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The Swimmer's Posture: Why Swimming is the Perfect Antidote to Your Desk Job
In today's world, working on a computer is a fact of life. But with this technology comes a major negative side effect: terrible body posture. I know I am guilty of it. Even as I write this, I have to fight the urge to slouch. This constant battle against "computer posture" is something most of us...
Do You Know How To Swim Breaststroke? (Top 5 Most Common Breaststroke Mistakes)
Walk into any public pool, and you'll see it: the slow, head-up breaststroke with a lazy, wide kick. In the Czech Republic, we call it the "Mrs. Mayor" style and while it might keep your hair dry, it's inefficient and puts a huge strain on your neck and lower back. In the olden days, the stereotyp...
The Hidden Dangers of Dirty Water: A Swimmer's Guide to Infections
We usually focus on strokes, equipment, and speed. But there is a scarier side to swimming: the microscopic dangers that lurk in the water. According to the CDC, recreational water illnesses (RWIs) are a real risk in both man-made pools and natural bodies of water. In this guide, writer and avid...
Phelps vs. Spitz: How the Butterfly Stroke Evolved
There is no doubt about the greatness of Mark Spitz in his time and Michael Phelps' dominance in the modern era. Both are multiple Olympic champions with legendary status. But these two giants are separated by four decades of innovation. When Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in 1972 Munich Olympics,...
The Ultimate Core Workout at Home (Turn Your Chores into a Workout)
Let's be honest: most of us don't love doing housework. Mundane chores like vacuuming, washing dishes, and dusting are just a necessary evil. But what if you could improve your swimming and your overall health while doing them? What if you could turn that boring chore into a powerful core workout?...
Choosing The Right Goggles For You
Are there differences between swimming goggles which I should consider? What swimming goggles should I use for my first triathlon swim? I get asked these questions and many more over and over from the beginner swimmers I coach. And no wonder. With the endless combinations of shapes, lens col...
A Beginner's Guide to a Swimming Start: From Fear to a Perfect Start
Learning to swim with the correct technique can be challenging, but learning to dive headfirst into the water can be downright scary for a beginner. However, with a little patience and a step-by-step approach, what seems like an impossible task is easily conquerable. This lesson will teach you t...
The LZR Racer: A Look Back at Swimming's "Super Suit" Saga
In early 2008, the swimming world was turned upside down. A revolutionary new swimsuit, the Speedo LZR Racer, was released, promising to make swimmers faster than ever before. What followed was the most chaotic, record-shattering, and controversial period in the sport's history: the "super suit" era...
How To Do Back To Breast Turns (Open vs. Bucket vs. Cross-Over)
In the individual medley races, there are a lot of transitions between strokes: fly to back, back to breast, breast to free where each swimmer could either gain or lose time on the opponents. Usually, the most complex turn is the one from backstroke to breaststroke. In the history of swimming,...
Breaststroke Pullout 101 (How Champions Do The Breaststroke Pullout)
It's well known that the fastest breaststrokers have one of the longest and strongest pullouts. The breaststroke pullout is the underwater sequence that happens after your start or turn, before you begin your regular strokes. Why does it matter so much? Because champions know exactly when to pul...
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How to Improve Body Rotation in Freestyle and Backstroke
Introduction: Why Posture Matters in Swimming When it comes to swimming efficiently, technique trumps brute strength. One of the most important yet often misunderstood elements of technique is body posture. In other words, how you hold and move your body in the water. Whether you are swimming...
3D-Printed Swim Gear: Level Up Your Swim Training with DIY Accessories
Have you ever wished you could customize your swim gear without breaking the bank or impatiently staring out the window, waiting days for delivery? Good news, the future is here, and it's called 3D printing. And no, you do not need an engineering degree or a NASA-sized budget to get started, just a...
The Viking Legacy - One goggle to rule them all
It was in the 1970s in a small village in Sweden that the swimming goggle industry changed forever. Jan Malmsten, an avid swimmer and entrepreneur, designed simplistic, sleek, and affordable swimming goggles that were adopted by the majority of elite swimmers around the world. These goggles, commo...
Airofit PRO 2.0 Review: How Stronger Breathing Makes You A Faster Swimmer
Breathing is as crucial to your life as water is to your swimming. You draw a breath thousands of times per day, yet how often do you actually stop and examine your vital breathing pattern? Similarly, when training, you more than likely tend to focus on endurance and muscular strength. If you ar...
