doesn’t know them then he or she won’t know what’s up. So we all agree its an important factor. Your relationship with your coach is no different from any other relationship in your life just a more deciding one. If it’s the same as any other relationship, then you build it as such. If you have a weak or non-existent relationship with your coach then don’t start it with ,, I want to get to the Olympics´´. It’s like saying to your girlfriend or boyfriend of two months ,,Will you marry me?´´. That’s just not it. Start with these questions- What kind of person is your coach? Where is your relationship with your coach? That’s your base which you going to push of from. Everybody’s coach is different. I can give you the starting knowledge the starting push but in the end its on you. You start small. A good perception you could have would be for example Eat the elephant analogy or progressive overload. The building of the relationship should feel natural not forced. You can start by just saying hi to your coach every day or if you already do that you can ask him before training what set you’ll be doing. I do both. You can ask him for advice. It shows that you care and want to improve. Ask for feedback if you aren’t getting it. If you liked the swim session say it to your coach. You can try having regular normal conversations with your coach (not about swimming). For example, once I had a conversation with my coach about Greek history and how gay they were. You can invite him for a coffee which you’ll offer to pay. Or a meal. On races its easier to have a conversation with him or her because you’re together all day or multiple days. After some time, you can talk to him about making it to the national team, some big race, really ambitious performances(goals). EU championships, world championships. And finally the Olympics.

today was a good day i swam: 50 breast:39,46(happy with the result but i wanted to be faster)pb 0,4s 200back: 2:44:00(i was very happy even tho i was tired 😪 i did good)pb 7sec i was very happy in the end and im ready for tomorrow (only 1 day left 😮‍💨)