Coach Steve LeDuc

Pro Swim Coach | 15+ Years Coaching High-Performance Training & Mental Skills | Leveraging Subconscious Systems to Create Unshakable Confidence

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

HPO AM/PM 9/4/26 - surface pull downs are a favorite drill to show swimmers the importance of accelerating their pull in all four strokes. We do a lot early in the season.

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

HPO AM and PM 9/3/26 - our second aerobic day of the week is typically a combination of freestyle, back, kick

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

HPO AM and PM 9/2 - more time is spent in IM on breaststroke than any other stroke. So IM day is often breaststroke heavy.

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

HPO AM and PM 9/1 - we often start the season off with focusing on catching and getting a feel
For the water

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Muscles talk to the brain to fight depression.

The gym bros were right.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize that anxiety comes from trying to live in two places at once. Replaying yesterday. Rehearsing tomorrow. All while trying to live right now. It's exhausting. Come back to the present. Handle the two feet right in front of you. You don't need to fix your whole life today. You need to take the next right step. Then another. That's the recipe.

[Talent Stacking @talentstacking]

Energy Is the Metric That Matters

"The way I approach the problem of multiple priorities is by focusing on just one main metric: my energy. I make choices that maximize my personal energy because that makes it easier to manage all of the other priorities. One of the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity involves matching your mental state to the task."

Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

[Naval @naval]

When we see perfection in an idea, we call it truth.

When we see it in a person, we call it love.

When we see it in a thing, we call it beauty.

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

And we’re back!! HPO only this week. This is how we’re starting off the season this year. We always like to hit the ground running, setting the tone early, while still setting up a technical foundation. Today we worked underwaters, beginning with technique, then building good habits, getting to set distances off each wall. You always have to be pretty strict at this point in the season. Repeat things if necessary to make sure they understand what you want out of them.

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

Increasing friction between the addict and the addiction is what allows them to break free from it. This is the opposite of that.

[Las Vegas Review-Journal @reviewjournal]

Gamblers at a growing number of Las Vegas casinos can use their smartphones to fund slot and bar-top gaming machines without leaving their seats. The technology offers convenience but also eliminates some of the friction that responsible gambling experts say can give gamblers an opportunity to reconsider whether to keep playing.
STORY: https://t.co/f8DM2YPLBO

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

And with negative thoughts, it’s worse than just being “in the cabinet”. It’s in your algorithm. You’ve trained every website to feed you negativity. Mental illness is inevitable. Algorithm training ought to be an essential component of modern education curriculum.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Too many are addicted to negative thoughts

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

@Cernovich This is a popular game for swim teams to play during down time. Loads of fun and a great workout. Similar rules to ultimate frisbee, but underwater and with a torpedo.

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

Ten things to know about @ScottAdamsSays. (1/11)

1. He created a method of "authoring" reality. Is it real? Who knows. The important thing is that it helps you create better outcomes, which is the ultimate measure of any "frame," "filter," or "system" for guiding one's own life.

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

CH Tuesday - Race the clock. Normally in swimming you swim a set distance and measure your time. In this set, you swim a set time and measure your distance. That reframe gets swimmers to go way faster than they normally go in practice. They stop pacing themselves and just focus on going fast.

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

CH Wednesday - Short axis

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CH Thursday - FR/BK/KICK

[Coach Steve LeDuc @coachsteveleduc]

CH Monday

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CH Tuesday - Swimathon

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CH Wednesday

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CH yesterday