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 – but that can be accounted for with drills, built into warm-ups and cool-downs, all...
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...
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...
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...
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...
