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Dobkanize Triathlon Swimming Camp
The Dobkanize Triathlon Swimming camp in February was a huge success. Watch for the next one coming up in April!
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Feature: Does 5-Hour Energy make you faster?

We’ve all seen the commercials of a magical shot of energy that can boost your success. 5-hour energy is a product that promises to enhance focus. It contains a bunch of vitamins and nutrients. Could it be the easy-yet-legal performance enhancer we have been searching for? We set up an experiment to find out.. 
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Dobkanize Report Card

I am very excited to share with you how well I am doing as a triathlon swimming coach for triathletes!
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New: Duane Dances

Duane Dobko learns to do a pirouette

Watch Duane learn a new dance technique from his wife who is 6 months pregnant! In this video he learns how to do a pirouette in order to describe what it's like to learn a new technique.


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Triathlon Swimming Tip:
Getting the most from your freestyle catch

Want a simple way to tell if you are getting the most out of your freestyle catch? Watch what your hands are doing. When you are pushing forward, the pitch of and motion of the hand should arch slightly down. The reason is that a slight arch eliminates any bubbles beneath the hand when you start pulling.

Click here to read more about improving your catch.

Triathlon Swimming Q&A:
Incorporate breathing into your stroke

Q:Any ideas for incorporating breathing into my freestyle stroke.

A:Breathing is very important to all of us. You can live without food for weeks, water for hours, but you cannot last more than a few minutes without air. Because of this, people tend to take every precaution to make sure they get air when they are worried about it. Read More.

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Open Water Triathlon Swimming Race Calculator

Ever wonder how all those triathlon swim workouts translate to open water swim times? Enter your triathlon swim training times in the pool here and Dobkanize will predict how you will fare on the triathlon swim come race day. Use the Triathlon Swimming Race Calculator

Triathlon Swimming Coaching

Duane's method of triathlon swim training caters to the fit triathlete who wants to take their triathlon swimming to the next level. Are you ready to improve your swimming before your next triathlon? Duane's average improvement rate is 5.8% as of Oct 2008. Book your swimming session today.
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Minnesota State Master's Swim Meet

I swam the Minnesota State Master's meet this past weekend, April 18th/19th. Had a pretty good time. I kept to freestyle/butterfly events to keep it fun. Last season was all about backstroke and so this year I wanted to try something different. Swimming times and splits (per 50yards).

Duane's Swim at Nationals

Duane recently competed at the 2008 USMS Short Course National Championships in Austin Texas where he beat a national record in the 200 Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:49.93. Duane is the one in the gray swim cap. See a video of his swim.
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