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The Many Benefits of Swimming
Apart from the smell of chlorine and the “getting dried” in hot changing rooms afterwards, there seems to be very little in the way of downsides to...
Stretching Before Performing...Good or Bad?
No swimmer would think twice about starting a race or tough training session with cold, tight muscles. You want to give yourself the best perform...
How To Swim With Less Effort
Jumping into the pool to swim with a group of triathletes some five or so years ago I knew the learning curve was going to be pretty steep. But I h...
Swimmer Aimee qualifies for Olympics
Almost three decades after her dad swam in the Olympics for Britain, teenager Aimee Willmot celebrated as she took her place as one of five qualifi...
Why filming will boost swim technique
Frustrated by your swimming speed? Unsure what it is – exactly – that you are doing wrong in the pool? Trying to improve you kick, or pull, or catc...
Do you suffer with foot cramp during swimming training?
After a sharp freestyle turn, quite often us swimmers suffer with muscle spasms and pain in the sole of the foot. Even after a good stretch it stil...
The benefits of cold water swimming
Middle of winter. Time for a dip in the local lake? Er, we think not! Indeed, swimming in an ice cold lake doesn’t seem like a particularly safe op...
The benefits of swimming legsuits
It seems so obvious when you think about it, but women’s swimming costumes with combined shorts/legs have been a long time becoming mainstream. No ...
The benefits of swimming for your blood pressure
First, let's take a look at the scientific background to swimming and reduced blood pressure. Sports experts have widely revealed the cardiovascula...
Swimming Teaching Tips
I like to think that I’m a pretty good swimming instructor - I give the children the attention they need, I have plenty of swimming knowledge and u...
Lidos
We all complain about the English weather, pretty much every day. But in the Spring and Summer in the UK the weather isn’t always as bad as we make...
Goal Setting
Every swimmer wants to get better and better right? And at times we struggle to improve and wonder why! So this swim blog is all about goal setting...