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Fitness & Wellness

Drink chocolate milk and recover more quickly!

What should you drink to recover after a training session? Which nutrients aid recovery and in what quantities should they be consumed? What kinds of food and drink are ideal …

Written by: arena coaches 15 October '15 0
Training & Technique

Manage your emotions and you will maximize your energy

The management of our emotions is certainly a very complicated aspect to deal with. Imagine our body as a race car, which has a tachometer counting engine’s revolutions. The best …

Written by: arena coaches 30 September '15 0
A Swimmer's life

A swimmer’s 3 worst nightmares

Like all sportsmen and women, swimmers have their own good luck rituals, superstitions and habits that they keep on repeating like a mantra before their races. So what are a …

Written by: arena coaches 25 September '15 0
Training & Technique

Freestyle swimming to strengthen your heart, muscles and lungs

As we have already mentioned, the stroke most commonly used to develop your metabolic capacities is the freestyle. Let’s see how we can improve our endurance, breathing capacity and cardiovascular …

Written by: arena coaches 5 September '15 0
Training & Technique

Practical advice and exercises for proper shoulder rotation

Let’s start by pointing out that shoulder rotation is extremely important for the freestyle and backstroke. But take note, overdoing it can easily be counter-productive. To illustrate this, let’s debunk …

Written by: arena coaches 7 July '15 0
Training & Technique

Capacity versus Usage

Level: advanced One of the most common dilemmas in the world of sport is: how to make the best use of your capacities to achieve your set goals? This means …

Written by: arena coaches 2 July '15 0
Training & Technique

Core stability, discover the secrets for developing a harmonious physique!

Core stability is now a key term in modern sports jargon. It may be defined as stability in the “centre, heart or nucleus” of the body, but in the sports …

Written by: arena coaches 18 June '15 0
Training & Technique

Learn how to swim freestyle!

Level: beginner When we swim the “freestyle” we simply grasp the water in front of us with our hands and push it behind our body with alternate arm strokes in …

Written by: arena coaches 5 June '15 0
Fitness & Wellness

Sleep and ferritin: the secrets to performing at your best

Have you ever wondered what the secret is to performing at your best? An athlete’s natural talent and the quality of their training are obviously vitally important, but there are …

Written by: arena coaches 3 June '15 0
Triathlon & Open Water

Triathlon, the secret to finding the perfect balance

What I have learnt training for the triathlon is that the secret behind a great race lies in the quality of your weekly training. As we have already seen in …

Written by: arena coaches 29 May '15 0