Do you swim breaststroke every time you have a swim workout?
If you do, perhaps it is time to start learning other strokes and give your knees a bit of a rest.
I know quite a few competitive breaststroke swimmers who did not train properly during their younger years and now suffer from knee...
Nowadays, computer skills are almost as common in everyday work life as lunch breaks.
However, with this advancement in technology and skill, come also negative side effects in the face of very bad habits, especially when it comes to our body posture.
I know I am guilty of it.
Even right now...
I am of the belief that every child should be taught how to swim at an early age.
The earlier the better.
Actually, infants are quite comfortable in the water and if not nurtured and practiced, we somehow lose this comfortableness in the water when we get older.
Even though later in their li...
This is the second post in the series of articles regarding what constitutes a great swimming start. If you have missed the first post, please click on the link below to get caught up and then come back.
Let's recap what are the 5 key elements of a successful start from a starting block.
1) Fast...
The efficient movement of our bodies in the water while swimming, does not come naturally to the majority of our water filled planet's population. Putting our faces in the water and having fun around and in our local pools, lakes, oceans, seas or rivers is, however, as common as your favorite brea...
Human beings are not built to live in water like the many species of fish in our deep blue oceans.
Despite that fact, taking the journey to learn to swim has become a necessary skill for many people in today's world.
Since you are reading this post, you should applaud yourself, as you are a sma...
Most swimmers view backstroke as one of the most beautiful strokes out there.
When swam correctly, the swimmer appears as if gliding on top of the water with rotating arms in a smooth motion.
Let's have a look at how it is done.
There are several aspects that you need to focus on
head p...
"All you have to do is swim."
That is a promising bold claim made by a technology company with a new swimming wearable gadget soon to be released to the swimming and triathlon communities. This new swimming computer goes under the name of Xmetrics and with its sleek design and a long list of fea...
The last few years has seen a tremendous explosion of miscellaneous sport games which require some physical and social activity rather than the traditional sedentary joystick control games.
So what does this has to do with you and learning how to swim?
Well, Microsoft just announced a new swim...
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The sport of swimming has seen many innovations over the last few years, some of which we have covered here on the Swimator Blog. (new full-body suits, technique improvement related swimming equipment or new insights on how to swim faster).
However, one aspect of swim...