Many of you have asked me to give some breaststroke workout advice in your comments, so here it is.
Below you will find a few tips for your breaststroke 50s and 100s and I am sure it could come handy for longer events as well.
First, keep in mind that breaststroke is a combination of leg power...
Let's step away from swimming strokes, discussions of equipment and other learn to swim related material for a moment and look at the scarier side of swimming.
Not many of us realize this, but apart from drowning, it is possible to catch a disease or infection from your local swimming hole. And...
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...
Swimming is an amazing sport that has lots of benefits, however, if you have to swim twice every day (as the top athletes do) it could get quite boring at times and you would need a lot of other distractions to keep motivated.
Apart from getting creative with your swimming workouts and introd...
Always on a run, the never-ending feeling of forgetting something important, not having enough time to do everything planned, feeling guilty for not spending enough time with your family and friends or struggling with squeezing in your beloved swimming workout.
Does that pretty much sum up your...
This is an additional post on proper head position while swimming freestyle.
I know you might be tired of hearing the words "put your head down" while you swim, however, believe me, if I tell you, this is the building block of your swimming.
Without the proper head position, your stroke wi...
It is a well-known fact that every superhero has to have a special suit, a cape or a mask to be taken seriously. Right?
At the same time, he or she has to have a certain set of extraordinary skills that often are enhanced by their attire.
Think Batman and his winged cape or his belt which never...
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...
The guys over at SwimSmooth have done it again.
After introducing us to the Wetronome (tech gadget to help you with your stroke rate)and Mr. Smooth (an application to show you how swimming is done from all angle at all speeds), SwimSmooth has now produced SwimTypes.com.
SwimSmooth's swim...