{"id":17073,"date":"2025-02-11T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/?p=17073"},"modified":"2025-06-20T05:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:05:45","slug":"meet-my-partners-for-2025-eoswimbetter-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/meet-my-partners-for-2025-eoswimbetter-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet My Partners for 2025: eoSwimBetter Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, my swimming is thrilled to introduce you to eo<\/strong>SwimBetter<\/a>. I was recently introduced to\u00a0eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER<\/a>\u00a0by Brenton Ford of Effortless Swimming<\/a> as I looked for ways to be more competitive with the strong-swimming triathletes in my age group. Despite\u00a0\"\" my best efforts at improving my swim technique and fitness over the last few years, I had been stuck at the same 1:40\/100y in my Olympic-distance race and I was frustrated by my lack of progress.<\/p>\n

eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER is a palm-based sensor technology that objectively assesses the effectiveness of your swim strokes. It measures your strokes\u2019 propulsive forces, and limiters, and offers insights into how to swim better, faster, and farther.<\/p>\n

eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER has already become another game changer for me as I strive to become the best triathlete I can be and to compete against the best in the world in my age group. It is also helping to drag swimming, a sport that still uses analog clocks and whiteboards, into the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century of competitive sports.<\/p>\n

eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER\u00a0 uses \u201cforce sensors\u201d that strap onto the palms of each hand to measure five important areas related to swimming propulsion: stroke rate & force, force field, stroke path & hand velocity, consistency, stroke phase, and force vs. time (I realize these metrics sound pretty scientific, but they aren\u2019t that complicated once you learn what they mean and have immense practical, real-world value).<\/p>\n

My first use of the eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER\u00a0 handsets finally showed me why I was so slow. My propulsive forces were low (see propulsive in the image to the right) and my downward forces were high (see down in the image to the right). I was also\"\" expending forces to the left and right instead of directly back. According to eo chairman, Jaimie Fuller, Propulsive forces should be around 75%, Downward forces should be below 20%, and left\/right forces should be around 4%. Yikes, I have a long way to go!<\/p>\n

What these metrics showed me was that I was pushing down and sideways instead of back during the pull phase of my stroke. So, I needed to focus on a high elbow, a more horizontal pull, and a more rear-facing hand position. I\u2019ve set aside my speedwork in the pool for the next month and am totally focused on making this key technical change (and a few other minor changes) to my stroke.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been using the eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER\u00a0 handsets for only a few weeks and I have found the metrics incredibly helpful (for example, I\u2019ve doubled my propulsive forces). By knowing exactly what I\u2019m doing wrong, I can focus on what precisely I need to do to correct my technical liabilities. I can see clear data of how technical changes translate into propulsion and, ultimately, speed. I can also track my progress over time.<\/p>\n

\"\"So, if you want to finally understand why you can\u2019t swim any faster, and you want to make measurable changes that will result in both a more effective swim stroke and faster swim times, then you need to check out eo<\/strong>SwimBETTER<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And check out all of my\u00a0Partners<\/a>\u00a0on my website to learn more about these amazing companies.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I gain no direct financial benefit from your buying my partners\u2019 products. I partner with and support these companies because I believe in them and am confident that you would benefit from what they have to offer as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s installment of Meet My Partners for 2025, my swimming is thrilled to introduce you to eoSwimBetter. I was recently introduced to\u00a0eoSwimBETTER\u00a0by Brenton Ford of Effortless Swimming as I looked for ways to be more competitive with the strong-swimming triathletes in my age group. Despite\u00a0 my best efforts at improving my swim technique and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1517,1557],"tags":[1710],"class_list":["post-17073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-triathlon","tag-eoswimbetter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18690,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17073\/revisions\/18690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}