The Ultimate Gift Guide for Swimmers and Triathletes
Trying to find the perfect, thoughtful gift for the swimmer or triathlete in your life can be a challenge. You want something unique and useful that won't just sit in the back of their closet. Whether they are a beginner, a seasoned triathlete, swimrunner or an avid open water explorer, this guide...
Xmetrics: The Device That Tried to Revolutionize Swim Tracking
"All you have to do is swim." That was the bold claim made by Xmetrics, a technology company that aimed to disrupt the swimming world with a new wearable gadget. While the landscape of swim tech has evolved since this device was announced, the core philosophy behind Xmetrics remains incredibly r...
The Lost Art of Tactile Feedback: Lessons from the BluCore Corsuit
Every superhero needs a gadget. For a brief time in the swimming world, that gadget was the BluCore Corsuit. While this unique device is no longer on the market, the problem it solved, poor body posture, is timeless. The Corsuit offered a brilliant solution: tactile feedback. It forced you to...
11 Ways To Enjoy Swimming In A Crowded Lane
It is one of those days. The swimming lane you're about to plunge into is overcrowded. Even though it's marked "FAST SWIMMERS," it's plagued with leisurely head-up breaststrokers and people discussing politics by the wall. Your mood is ruined... or is it? Instead of getting angry, it's time to mak...
Stop Making These 4 Freestyle Mistakes: A Video Analysis Guide
Recognizing flaws in a swimming stroke is the first step to fixing them. Often, what feels right in the water looks very different on video. This article breaks down a video analysis of a swimmer with four common but critical freestyle mistakes. By learning to spot these errors, from a deep kick t...
8 Ways To Use Your Hand Paddles
Hand paddles are commonly used in swimming pools around the world. In fact, you hardly ever see a pool deck or the infamous Lost and Found basket (yes, they do exist) without a pair of them laying around. They are either loved or hated. The main rudimentary idea behind the original hand padd...
Swimming Gear Reviews
Zoomers Gold Review: Improve Your Freestyle Kick In A Soft Rubber Comfort!
One of the toughest things to learn in swimming is a proper effective and efficient kick. Many coaches can tell you that having a great kick is the essence of fast swimming, however, they also struggle with teaching the proper kicking technique. No wonder though, the right kicking movement, wh...
Dry Case Review: Mobile Swimming Tips At The Pool (Underwater Angry Birds)
Whether we like it or not, we live in a fast-paced modern technology world where what happened 5 minutes ago is old news. It is extremely hard to keep up with new information and even harder to distinguish between good and bad information. Since everybody and their grandmother are online sharing t...
Aquaspotter Review: Swimming Safety In Open Water
Roaring speed boats, slowly churning fishing barges, a crazy youngster on jet skis, all of these have one thing in common: they are a danger to swimmers. When you do not have the luxury of swimming in a protected zone, staying visible is your number one priority. While a brightly colored swimmi...
TechPaddle Review: Forearm Braces For Better Propulsion (Early Vertical Forearm Trainer)
Getting more propulsion during a swim is a huge problem for many swimmers, and even advanced individuals shouldn't stop exploring their stroke for potential improvement. If you read this swimming blog regularly, you might notice I do not recommend using too much swim gear unless it has a particula...
Aquaviz Review: The Swiss Army Knife Among Swimming Prescription Masks
I’ve grown up as a full-blown chlorinated pool swimmer with lifelong search for the perfect fitting goggles. I swear, I must have tried like 50 different types and always found them inadequate. Either they leaked or the suction was too much on the eyes until I found the holy grail: the Swedish ...
The Viking Legacy - One goggle to rule them all
It was in the 1970s in a small village in Sweden that the swimming goggle industry changed forever. Jan Malmsten, an avid swimmer and entrepreneur, designed simplistic, sleek, and affordable swimming goggles that were adopted by the majority of elite swimmers around the world. These goggles, commo...
Wetronome - The Metronome For Swimmers
I've had a few swimmers comment on this blog about their struggle to find the right stroke rhythm, and as it happens, there is a tool for that. Years ago, a revolutionary little device called the Wetronome changed how we train stroke rate. Today, that legacy lives on in modern tools like the Fi...
The Technique Toolkit: 7 Swim Products to Help You Swim Faster
Swimming is an amazing sport, but staring at the black line can get boring. Sometimes you need a little distraction to stay motivated. But the best distractions are the ones that make you faster. I like to call them "coaching toys", equipment designed not just to make swimming easier, but to force...
