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Updated website + Virtual video swim analysis
You may or may not have noticed, but there have been a couple of changes around here!Some of it has been structural for the website – but there is also a new feature, a new toolthat we are offering. The website has been in need of a bit of love, care and attention for...
New swim coaching location
Exciting news! While it is amazing coaching people and helping to get people comfortablein the water, or improve their swimming in Bristol, there are a large number of people whoare a long way away from there! With that, its an amazing privilege to announce that wenow...
Getting The Most From Open Water Swim Training
Swim training is exactly the same as run or bike training. Do plenty of variety in the effort, and you’ll get quicker! Of course, swimming has more of a technical element.
How Quickly Can You Lose Fitness
How much will taking time off from running hurt my fitness? It’s one of the most common questions I get from athletes struggling with injury, fighting illness, or hesitant to take a much-needed rest from training. This becomes especially prescient now with training...
How To Work On Developing Your Swim
Swimming is the most disliked section of a triathlon. My guess is that around 80% of triathletes would count the swim as their least favourite part of a triathlon. A big part of training then is about making swimming easier and more enjoyable – as much as it is about...
Dealing With Time Out Of The Water And Starting Back
Life is challenging at the moment. All you want to do is be in the pool. And unless you’re close to an open water venue – and brave enough to hit single digit temperature water – it’s going to be a while yet before we can get back to it. In the meantime, there are...
Running Intervals – Speed And Fun All Year Round
Running is an easy sport. Lace up your shoes. Walk out the door. Start. Finish. But how can you get the most from your running? How can you continue to improve - more just can't always be the way. Unless you are a track sprinter, most run races/events/adventures are...
Stretch Cord Swim Training
Stretch cords can be an effective tool to help retain parts of your swim fitness during the off season or in our current pandemic climate with COVID-19. As a result stretch cord training helps you to maintain some swim specific strength and efficiency, conditioning...
Long Plods Or Short Swims To Get Better
Many people seem to get in the pool and plough up and down for length after length. Here's a little secret of the swimming world: you do not have to swim 400m repeats or a 3k straight to get better or faster. In fact, if you are a beginner swimmer, shorter repeats...
Be A Lazy Swimmer – Swim Smart
Very few athletes that I see or coach are lazy. Quite the opposite! But, many swimmers work extremely hard and that excessively hard work does not pay off in expected gains. Instead of working harder to make small gains, why not think about working smarter. By...
WHY AM I NOT IMPROVING?
Many athletes often expect to improve more quickly than is really feasible, especially when they are strong runners and cyclists. This inevitably leads to frustration, particularly when you cannot swim the number of lengths you would like to or develop the kind of...
How To Work On Pacing
One of the things that can make or break your swim is your pacing. Whether you’re a new swimmer or an experienced athlete, the pace you train or race at can affect your chances of success and also your enjoyment. When athletes start swimming for the first time, many...