If you are just starting out learning how to swim, or if you struggle to improve your swimming, you have probably heard someone along your swimming journey say: "You just need to relax more".
At that moment you also probably thought to yourself: "Yeah right. How am I supposed to relax if I am usi...
Not Only For Beginners
Now that you have had some time to practice getting used to the water
doing bops
blowing bubbles
putting your face in the water
holding breath and relaxing
It is time we start focusing on floating in a proper body position.
However, don't neglect the other...
In one of my previous posts, I discussed how adding another sport as an alternative to swimming is beneficial, not only for your health but also for improving your swimming.
To make the point even stronger, listen to what Aaron has to say about the cross-training of running and swimming.
Thi...
Should I do a track start or a grab start?
That is a question I get asked quite a lot. My answer usually is that it really depends on many things.
Such things could be your body agility, what type of event you swim, how deep you want to go on a dive and what you feel comfortable with.
If yo...
Open water swimming is supposedly one of the fastest-growing sports around the globe.
I am not sure where I heard this statement, but I do think it is probably true.
It seems that more and more folks go out there and explore the wild water and its health benefits.
The fact is that open water...
If you ask top athletes out there about what makes them give it a 100% at every practice even if the body says no?
The answer is relatively simple.
The thought of their goals being fulfilled motivates them to achieve the impossible.
Of course, let's come back to earth and realize that we are...
Squinting my eyes to see the pace clock's red hand to tell me when to start my next swim set.
Worse yet, having to take off my darkly tinted goggles all the time to be able to see the clock is just plain annoying.
All I want is to enjoy my swim workout without having to come out of the water w...
Knock knock.
Who is there?
Head hovering right above the water, perhaps even with regular rimmed glasses on and dry hair, arms slowly pushing the water to the sides with a rhythmic, lazy, and very wide breaststroke-like kick in a weird angle to the bottom of the pool.
I am sure you know who...
Final rating: 5/5
The Swim Smooth's Clean Up Your Stroke DVD set is not your usual learn to swim program on DVDs.
It is more of a series of short hints and tips addressing a few important aspects of an efficient freestyle stroke.
The DVD is split up into a few logical sections:
Breath...
Last time I talked about learning to swim slow to improve your swim technique, but how about swimming slow during warm down for recovery (also referred to as cool down).
When I compose swim workouts where we swim faster sets which is almost all the time, there is a choice to add a lot of rest...