10 swim racing and training tips from tri’s best swimmers
Want to improve your swim? Here is some advice from some of the best swimmers and coaches in triathlon, including Jess Learmonth, Lucy Charles-Barclay and Henri Schoeman
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Sea swimming for beginners: how to swim in the sea
Tri coach Andy Bullock explains the unique challenges seas present to swimmers, and what you can do to give yourself the best chance of successfully mastering the waves
How important is technique when it comes to swimming?
Does having a good swim technique really help your speed and performance in the water? Yes says John Wood, here why it’s important…
What’s the serratus anterior muscle and why is it important to swimmers?
Nick Beer explains the role the oft-forgotten serratus anterior muscle plays in swimming front crawl, and how you can strengthen it
Backstroke: What are its benefits and will it improve my front crawl?
Should you swim backstroke? Wondering if it is worth including some backstroke in your swimming sessions? Yes says John Wood, here’s why…
Swim leg: How to start and finish strongly
Get your tri challenge off to a flyer by developing fast swim starts and exits into T1
Swim cadence: Is there a perfect stroke rate?
Mark Allen gives his world-beating advice on swim cadence
Open-water swimming: How to get faster from the pros
Wondering how to get faster in open water? Pros Jack Rex Burnell and Jess Learmonth have this advice…
What to do if you mess up your sighting race-day
Struggle to sight race-day? We show you the basic steps necessary if you start to go off-piste
What’s the perfect body position for front crawl?
Swim coach John Wood explains the best body position for an efficient and effective front crawl
How to reduce the chances of getting a strain and other injuries when swimming
Want to know how to stay afloat when injury is threatening to sink your swim? Dr Catherine Spencer-Smith gives you the prevention prescription you need
How to build race endurance in the pool
Here’s how to introduce longer interval sets into your swim training to build race endurance for every distance
Swim sighting: What are the most common mistakes people make?
John Wood explains the most common open-water swim-sighting mistakes triathletes make and how to put them right
How to build a more powerful front crawl swim stroke
Practise these rotation drills to improve both your stroke efficiency and power
How does swimming tone the body?
Scan the poolside line-up at any pro swim race and you’ll see the effects swimming can have on the human physique. In short, it tones and strengthens almost every single muscle in the body. Here’s the where and how…
What are the benefits of swimming?
It’s simply fact that swimming is a great sport for all levels of fitness and experience, with myriad physical and mental benefits to be had from time in the pool or open water. Here are just a few reasons why swimming is really good for you…
18 triathlon swimming tips and sessions for beginners
Are you at the beginning of your triathlon adventure but fearful of that opening swim leg? Don’t worry! Swim coach John Wood shares his 18 top front-crawl swim technique tips and sessions for beginners
3 common freestyle swim technique faults explained
Incorporating drills into your swim sessions is key to correcting all manner of ‘mistakes’ made in the freestyle stroke. Here are our top three common technique problems and their solutions…
Ross Edgley: Training Tips for Red Bull Neptune Steps
Thinking of taking on the Red Bull Neptune Steps race? We spent a day with Ross Edgley, fresh from the Great British Swim, to find out how to beat this monster event…
Dave Scott’s key Ironman open-water swim session
Want to get the edge on Ironman race day? Here’s how to train smart in open water, says the six-time champion Dave Scott
Front-crawl kick beat: what it means
Wondering what the kick beat means in front crawl? John Wood explains
Bilateral breathing: how to learn to breathe on both sides when swimming front crawl
Struggle with bilateral breathing in front crawl and get very little time to practise? Here are some tips from John Wood
How to swim faster: 15 ways to hone your front crawl technique
Hit a plateau with your swim? Want to find those marginal gains and progress in the water? Look no further for the ultimate guide to swimming faster!
Hypoxic swim sessions: what are they and should you do them?
Heard a lot about hypoxic swim sessions, both good and bad, and wondering whether they are worth including in your training? BTF level 3 coach Matt Sanderson from Triathlon Coaching UK explains all
