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Warm Down Your Way To Recovery

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...
Warm Down Your Way To Recovery

What Hand Paddles Should I Use?

Let me stop you right there, I implore you to ask a much better question: What Do I Need Paddles For? If your answer to this question is "I don't know, everyone else is using them" or "I feel more powerful with paddles" or "I swim faster with paddles" or something along those lines, then chan...
What Hand Paddles Should I Use?

The Most Useful Drill for Each Stroke

Being a beginner swimmer is definitely not easy. Where do I start? How do I do it? It seems much harder than it looks. How come? These are just a few questions I get asked all the time. As I discussed on many occasions, swimming is not as simple sport as it may seem. Sure, what is there...
The Most Useful Drill for Each Stroke

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 do not know the rest of it, I am afraid that for some swim positions, nose...
How To Keep Water Out Of My Nose (The Human Nose Clip) - part 2

Freestyle Slow Motion (Grant Hackett and Sun Yang - The Ultimate Distance Freestyle Stroke)

Ok, guys, I have decided to go a little more high tech on this one. Just kiding. What is a good swimming lesson without a proper demonstration? So, here you have it. Watch the Australian olympic distance swimmer Grant Hackett do his thing. Report a non-functional swim video...
Freestyle Slow Motion (Grant Hackett and Sun Yang - The Ultimate Distance Freestyle Stroke)

Palm Paddle Review - The World's Smallest Hand Paddle

This post is long overdue, but finally, I kicked myself to introduce you to the wonderful world of the Palm Paddle. I am not kidding when I say it is the world's smallest hand paddle. At first sight, the paddles are so tiny and cute that you just want to cuddle them in your palm :). Do not...
Palm Paddle Review - The World's Smallest Hand Paddle

Breaststroke Like An Inch Worm

Swim breaststroke like an inchworm?  Yes, however, not in the sense of up and down movement, think more in terms of the horizontal plane:).  Breaststroke is probably the easiest stroke to swim, however, the toughest along with butterfly to learn to swim correctly.  If you look around your lo...
Breaststroke Like An Inch Worm

Streamline Explained (How Do Drag Forces Influence My Body In Swimming?)

"Streamline, streamline, streamline", if I had a dollar for each time I say this word, I'd be a multi-billionaire at this stage, live in a mansion and have my own private 50-meter pool with a retractable roof. If you visit this swimming blog often, you have read it over and over in my posts....
Streamline Explained (How Do Drag Forces Influence My Body In Swimming?)

Early Vertical Forearm Explained (Learn To Catch Water In Your Freestyle Stroke With High Elbow)

It looks like that the most requested topic in the last poll on the Swimator blog is about freestyle. Well, let me talk to you about how to get the most power out of your stroke. After you learn how to properly hold your body in the water and relax you can move on to starting to use your a...
Early Vertical Forearm Explained (Learn To Catch Water In Your Freestyle Stroke With High Elbow)

Extreme Apnea And The Guinness World Record (How Long Can You Hold Your Breath Underwater?)

I am sure you have all tried it, holding your breath (be it underwater or above the water) as long as you can. I used to practice holding my breath to break my own personal records during my English classes :). I guess this shows you how much interested I was in English, so if you find any err...
Extreme Apnea And The Guinness World Record (How Long Can You Hold Your Breath Underwater?)
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