Outdoor dryland training
COACH,  EXTRA,  FEATURES,  March 2026,  Top Tips

Use the outdoors for dryland training

Avoid busy, stuffy gyms and get outside for your dryland training, says fitness coach Vivienne Rickman

Outdoor swimmers are naturally drawn to being outside. We love the feeling of moving in the natural world, so not having access to a perfectly temperature-controlled gym isn’t necessarily a hardship for us; in fact, it can be an advantage.

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