Triathlete

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Success in open-water swimming depends on being proficient in a few skills. These skills—like treading water and sighting, for instance—prevent panic and provide you with confidence. Any coach will recommend that you train in the open water before yo

Cottage Life

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To swim OR NOT to swim was never really a question. It was the audacity of the idea that evolved slowly, a project so consuming that the cottagers planned the finish with military precision. As it turned out, the finish didn’t exactly happen as plann

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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Anyone who enjoys spending time outdoors will notice seasonal changes sooner than others – outdoor swimmers are no different. I think it’s something to do with being at nose level to the earth while in the water. Like incoming rain after a spell of h

Women's Fitness

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• ‘So many people swim at the same pace using the same stroke. Mix things up by swimming at different speeds, incorporating shorter, faster bursts of activity, and introducing a pull buoy or kickboard to work your upper and lower body separately.’ •

Australian Men's Fitness

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If you consider the main aims of most fitness regimens – to lose weight, improve fitness and build muscles – there are few sports that tick all the boxes as emphatically as swimming. On top of all that, swimming provides a full-body workout with mini

Denver Life Magazine

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It’s no exaggeration to say that swimming is in Gabriel Larson’s blood. The 24-year-old Denver native, who works as the head coordinator for Denver’s Congress Park Pool, was raised in a family that loves the water. “My dad was a pool supervisor for t

The Atlantic

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The thwarted swimmers feel like beached mermaids. People who love swimming have been writing to Bonnie Tsui, the author of the recent swimming ode Why We Swim, to tell her how much they miss the pool, the beach, or the lake, now that they’re quaranti

Triathlete

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-WANDA WANNABE-FISH For most short-course athletes, I recommend a ratio of around 1:2:1.5 for swim/bike/run; for long-course athletes, I recommend a ratio in the range of 1:2.5-3:1.75-2. For short-course and many 70.3 athletes, this can be accomplish

Popular Science

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AI-powered wearable tech can help make swimming more interesting while tracking your laps for you.

Liz Earle Wellbeing

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You have to wonder why anyone of sound mind would want to jump into a freezing cold lake or make year-round runs into the icy ocean, but there’s increasing evidence that cold water swimming can add years to our life, as well as life to our years. Reg

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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My own swim-guiding company offers swim experiences in wild, beautiful and open-water locations with no pressure to swim any distance or style. Don’t know where to dip your toe, leap in or float? Dip Advisor offers swimming experiences, special event

Visi

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HOLIDAYS… They will forever remind me of Scottburgh. And Benoni. Scottburgh, on KZN’s South Coast, was about the Blue Marlin – the quintessential South Coast family hotel, back then it was all kinds of faded ’50s glory with huge mealtime buffets and

Inside Sport

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AUSTRALIAN swim coach Brenton Ford has built an enormous online following with his simple but effective stroke correction and technique videos. Following stints as the head coach for Melbourne University and Powerpoints Masters Swimming Club, where h

Women's Health Australia

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For a nation of water lovers, have you ever stopped to think how strange it is that more of us don’t swim for fitness? The latest AusPlay survey found that for Aussie women aged 25 to 44, swimming trailed behind gym sessions, walking, running and yog

Trail Run

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I enjoy adding some purpose in my daily training habits with goals. My main BIG role goals are intertwined with gradual improvement in my ability to be a good father, husband, physiotherapist and coach. At the start of 2018 I wrote down a swimming an

Women's Fitness

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As you drag yourself out of bed early to do laps of the local pool, it may provide comfort to know that swimming doesn’t only benefit your body – a bank of science shows it also boosts mental health. In fact, a 2018 YouGov poll, commissioned by Swim

Australian Men's Fitness

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Developing speed in the water isn’t just about effort, it’s about finding the sweet spot between efficiency and power. The following will help you work on both of these critical aspects of faster swimming. It’s not heavy on distance, but it is high i

You South Africa

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1 Was the company Samsung founded in Japan, South Korea or China? 2 Where will you find this famous building? 3 What is the most common chemical element in the universe? 4 Which human organs does emphysema affect? 5 What is the length of an Olympic

History Revealed

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Pushing boundaries in both fashion and swimming, Australian professional swimmer Kellerman helped popularise synchronised swimming, wrote a swimming manual and became one of the first women to wear the – then highly controversial – one-piece bathing

Poolside

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As well as being the gem of a residence, the backyard swimming pool is a functional space that can work wonders for your inner, and outer, health. Swimming is a low-impact exercise that is accessible for people of all ages and fitness levels. It prov

220 Triathlon

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Swimwear, goggles, cap, pull buoy, paddles This is aimed at 70.3 athletes and is a strength/race-pace awareness session working below, at and above race pace. Ability-wise we’re looking at an intermediate age-group athlete with a good base fitness an

Women's Running

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“Getting injured is a part of our sport. It’s a part of any sport really. The way you deal with the time off and rehab can dictate how you come back from the injury and how much fitness you retain. For me, swimming is a way for me to work hard withou

Poolside

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After a long and frosty winter, the season for swimming is finally here. This means it’s time to dust off your swimmers and pack away the pool cover in readiness for the summer months ahead. In this bumper Poolside we take you through some simple ste

OK Magazine Australia

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No longer just for your nan, the benefits of working out underwater (less impact on joints, increased resistance and a greater range of motion) are reaching a younger crowd, with the emergence of aqua bikes, aqua treadmills and even aqua trampolines.

Triathlete

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As triathletes, we almost always race in open water, but so much of our training revolves around pool swimming that it can mean we are woefully unprepared for what we might encounter on race day. Access to open water isn’t easy for everyone, but don’

220 Triathlon

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The world’s best tri swimmers share their ultimate 3.8km tips How to smash your PB over the 1.9km swim/90km bike/21.1km run distance The best tri-suits and wetsuits to suit all budgets, tested to the max ■

KRASH

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One day I was at my holiday house in and I went down to the beach. I went for a swim with some of my cousins. After a while my eldest cousin showed up and came in for a swim. When he got to me, he and my big brother started to dack me under the water

Literary Hub

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Something about the rhythm of how we breathe while we’re in the water changes us. Deep breathing research is in its infancy, but we know that this pace of breath is soothing—there’s a feedback loop between our breathing patterns and the nerve centers

The Great Outdoors

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Vertebrate, £14.40. v-publishing.co.uk This feature is an edited extract from Swimming Wild in the Lake District by Suzanna Cruickshank, an informative and inspiring book for both new and experienced wild swimmers, exploring the larger lakes in the b

Woman NZ

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The beauty of living on this stunning collection of islands known as Aotearoa is that we are surrounded by spectacular beaches and oceans. Sandly many of us never learn to swim and would not be able to get out of trouble if we were to find ourselves,