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Make Breathing Easier
Breathing While Swimming One of the biggest questions and comments I get when people come for swimming lessons with me is about breathing: I just find it so hard to breath/I can't get enough air in/I keep swallowing water etc. There are three things that I get people...
Swim Skill Foundations
When you are trying to improve your swimming technique and form, it can seem really bewildering. What to focus on at what time - there is so much choice! Common theory was that the human brain could think (consciously) of 7 things - plus or minus 2 - at any one time....
Building your own swim sessions
Building your own swim session is easy. The key to making a good workout is to have an intention, a singular focus for the session itself be it speed, endurance, form, force/power, or pacing. Endurance will have longer distances at more controlled efforts while sprint...
Swim Development
Dealing with majority multisport athletes, I get asked a lot of questions about how quick swimmers feel they could go. It was not so much the conflict, but more the complete spectrum between those who felt it was impossible to become a good swimmer, and those who felt...
How to run faster – Triple Flexion
This is the most common question I hear. If I had to give only a one-phrase answer, then it is summed up to “optimizing triple flexion-triple extension”. Now what does that mean? Triple flexion-triple extension is the position of the legs during running. This position...
10 ways to make swimming fun!
I’m often asked how to maximize pool time and prevent boredom. My answer is simple: Make It fun! Here are 10 ways to make swimming fun 1. Switching up the time of day you swim can have a huge impact on your performance and overall mood. 2. Swim with your friends. Meet...
Optimal Freestyle Head Position
Last week we looked at how posture really can affect body position, control and the ease at which you swim. This week we just focus on one of those elements - where your optimal head position is. There are four things that head position will affect in your swimming -...
3 Ways To Improve Your Swim Posture
Good body positioning is truly important to swimming because of how alien water is to move through for us as humans. Strong swim posture is key to getting this right. Growing up - and at various points in your life - it's likely you have been told to stand up straight...
Catch up drill & correcting a cross over
Drills are a fundamental part of swim training. Because water is so thick, we have to constantly work on our form and technique to ensure we are travelling as efficiently as we can. Drills can be incorporated alongside full stroke as part of steady aerobic sets, as...
Distance Per Stroke – Extend Front To Back
Distance per stroke is a commonly used phrase with swimming and triathlon. But many athletes don't fully understand what it means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e96sjQQ06_o When swimmers see DPS, they immediately think, “Oh, that means that I should just extend my...
The Simplest Way To Improve Your Running
If a new runner wants to get faster, what’s the best way to improve on their race times? Surprisingly, beginners should not focus on difficult workouts or faster paces during easy runs. These training strategies have their place, but new runners are most limited by...
Seven Tips To Help Your Swim Technique
When you’re really hungry and you don’t have a lot of money, you go for the value meal. Whether it’s a sandwich, a side salad and a drink or whatever, the value meal usually gives you the most calories for the least amount of money. A similar phenomenon happens during...