Life Time Fitness Allen
Address:
971 State Highway 121
Allen, TX 75013
214-383-2223
About:
The Allen club has a large swim school with in-water instructors teaching all four strokes to swimmers of all ages. When these swimmers have learned all the strokes, they move up to our Development swim team. Here they practice endurance and work on fine-tuning their strokes with our Coach being in the water with them, twice per week for one hour on Tues. and Thurs.
After one to four months in our Dev. group, swimmers progress to our Official USA Swimming Team, in our Bronze 2 group for up to three days per week for an hour. Then they advance to swim up to four days per week in our Bronze 1 group or our Silver 2, for an hour and fifteen minutes, choosing four out of five practice opportunities. These groups are shooting for their "B" times.
Our more advanced swimmers, whom regularly compete in USA Swimming meets, are in our Silver 1 group, choosing up to five out of our six practices. Our most dedicated and committed meet competitors swim in our Gold group, usually five days per week and they're shooting for their "BB to A" times. Silver 1, 2 and Gold are the groups on Saturday mornings 9:30-11 am. USA Meets are occasionally held on Friday evenings, and most often on Saturdays and Sundays.
Please text me at 949-910-0736 or email: [email protected] to join us for a full practice! Current members are able to arrange private lessons with me in groups of 4 lessons, 30-minutes each, for $200 added to your LT account.
Allen Swim Team Practice Schedule - Head Coach, Try-outs Email and Lessons Below
Allen Head Swim Coach | Jim Dietrich - Beginner Through Advanced Levels
Allen Developmental Lead | Michael De Guzman
Coach Mikey currently serves as the LT Allen Lead Developmental Coach & Program Director as well as the Regional Social Media & Content Lead for Lifetime Swim Dallas.
He is currently working towards his ASCA Level 3 & ASCA Strength & Conditioning Certification. Additionally, he is a 500 RYT/TTC Hatha Ashtanga Yoga Instructor, certified in Rishikesh, India through Rishikesh Yogpeeth. Furthermore, he is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with 2 BAs in Advertising & Media Production and International Relations.
Coach Mikey began swimming at the early age of 4 at Valle Verde in Manila under the tutelage of his father, Lauro De Guzman III. The elder De Guzman was captain of the Philippine Water Polo National Team and also swam for the Philippines. His mother, Cintamoni De Guzman, was a gold medalist in uneven bars at 1995 Southeast Asian Games and was a 5x captain and head coach of the Philippine Women’s Artistic Gymnastics National Team. During his youth, Coach Mikey swam varsity and played water polo for Rockwall High School under Paul Wallace and swam club competitively for RACE under Olympian Neil Walker. In 2023, Coach Mikey served as the Head Coach of LT Allen, mentored by Elizabeth Hyatt.
Currently, Coach Mikey continues to swim with specialties in distance Butterfly and Backstroke. An avid climber, capoerista and asana practitioner, he focuses on clean and sound technique, utilizing cross training to better his swimming. His drylands programming heavily emphasizes on functional, lean mass strength & conditioning, flexibility & mobility, physical therapy and mental coaching.
To schedule a try-out, please email him at [email protected].
