This is a must-watch video for the triathlon swimmers who want to improve their swimming.
Unless you have the time to invest into swimming 5 times plus per week and under the supervision of a swim coach then we don’t recommend spending your time using swimming drills in your training.
Except for these two swim drills – front scull and one arm drill with paddles which will give you both a technique and a strength benefit which are well worth the time that you will put into them.
Check out the video as Mark explains both the benefits and how to complete the drills.
China’s team of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan lowered the world record in the mixed medley relay at the Chinese National Swimming Championships in Qingdao with a 3:38.41. The swim lowers the Americans’ world record of 3:38.56 from the 2017 World Championships, as this marks the first official world record in the sport of swimming in 2020.
Brendan Cullen, a grazier from drought-ravaged New South Wales, is 12 hours away from an ocean. But that is not stopping him training for one of the toughest ocean swims in the world — crossing the English Channel. And he’s preparing for it in one of the last bodies of water near Broken Hill.
Para swimmer Ellie Cole (Australia) shares her thoughts on Netflix’s ground-breaking documentary, Rising Phoenix, and the impact she thinks it will have on society.
"We Are Changing What it Means to be Different" | Ellie Cole | Rising Phoenix | Paralympic Games
Spain’s Nina Zhivanevskaya was in good spirits during the 50m Backstroke at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona and she clearly reflected this in her performance. She sprinted her way to the finish in a Championships Record time (28.48), just 2 hundredths of a second ahead of Ilona Hlavackova from the Czech Republic.
Nina Zhivanevskaya wins Gold for Spain – Championships Record! | FINA World Championships
As an actor, Benedict Cumberbatch is no stranger to finding himself in uncharted territory, but when the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand ambassador went to Rakino Island, New Zealand to film with the brand for their new Polaris Memovox watches he found himself a little bit out of his depth.
“I think there was something lost in translation when I said [to Jaeger-LeCoultre] that I love diving and want to do something in nature. I was thinking scuba diving, which I have done a bit of,” said Cumberbatch at a conference for select international press last month. What he didn’t expect to find himself doing was freediving. Despite being an avid meditation enthusiast and practicer of the Win Hof breathing method, prior to the experience, Cumberbatch said the closest he had gotten to free diving was holding his breath in a pool, while an Italian friend of his, who is a fan of the sport, recounted stories about freediving in the open ocean.
“Even with all the noise of making a film, the calm you see me in and the breathing where I’m beginning to get into the state of lung capacity with oxygen going to the blood and the stuff in the water was real,” said Cumberbatch. “It was very easy to go into that bubble, which is very important to do as an actor as well—to be able to just switch off and focus on the present. So, I think I’m going to keep doing it.”
