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Why Triathletes Should Ditch the Paddles and Focus on Technique
Triathletes are among the toughest athletes out there. Combining three totally different sports into one race is an art form. However, there is a major misconception in how many triathletes train for the swim leg. Many apply the same "power-first" logic of cycling and running to the pool, resultin...
A Swimmer's Guide to Breath Control: Drills to Boost Your Lung Capacity
It's no secret that swimmers have some of the best lung capacities of any athlete. Being able to control your breathing is a fundamental and challenging part of the sport. This lesson will provide you with a set of fun and challenging swim sets and drills designed to improve your breath-holding ab...
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?...
New Technology Announced To Be Introduced At The 2012 Olympics In London (Webbed Hands And Feet Are Here)
After the introduction and later shameful prohibition of the fast full body racing suits, a new groundbreaking technological advancement was approved by the world swimming governing body, FINA. This time it has nothing to do with a swim suit fabric or swim equipment, but the good old medical...
Warm Down Your Way To Recovery
Every swimmer knows how to swim fast, but do you know the secret to recovering fast? The art of the warm down, or active recovery, is one of the most misunderstood and undervalued parts of a swim workout. Many swimmers treat "easy" laps as a race, but this defeats the purpose. This guide will ex...
The Most Useful Drill for Each Stroke
Being a beginner swimmer isn't easy. Where do you start? How come it looks so much harder than it is? These are questions I get all the time. The reality is that swimming motions are complex and difficult to master without breaking them down into specific drills. Drills allow you to isolate one or...
How to Keep Water Out of Your Nose: The Soft Palate Technique
How to Stop Water from Going Up Your Nose When Swimming The efficient movement of our bodies in the water while swimming does not come naturally to most people. But splashing around with your face in the water should not pose an unnecessary hurdle. For many, holding your breath underwater is s...
How to Do a Flip Turn: Part 1 - Mastering the Flip
For many swimmers, the freestyle flip turn can seem like a complex and intimidating skill. But with a little patience and a step-by-step approach, you can master it in no time. This is the first lesson in our series on the flip turn. Before we even think about the wall, we are going to focus on th...
How To Keep Water Out Of My Nose (The Human Nose Clip) - part 2
I already showed you in my previous article, how to prevent water getting up your nose while going underwater, floating, or swimming on your stomach. This is, however, just one part of the "nose plugging" story. If you don’t know the rest, I’m afraid that for some swim positions, nose clip...
How To Achieve Total Body Awareness In Swimming (Do You Know What Your Body Does In The Water?)
Swimming is a wonderful sport with countless benefits, but it's common to feel like you've hit an impenetrable wall in your progress - a plateau. Your times stop improving, swimming doesn't get easier, and you can't seem to master a new skill. This can be frustrating, but what if there was a sec...
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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
3 Swim Tools That Force You to Have Better Technique
We all long for that elusive, smooth swimming stroke. While practice is essential, sometimes you need a little help to feel what "correct" actually feels like. The problem with most swim gear is that it makes swimming easier (like fins) without teaching you anything. Today, I want to share three...
Antipaddle Review: Are We Born With Feeling For Water Or Is It Learned?
If you’ve taken a few swim lessons or spent time around pools, you’ve probably heard of the phrase “feeling for water.” Some swimmers seem to instantly know how to grab the water, while others (even after years) struggle to generate propulsion. This “feel” often seems innate, but where there is...
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...
shinfin™ Leg Fins Review: No More Sinking Legs During Your Swim
I have already discussed proper body position while swimming freestyle and the drag forces that act upon your body on numerous occasions on this blog. However, the reality of it is that it is very easy to say, "swim relaxed with good body position", but a bit more difficult to actually perform...
Want To Swim Smooth? Check Out Mr. Smooth - The Perfect Swimming Mentor
Have you ever thought to yourself I can't seem to grasp the way my arm should move under water when I swim how should my legs move when I swim freestyle I wish there was a way to see someone swim slow motion I'd like to see how it looks from a different angle in order to understand. ...
What's Your Swim Type? (Custom Tailored Swim Classes)
The guys over at SwimSmooth have done it again. After introducing us to the Wetronome (a tech gadget to help you with your stroke rate) and Mr. Smooth (an app that shows swimming technique from all angles at all speeds), SwimSmooth has now produced SwimTypes.com. Let me show you what it is...
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...
