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July 26th, 2010


Join me and Swimstars on Tenerife!
Join me on one of my camps together with other swimmers from all over the world in all ages and levels! We will have several camps on Tenerife the next couple of months and I hope one of them will fit your schedule and wishes. I coach in English, German and Scandinavian.
September: 13th to 19th. International Masters Camp – All levels.
October: 11th to 17th. International Masters Camp – All levels.
October: 25th to 31st. International Youth Camp – Competitive swimmers.
November: 1st to 7th. International Masters and Youth Camp – All levels.
November: 27th to December 5th. International Masters Camp – All levels.
Prices: 675,00 Euro in Triple Apartment, full board. 755,00 euron in Double Apartment, full board and 875,00 in Single Apartment, full board. Accompanying persons (not training) pay only between 224,00 Euro and 312,00 Euro for the week depending on full board or not and how many persons in apartment
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July 24th, 2010

Coco and Anne ready to go!

Hamburg Masters girls expecting good times in Göteborg.
Only a few days before the take off to Göteborg around 30 Hamburg Masters gathered for a last training, video filming and grillparty at the Poseidonbad outdoorpool in Hamburg. Glen gave a couple of last coaching advices, answered questions about Göteborg and the competition and gave a peptalk. The atmosphere were positive and full with excitement. Everybody can´t wait to get going in Göteborg!

Hamburg Masters going to Göteborg!
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July 24th, 2010

Fit for Fun triathlete Alexander with coach Glen.
“Hi Glen, hier mein Ergebnis, war so schnell wie das letztes Jahr mit Neo.
Und das nachdem ich 2 Wochen nicht/nicht richtig trainieren konnte und erst zu 85-90% fit bin.
Schwimm: 28,53min. ohne Neo,
d.h. mit Neo wäre ich natürlich schneller gewesen
Schwimmen ging super, hab mich ohne Neo sehr gut gefühlt, bin ganz locker angegangen und leider aus Angst viel zu locker durchgeschwommen, hatte aber ein super Rhytmus fast nur 3er Atmung. Es wäre bestimmt mehr drin gewesen, wollte aber wegen der Erkältung nicht Vollgas geben, bin ganz entspannt aus dem Wasser gekommen. Nächstes mal werde ich bestimmt schneller sein….
Vielen Dank Glen.
Gruss Alexander
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July 15th, 2010

Last swim camp before World Masters in Göteborg
The last camp in Göteborg before the World Masters Championships has gathered young and old swimmers coming to swim for a day, two or for a full week with WM ambassador and Swimstars Glen Christiansen. The swimmers are training in the morning at the main venue Valhallabadet and in the evening in the outdoor pool Lundbybadet. Video filming, speed work and the last preparations are being made. But also visits to Liseberg (the beautiful amusement park), Hard Rock Café, tours to the harbour and sightseeing and shopping.
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July 5th, 2010
Only one week after Swimstars Swim Camp on T3, Tenerife some swimmers took the advantage of all the good training and technique work and swam new best times in their home countries. In France Salima Bouyad (50) won 6 titles at the French Masters Championships winning 100m-200m-400m-800m Freestyle, 200m IM and the 3km Open Water. The 200m freestyle and 200m IM were new best times for Salima who also took the SwimStar Instructor licence on Tenerife. In Hamburg 2 x IronMan participant Rebecca Goldbach swam new best times in, for her, the short distances 50m Free (31,09) and 100m Free (1.07,05) at the 26th Poseidion Traditional swimfest.

6 time French Champion Salima Bouyad (left) with Anja Buermeister on Tenerife
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June 29th, 2010

Happy swimmers at T3!

Dinner together in the eveing sharing the days experiences and fun.

A well deserved brake in the training

Landtraining and stretching: an important part of the training.

The Backstroke lane: Lisbeth-Tina-Karl-Elisabeth

The King of sprints Anders and his 20 months pregnant Line!

The rest of the Sprint/breaststroke lane: Lonie. Anna-Karin, Uwe

The Middle distance lane (Birgitta missing): Gundi, Salima, Anja, Rebecca

Stroke analysis after swimming in the Flume

Swimming in the Flume: a mental and physical challenge

Everybody listening very attentive to Biomechanic Thomas analyse.

