Top Tips
Pick up knowledge to improve your outdoor swimming. Learn how to plan routes, train with others, complete events, and overcome obstacles like nerves or fitness level. Get guidance on skills like bodysurfing, underwater swimming, and adapting your stroke for rivers and seas. Experts and seasoned swimmers share their top tips so you can swim safer, stronger, and with more joy.
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Swimming training: start slow to finish fast
If you grew up in a swimming club environment or regularly train with a masters swimming club you’ll be well-used…
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How to train for a 10km swim
This was another popular feature from our back-issue collection, from our Swim Plus section written by the open water swimming…
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Device or brain?
Should you count strokes with your brain or a watch?
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Sport psychology – ready to race
How to mentally prepare for your big race
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Understanding protein
Put away your protein shakes! Kathy Findlay explains how much protein you need, when you should eat it and how…
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Winter training 1 – 1hr 3.5km
This set includes some medley work (ie when you swim all four strokes in the order butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, frontcrawl)…
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A fat lot of good?
We take a look at the nutty problem of coconut oil
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Should I use protein supplements?
Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions
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How to prepare for an open water swim when you can only access a pool
In an ideal world, if you are planning an open water swimming event or challenge, you would ensure you practise…
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I’m so slow when I kick. Should I be using a float?
Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions
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Hemp protein recipes – 1
The first of three protein-packed recipes from nutritionist Kathy Findlay
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Power up, power down – recipe 2
The second of our recipes to fuel your training session and aid recovery
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Get a Rhythm
How to use a Tempo Trainer to optimise your stroke rate for maximum speed
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Try this full-body stretching workout to keep you swim fit
Undertaking a little exercise each week can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and even help also to build your…
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I’ve got the post-swim blues
Much is written about preparing for a significant open water swim. There is also plenty of advice on what to…
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Ask the Experts
Why am I so much faster with a pull buoy?
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Quantifying the benefits of fat for open water swimmers
Anecdotal evidence suggests a carrying a little extra weight helps protect a swimmer against the cold.
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Food planner
Having a framework (or goal) for our nutrition is crucial. We might be trying to lose weight, gain muscle or tailor…
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Pilates for swimming: Increase efficiency, reduce drag and increase speed
Physiotherapist Darren Wigg explains how to use Swimming Specific Pilates (SSP) to swim more efficiently and reduce injury
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Amateur vs Elite
Whether you are an Olympic medallist or tackling your first open water race, correctly fuelling your swimming is crucial.
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Sport Psychology – challenge or threat?
How are you viewing your next race?
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How do I draft properly in races and avoid getting kicked?
Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions
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“I just get so nervous; my breathing goes into overdrive and I don’t know what to do”
Strategies to tackle anxiety when racing
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Is there anything I can do to help me master bilateral breathing?
Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions
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Tips for swimming training in public pools – infographic
Start with a long term goal
