Stefan Hirniak

Heading into trials

So we just arrived in Jacksonville Florida for the final 10 days leading into trials where we will relax, taper, and get ready to race come March 27th. I am feeling positive and excited to swim before an awesome crowd in Montreal. I want to share an incredible article that a good buddy of mine, Ian Prichard recently wrote for an online publication “the post game”. Ian and I swam… Read more

Florida training camp and 2012 update.

Hey guys welcome back to the site. We have been in Florida for the past three weeks since racing in Austin at the Grand Prix. We are in Key Largo and training at the Founders park pool where the famous race club trains. The goal of this camp has been focused on individual race prep and each afternoon we focus on a different aspect of our respective races. The level… Read more

Happy holidays and 2011 wrap up!

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy new year! I hope this holiday season has given you time to reflect and cherish the things you are lucky to have in your lives. I was fortunate to be able to travel back east to New Jersey with my girlfriend Lindsay to spend a week with my family. It is always so wonderful to get home for the holidays… Read more

Florida training camp and Movember update.

Hey everyone happy Movember and thanks for checking in at stefanhirniak.com. I am currently down in Key Largo, Florida, training for two weeks before we head to Atlanta for the US nationals on December 1-3. It has been awhile since my last blog update so I have some things to fill everyone in on. We are nearing the tale end of an eight week intense training cycle. This has been… Read more

Alex Meyer 2012 Olympic pursuit.

I wanted to share this great USA today article about a friend Alex Meyer. Alex is a member of the 2012 USA open water Olympic team after finishing 4th at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. Alex and I both looked up to Fran Crippen as a role model and friend. Check out this article about Alex’s journey to the games next year and how Fran has inspired him.

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How hard can we actually push ourselves?

So my step dad Bruce sent me this very interesting article about pushing ourselves to our limits. The idea is that by changing the parameters of what we believe to be our limit, we can actually exceed this self imposed limit. I am going to use this idea in training this week as I push myself to discover what my body can do and what limits I can reach and… Read more

Fall training and Worlds wrap up.

Home and Training

It has been over a month since the World’s in Shanghai, and I have had time to look back and reflect on my accomplishments and areas of improvements from the past year. Even though I did not meet my personal goals in Shanghai, I have been able to learn from the experience and use it as motivation to train harder and have a successful 2012 Olympic year… Read more

World Championships!

So the meet starts tomorrow here in Shanghai and I am definitely nervous. We had a great camp in Singapore besides for the speed bump of getting sick and having to miss two days of training. This years World Champs will prove to be one of the fastest meets since the shiny suits were banned in 2009. I have decided to shorten my program to the 200m fly (day3) and… Read more

Quebec Cup, final tune up.

Hey guys it has been a long two weeks of racing in Cali and I am looking forward to finishing up on a strong this weekend in Montreal at the Quebec Cup. Last week at the Fran Crippen SMOC I made some good steps forward and worked on some issues with my fly. After a long season of training I found my fly timing slightly off and it affected my… Read more

Awesome Video from the Olympic Rowers!

Check out this awesome video. All swimmers can relate to this dream and the dedication and hard work it takes to achieve the goal. I work this dream every day and love to see it being put on film. Enjoy