Some participants also took the SwimStars Instructor licence during the camp
Last weeks Swimstars World Master Camp on Tenerife was probably the best camp in the last 2 years! A great group of people who really got a long well with each other. The age difference between the youngest (25 years) and the oldest (65) and the level of the swimmers from ” I just swim for fun” to World Champions and ex Olympic swimmers was just positive and made the group really tight. The training was tough, some swimmers doing over 40.000 meters during the camp but we also managed to have some fun like doing a Midsummer Challenge Relay Swim against the junior team from NAC Dublin, Ireland. We won the Medley relays over the much younger swimmers but on the Freestyle relays the Dublin Kids came back strong and won. In the Mens Medley relay the winning time was 2.05,32! Not bad for a team being 181 years old! (Backstroke: Karl Justh (53) 35,79, Breast Glen Christiansen (53) 32,71, Fly Lonie Encinar (40) 32,20 and Freestyle Anders Kilen (35) 24,62!) The Womens relay Age 134 won with a 2.19,24 (Backstroke: Tina Kueter (28) 35,48, Breaststroke Anna-Karin Lundin (37) 36,14, Fly Line Lund (29) 35,72 and Freestyle Anja Buermeister (40) 31,50).
We also did technique analysis in the swimmingflume, start training with filming and here my ex assistant coach from USG Copenhagen, World Masters sprint champion Anders Kilen were a great help in helping with start technique, sprints and technique advices in general.
One of the free afternoons a part of the group who can´t get enough of water took to Siam Park, a fantastic water-fun park close by while the rest went shopping in the tax free shops of Tenerife.
The swimmers were devided in to different lanes according to their level and what strokes they mainly swim. They also recieved different training programs. This time we had a: Middle Distance lane, a Backstroke lane and a Sprint/breaststroke lane. This way everybody could work on their different specialties with fellow competitors.
The food is really good at Jardin La Caleta and you really have to watch out if your are there coaching and not swimming twice a day!
On the second day we all got in the swimming flume to get our strokes corrected and advices from T3´s Biomechanic Thomas and myself. A worthwile expreience that gives you new insights of your technique under water. After the session we could work the rest of the week on the new advices. Very helpful for swimmers and coach!
Some swimmers took the chance to learn more about teaching swimming according to the SwimStar method during the week. Since I offer the Instructor course during the camp , several swimmers took the Swimstar Instructor Licence and now can teach children and adults to swim.
The last day we selected a MVP (Most Valuable Player) from the camp and Birgitta Olofsson won the prices for her always friendly and laughing smile and her great training spirit! A true Masters swimmer.
Last but not least: The camp would not have been so great if the staff at the hotel and at T3 weren´t so great! Always friendly, helpful, smiling, serviceminded and good looking!
Especially thanks to the always supportive Heike Huhnke at T3 who did the organisation and paperworks for the camp. She is absolutely an angel!
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June 17th, 2010

A short brake in the intensive training

Technique training and video analysis.

Sunny weather and smiles in Hamburg

Alexander training for Hamburg Triathlon with Glen since October

Alexander Schubert with his coach
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May 31st, 2010

At a Masters Swim camp you can find all ages and levels of swimming.
Von 14 bis 18.6 (KW 24) und von 19 bis 25.7 (KW 29) 2010 haben Sie die Wahl! Ehemalige Olympiatrainer Glen Christiansen bietet täglich 2×2 Stunden individuelles Training im Poseidon bad, Hamburg fuer Erwachsene Schwimmern an. Ganz nach Ihren Bedürfnissen können Sie dieses Angebot nutzen und sich so ein oder mehrere Tage aussuchen fuer Training mit der Weltrekordhalter. Die Kosten liegen pro Tag bei 40,-€. Trainings finden wie gewohnt auf Deutsch oder nach Bedarf auf Englisch statt.
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14.-19.6.2010 und 19.7 bis 25.7 09:00 – 11.00 und 17:00 – 19:00 (Sa, So 16:00-18:00) |
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| Wo |
Poseidon bad, Olloweg, Hamburg. 50m. Freibad |
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| Wer |
Glen Christiansen – Olympiatrainer/-Teilnehmer und 13-facher World Masters Sieger – und Sie max 10 Schwimmer / Tag |
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| Wie |
Sie buchen so viele oder so wenige Tage, wie Sie möchten! Pro Tag 40, -€ |
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| Was |
Schwimmtechnik, Videoanalysen, Start-und Wendentraining, Sprint- und Ausdauerbelastung |
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May 18th, 2010

Ronnie Dalgaard, Christian Oldenburg, Glen, Anders Kilen, Simon Sjödin, Andreas Overbeck
Over 30 swimmers in the age from 18 to 93 years old found their way to Göteborg, Sweden from 9 different countries to swim in Valhallabadet, the main venue for the World Masters Championships. This time the Swedish Champion, (the swimmer in Sweden with most Swedish records) Simon Sjödin came to Göteborg for 3,5 days to coach the grateful masters swimmers. Simon coaching on Butterfly and Backstroke was really appreciated and Glen gave the breaststrokers, sprinters and middledistance swimmers their money worth. But not only did the groups swim back and forth in the pool; all swimmers got their strokes filmed under water and advices from Glen. Also lactate testing, massage, stretching and seminars on training and competition preparation was on the schedule. The participants were exhausted and excited after the intensive camps and several signed up right away for upcoming camps!
Next Camps:
June 21st – 28th on Tenerife
July 12th – 18th in Göteborg
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