How To Do Breaststroke Kick
Breaststroke kick is important if you want to be a good breaststroker. There are a number of ways you can improve your kick in order to swim faster. They are: Strength training – A powerful kick requires strong legs. Squats are the best gym excercise you can do for breaststroke kick. Stretching – Improve flexibility ...
How To Pick The Right Wetsuit
It’s not easy picking a wetsuit. There are dozens of brands out there, each claiming to have the latest breakthrough in wetsuit technology. When it comes to picking a wetsuit only a few things really matter. I use the 2XU Elite model for the following reasons. Flexibility A good wetsuit will have highly flexible material ...
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7 Ways To Swim Faster This Year
Pick a race to target Without a goal or destination it’s difficult to be inspired at training. I’ve found that picking a race to train up for is 10x more motivating than swimming of the sake of keeping fit. It’s not that staying fit or getting fit isn’t a worthy goal, but the pressure of [...] ...
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[SwimGymPro] Strength Training Exercises For Swimming
One of the fastest ways to improve in swimming is to add strength training to your program. This might bring back memories of ‘hitting the gym’ or dragging yourself out of bed on a cold, icy morning to exercise. Luckily things have changed. It’s now possible to increase your strength and endurance without slugging ...
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How To Breathe In Freestyle Without Choking On Water
Last week I speaking to an Effortless Swimming client and he mentioned he was having trouble breathing in freestyle. It’s a common problem. The solution comes down to two things. Your stroke (swimming technique) and your breathing technique (ability to control your breathing). The breathing technique is rarely spoken about, ...
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How To Increase Lung Capacity With Swimming
If you’ve ever wondered why some swimmers could challenge a fish in a breath-holding competition, and others can’t hold their breath long enough to say the word ‘fish’, this might be the most important article you ever read. Imagine swimming at a faster pace for longer because you learned a simple exercise ...
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Advanced Technique Strategies For Swimmers
Why do some swimmers constantly improve and others don’t? What should you do if you’ve hit a ‘plateau’ in your swimming, where you can’t increase your speed or improve your endurance? If you’ve been swimming for a number of years, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Over the years, ...
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Mastering Freestyle Technique
Limited time only: Get 2 months FREE swim workouts The most popular course is the Mastering Freestyle program. If you are sick of hearing the same old tricks and you’re ready to completely revamp your freestyle so it’s easy to swim and you glide through the water like a hot knife through butter, this is [...] ...
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What Do ‘Chill’ Pills, Upper Bodies and Meditative Breathing Have To Do With Buoyancy?
Are you sick of feeling like a brick in the water? Do you sometimes think that floating is impossible, and you were cursed with negative buoyancy as a child? Fear not. Everybody can float. If your big, small, tall or tiny it doesn’t matter. Even if you’re a Hawaiian Iron-man (with NO body fat to [...] ...
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How To NOT Swim Faster – Avoiding Success, Training Without Purpose And Being Stuck In Bad Habits
Swimming is outrageously fun. Powering through the water with effortless speed and rhythm can be a blast. But not every wants that. If that sounds familiar, this article is you for. Here are 7 quick and effective tips for NEVER swimming faster to avoid success, train without a purpose and stay stuck in your bad [...] ...
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