Building Better Aquatic Athletes with Sean Kao

This week we welcome Sean Kao, founder of Aquatic Sports Performance, who shared his journey from a young swimmer to an experienced strength coach. Specializing in training swimmers and water polo athletes, Sean opened up about his philosophy of strength training and how it fits into the world of aquatics.

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00:00 Hello Sean
02:52 Michael Phelps in the Gym
04:17 Individualising Gym Training
06:25 General Athleticism for Kids
10:55 When to start weightlifting?
14:22 Swimmers don’t need Strength & Conditioning
15:55 Hypo- and Hypermobility
17:38 Late maturation
21:40 Sean’s Training + Sprint Revolution
27:57 Speed Technique
32:35 Buying a gym
33:36 Difference in Swimming Vs Waterpolo gym
36:14 Sport-specific movements
39:22 Pull Ups
41:43 Vertical Vs Horizontal Pulling Variations
43:22 Eccentric VS Concentric
45:07 Leg strengthening
48:20 Where is strength training heading?
50:39 Thanks Sean