Category: Open Water
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Swimrun Australia winner – Andy Reid
I got the chance to try a part of the Australia swimrun course with Andy Reid. Andy has won the race twice and knows the course well.
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Ana Marcela Cunha: Brazil’s Open Water Multitalent – Best of FINA 2017
Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha is one of the most successful Open Water Swimmers. At the FINA Worlds in Budapest, she earned her 10th World Champions Medal. Find out more about the 25-year-old!
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The mental game | Strongman Swimming E3
Strongman Swimming documents Ross Edgley’s incredible attempt to swim 40km with a 100lb tree tied to him between the Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Martinique. Training the mind to undertake a challenge such as this is just as important as ensuring your body is in peak condition. So Ross visited the Royal Marines in…
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She swims with sharks before breakfast
Kim Chambers is one of the world’s best marathon swimmers and is the sixth person to complete the “Oceans Seven”, the ultimate open water swimming challenge.
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How to Mentally Cope with the Cold in Open Water Swimming
The fear of hypothermia and the dangers associated with it are real and should be fully respected. Many swimmers worry about how long they can endure the cold and whether they are actually capable of getting through it, and rightly so. I know when I started this wonderful sport of ours this was a big…
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We’ve got a lot to learn | Strongman Swimming E2
Strongman Swimming documents Ross Edgley’s incredible attempt to swim 40km with a 100lb tree tied to him between the Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Martinique. This episode explores the nutrition required to take on this epic challenge. Ross shares his typical daily 15,000 calorie diet and heads up to Keswick, North England, for further…
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Rohan More becomes first Asian to swim across Ocean Seven
Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven. Rohan is the youngest person in the world to swim across the Ocean Seven. The Ocean’s Seven marathon consists of seven long-distance open-water swims, which includes the North Channel, the Cook Strait, the Molokai Channel,…
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Swimming the Rottnest Channel Swim
Stephanie Rainey from The Aqua Life Swim Academy talks about her plans to swim the Rottnest Channel.
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The Diamond drill in OPEN WATER – learn to swim faster as a team
Learn to draft in open water Learn to swim faster as a team Learn to slide and change your swimming pace in open water Learn to protect your lower back in open water http://www.swim-west.com/diamond-dril…