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Swim Training

Guides, Training Plans, Tips and Tricks

Training and Technique

How To Swim Faster

How to swim faster
Swim Further

How to swim further
Shoudler Injury

Common shoulder injuries for swimmers – and how to avoid them
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5 strategies for swimming in rough water
Chicken Wings

How to warm up on land for swimming
Keri Anne Breaststroke

How to perfect your breaststroke
Back To Swimming

Back to swimming: how to approach your return to swimming outdoors
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5 goal setting tips to maximise your swim performance
Zone3 Goggles

How to Choose Open Water Swimming Goggles

Nutrition

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Santa snacks
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Mixed bean chilli
Weetabix Cake

Weetabix cake
Nutty Fruit Cake

Nutty fruit cake
Lemon Chia Seed Cake

Lemon chia seed cake
Breakfast Bars

Breakfast bars
Energy Brownie Balls

Energy brownie balls
Fig Balls

Fig and Tahini Energy Bites
Raw Brownies

Hemp protein recipes – 3

Training Sessions

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Take your pool training outdoors
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Get ready for open-water events with these simple training sessions
Back To The Pool

Back to the pool: How to make the most of your pools sessions
Tubing

Try these straightforward tubing sessions to improve your technique and keep you swim fit
Stretching Exercises

Try this full-body stretching workout to keep you swim fit
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Pilates for swimming: Increase efficiency, reduce drag and increase speed
Easy Lockdown Exercises

Simple exercises to keep you fit for swimming
10Km Training Plan

10km open water training plan
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Back to the open water: training session from South West Swim

Coach Cassie

Our resident Olympian Cassandra Patten answers your training questions

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What are your tips for recovering after a marathon swim?
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How do I rectify a thumb-first hand entry?
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How do I structure sessions to build pace?
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Any tips on sighting? Sighting frequency/ navigating in general?
Bilateral Breathing

What are the best drills to practise bi-lateral breathing?
Swimmer On Start

I have just completed my first 1km. How should I work up to 2km?
Drafting Arrowhead

How do I draft properly in races and avoid getting kicked?
Breastroke

How can I improve my breaststroke so I can swim faster?
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How do I best structure my training for a 5k swim?

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