The water movements and the flows of open water swimming, force us to adapt the swimming technique to be more effective, since wide and strong strokes are more complicated to perform.
Chris Leiferman suggests some exercises to increase our stroke cadence and make more progress in open water, achieving less fatigue.
Wardie Bay Wild Ones are wild swimmers who meet at Wardie Bay in Edinburgh to swim together. They are part of The Wild Ones – Edinburgh’s wild swimming Facebook group.
Coach Deniz explains why foam rolling is so important for swimmers, the top areas swimmers need to work on, and tips to make foam rolling more effective. Get a Swimmer Strength foam roller with the coupon code in the video.
By Swimmer Strength Coach Deniz Hekmati, MS, CSCS
Sweden native, Deniz Hekmati is a strength & conditioning specialist and sport scientist. He was a breaststroker at Arizona State University (NCAA Division I) and a silver medalist at the Swedish National Championships. In his coaching career, he has worked with age-groupers, high schoolers, collegiate teams, and elite level post graduate athletes.
Deniz’s philosophy is to learn each athlete’s individual stage of physical and mental readiness, and then design the most appropriate training protocol in a way that resonates with the individual and team.
Swimming training is often said to be boring & dull. It is easy to see why people raise this criticism – its repetition and difficulty to socialize being just some! But this needn’t be the case, in fact, there are loads of ways to make swimming training more fun, so we thought we’d share a few with you!
Rafi Bahalul was taking a morning swim off the shores of Atlit, Israel, when he spotted hieroglyphs in the seabed.
“I saw it, kept on swimming for a few meters, then realized what I had seen and dived down to touch it,” Bahalul told Haaretz. “It was like entering an Egyptian temple at the bottom of the Mediterranean.”
Bahalul had discovered a 3,400-year-old Egyptian stone anchor, confirmed by Jacob Sharvit, head of the Israel Antiquities Authority’s maritime archaeology unit.
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The deadly Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could impact Japan’s preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer, a senior organizer has warned.
The virus has infected over 28,000 people across more than 25 countries and territories, and claimed more than 560 lives — the vast majority of cases and all but two deaths in mainland China. At least 45 cases have been reported in Japan, including 20 people on board a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama Bay.
“I am extremely worried that the spread of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum toward the Games,” said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK. “I hope that it will be stamped out as soon as possible.”
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated Monday that the Games would proceed as planned.
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Looking to save time and energy in the water? How about gaining a little speed? Time to get comfortable drafting off nearby swimmers. Coach Bryan Mineo walks you through some of the key points of drafting during the swim, with input from professional triathlete Kevin Portmann.
