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Balance

How To Stop Your Legs From Sinking

The  Ultimate Guide To Balance & Alignment In Freestyle Swimming Introduction Stopping your legs from sinking doesn’t just magically happen.  The human body isn’t designed …

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Building Swim Fitness

Optimizing Your Swim Training:
What’s Better? Multiple Short Swims or One Long Session?

In this post, I briefly explain why I have seen my athletes have better success with multiple short sessions over one long session each week. I’ll also discuss a few caveats to help you make the best choice for your swim training.

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Building Swim Fitness

What is Swim Fitness?
Breaking Down the Elements of Technique, Fatigue, and Stress

Be Fit or Suffer! But what does it mean to be “Swim Fit”? Let’s break down the concept of swim fitness into its core components, helping you understand the key elements that contribute to becoming a better swimmer.

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Breaking Down Technique

Triaging Your Swim Stroke
Identifying and Addressing the Stroke Faults in Your Swim

In this post I explain the concept of “Triage”. The goal is to help you understand what to focus on first, where the lowest hanging fruit lies and what will make the biggest difference to your speed and efficiency.

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Breaking Down Technique

Breathe Right, Swim Fast: Answering Some of The Most Common Breathing Questions

In this post I cover some of the intricacies of breathing, helping you understand the mechanics, patterns, and strategies that will help make you more comfortable in the water and elevate your swimming game.

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Swim Technique

Fundamentals of Triathlon Swimming

WHY I WROTE THIS GUIDE I started swimming 10 years later than every one I was racing against. In my first season, my competition was …

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Swim Technique

Fundamentals of Triathlon Swimming 2

A Straightforward Swimming for Triathlon Guide To Efficient Technique, Better Endurance & Unshakable Triathlon Swimming Confidence.   Why I Wrote This Guide I started swimming …

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Breaking Down Technique

Fundamentals of Triathlon Swimming

A Straightforward Swimming for Triathlon Guide To Efficient Technique, Better Endurance & Unshakable Triathlon Swimming Confidence.   Why I Wrote This Guide I started swimming …

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Case Study

From Scared Sh*tless to “Feeling Like a Boss”.

In 2015 Amin, could average 3.16/100m on a good day. He was the last person out of the water in his first Olympic race. In his final 70.3 race of 2016, Amin came out the water in 37min39seconds (1.58/100m) and then went on to PR his bike split too!

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Other

Whitworth Heritage Gallery Hall of Fame Induction

Swimming in a wetsuit can feel very different to swimming without one. Here are 5 wetsuit tips for open water swimming to make sure you swim faster with…

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Breaking Down Technique

Tips For Freestyle Breathing

If you’re gasping for air on every stroke, don’t stress this quick guide will help. Here are some simple tips for freestyle breathing.

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Good Triathlon Swim Time
Building Swim Fitness

What is a Good Triathlon Swim Time?

In this guide I will show you what it takes to be better than the average triathlon swimmer for your age and gender. We will also take a look at how fast you need to swim to be considered “good”, as well as what it takes to make it in Kona and as a specialist swimmer.

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