14 octubre, 2008

Swimming glossary.

As I’ve seen that many people from English speaking countries keep on visiting our web, I’ve decided to upload this “glossary”, so they can enjoy our workouts. Beware of the lactic tolerance sets…they hurt!.

“A tope”: Max.

“Aeróbico ligero”: Basic endurance/aerobic.

“Braza”: Breast.

“Calentamiento”: Warm up.

“Cómodo”: Easy.

“Crol”: Freestyle.

“Espalda”: Back. “Umbral anaeróbico”: Anaerobic threshold.

“Estilos”: Medlay.

“Fondista”: Distance swimmer.

“Goma”: Rubber band to tie up your ankles together.

“lpm (latidos por minute)”: bpm (beats per minute/heart rate)

“Mariposa”: Fly.

“Pies” or “patada”: Kick.

“Primer estilo”: Main stroke.

“Producción de lactato”: Lactate production.

“Rápido”: Fast.

“Recuperación”: Recovery.

“Segundo estilo”: Secondary stroke.

“Suave”: Slow.

“Técnica”: Drill.

“Tolerancia al lactato”: Lactate tolerance.

“Velocidad crítica/aeróbico intenso”: Critical speed/endurance.

“Velocistas”: Sprinters.

Probably there will be some words missing. If you want to know what does something not included mean, please leave a comment.

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