Thank you all for sharing your favorite swim workouts.  Have a look through if you ever need some new ideas in the water.
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Want a the chance to win a FREE container of  Ultragen by First Endurance?  You can enter the draw with two simple steps:

#1: Make sure you’re a member of the Ironmantriathlontips email list.

#2: Leave your favorite swim workout in the comments section of this post (use your real email so we can contact the winner).

From there we’ll do a random draw on March 31st 2010.

Important Criteria!!!!: The swim workout does have to be a legitimate swim workout – “400 meters IM” does not count.  Break it up into your Warm ups, Main sets, and Cool downs.  If you’d like to leave multiple swim workouts, please do so in separate comments so your name will be entered into the draw more than once.

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We are going to restrict the draw to residents of North-America for ease of shipping.  The winner is also responsible for the shipping cost and any duties that may arise from shipping across a border.  Product will be shipped from the Ironmantriathlontips ‘headquarters’ – currently in California.

About Ultragen:

Research has shown there’s a critical thirty-minute glycogen window (called the “window of opportunity”) immediately following exercise when insulin sensitivity is at its highest and exhausted muscles essentially open the door to nutrients. If nutrients are not absorbed quickly enough, however, this opportunity for maximum restoration is lost. But it’s not just when nutrients are absorbed, it’s also about which nutrients are available. The body requires more than just sugar and protein to fully recover, so recovery is limited without a precise balance of nutrients. Ultragen delivers 60g of glucose, because clinical studies show that high glycemic carbohydrates taken after exercise create a catalyst, which increases the uptake of essential nutrients into exhausted muscle. In addition, Ultragen offers a synergistic blend of vitamins, minerals, co-factors, glutamine and BCAA’s specifically designed to modulate the damaging effects of cortisol brought on by intense endurance training. The Ultragen formula is designed to be fully absorbed within the essential thirty minute glocygen window, when the body is primed to absorb nutrients.

Ultragen contains special proteins (Whey Protein Isolate and Hydrolyzed Whey Protein) that meet the unique requirements of endurance athletes. Fast acting Whey Protein Isolate delivers high levels of anti-catabolic branch chain amino acids. Hydrolyzed Protein is enzymatically predigested in small, easy to digest, di- and tri-peptide chains that are quickly absorbed for muscular recovery. This is important because small molecule proteins are superior to the larger, hard to digest Whey Protein Concentrates that are used in most recovery products. The special proteins in Ultragen are absorbed faster and easier assuring you maximize recovery during the critical thirty-minute glycogen “window of opportunity”. The result: quicker recovery, improved endurance and the ability to race at a higher level.

Ultragen is designed to be absorbed quickly. For maximum recovery, mix Ultragen with water and consume immediately after exercise. Mixing Ultragen with anything besides water and/or consuming other foods during the first thirty minutes after exercise will slow down absorption. Thirty minutes after using Ultragen you should drink and/or eat something else.