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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Five steps to an ultra-efficient pull
Total Immersion head coach Terry Laughlin teaches how to make every stroke count
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How to use a pace clock
People who have grown up with swimming understand the jargon and can use a pace clock almost instinctively but if…
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Yoga to manage stress and anxiety for swimmers that can’t swim at the moment
If swimming helps you manage stress and anxiety, not being able to swim is tough. These three simple yoga practices…
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The Shock To The System
This session will bite as requests to keep swimming slightly faster are countered by the body tiring,
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5km open water training plan
A training plan for those moving up to the 5k distance
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Simple exercises to keep you fit for swimming
Total Immersion swim coach and video analysis specialist James Ewart shares some straightforward exercises to help strengthen your core and…
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Don’t sweat it
Ben Price looks at hydration and electrolytes
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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…
