Training & Technique
10 Backstroke Drills for Your Next Practice
Backstroke is a unique swimming style that many people avoid due to the body position backstrokers must maintain. The stroke may seem very different from the popular front crawl stroke …
Training & Technique
Learn the backstroke breathing technique
One of the distinctive things about backstroke swimming is that your breathing is not really affected by the water: we swim with our stomachs facing upwards and we decide when …
Training & Technique
How to return to swimming after a break – Training plan #1
We have already seen that dry-land training can be useful when resuming swimming after a break, particularly when the pool is not available (Dryland training to get active again – …
Training & Technique
How to get back into your workout routine – Dryland training
Get back into your workout routine with dryland training! After the holidays (which you’ve most likely spent being lazy and eating :)) or a long pause getting back into your …
Training & Technique
3 tips for resuming training after the summer break
In this article, we will be giving you three invaluable tips about the best way to resume training. According to a famous Italian song from the 1980s “The summer is …
Fitness & Wellness
Not much time for training? Here are some exercises specially for you!
You’re at the beach, on holidays. Being the sports lover that you are, after 2 or 3 days of not doing anything but laying around relaxing, you are start to …
Training & Technique
Top 10 Breaststroke Drills to Improve Your Swim
Did you know that a primitive form of breaststroke is believed to be the very first movement performed by a human being to move forward through the water? So, the …
Training & Technique
Outdoor swimming pools: summer training tips
Three, two, one….summer is already here! Great! Sunshine, warm weather and… where should I go to swim?! For those lucky swimmers who live along the coast, it a no-brainer: open-water …
Fitness & Wellness
Running and Swimming: calorie-burning work-outs for the summer
Sport is essential for getting in shape for the summer. So how can you burn fat and calories by swimming and running? Here’s a training plan for the summer. One …
Training & Technique
Butterfly Stroke for Beginners: Tips and Drills
There’s nothing quite like watching a swimmer use the butterfly swimming style to propel themselves across the surface of the water gracefully. The butterfly stroke technique requires power and coordination. …