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How to handle wildlife encounters
Swimming near animals and birds can be magical, exciting or scary. We asked wildlife experts how wild swimmers should handle…
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Starting out – basic guide to swimming outdoors
Getting started with anything new is often the hardest part but with little kit and some basic knowledge you can…
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Create your own winter swimming training plan
If you have the budget and want to progress quickly, a good swimming coach can create a training plan to…
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Training plan for your first open water mile
Take on your first open water mile with this simple 12-week training plan from Olympic open water silver medallist Keri-anne…
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Top Five Dry Land Exercises
If you’re new to swimming, it’s understandable you want to get in the water as often as possible. More time…
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How to prepare for a swim training session
When you prepare for a swim training session, it can make a big difference to how you feel in the…
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Cold water, science and nutrition
What science says about exercising in cold environments, and what the nutrition implications of that might be.
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Swim training when you can’t access the water
Maintaining swimming fitness when you have limited hours requires creativity and planning but it can be done using a combination…
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7.5km Training Session (about 2.5 hours)
To complete this as written, you should be capable of swimming repeatedly 100m off 90secs
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How can I improve my breaststroke so I can swim faster?
Our resident Olympian Cassie Patten answers your swimming questions
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7km Training Session (~2+ hrs)
To complete this as written, you should be capable of swimming repeatedly 100m off 90secs
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10km open water training plan
A training plan for those contemplating taking on the 10k Marathon distance in open water
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What are your tips for recovering after a marathon swim?
Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions
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Don’t try this if you have a fragile ego
For most of us, comparing our swim times with those of the best swimmers in the world is far from…
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Flippin’ Fintastic
Two fins-based training sets to improve your leg position, strength and kic
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Embrace the medley – session 3
Add other strokes to your training will enhance your strength, fitness and swimming ability.
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How to use FINIS Bolster Hand Paddles
The Finis Bolster Paddle is another odd looking piece of kit from Finis but with some good thinking behind it.
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Any tips on sighting? Sighting frequency/ navigating in general?
Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions
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Cold water swimming: your questions answered
Swimmer and scientist perspectives on ice swimming
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Take your training outside – week 1
Make the most of your outdoor swimming with our weekly training plans
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Finis Freestyle Snorkel – Sample training set
The Finis Freestyle Snorkel has been designed to allow swimmers to separate breathing movements from other elements of the stroke…
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Fine-tune your catch
Which paddles to use to work on your catch and pull technique
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How to warm up on land for swimming
Your swim needs to start before you hit the water
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Last hurrah – session 3
The third of four end of season training sessions
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5 ways to train SMART
Keep motivated through the winter by training SMART
