The arena swimming blog

Fitness & Wellness

Swim nutrition tips and advice from the inside

We asked Jenny Fridlund, nutrition counselor for the Swedish Olympic Committee, cross-country skiing team, sailing team and the swimming team, as well as owner of the “Alla Tiders Matlagare” restaurant …

Written by: Antonella Lupica 11 March '14

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Infographics

The insiders guide to arena Powerskin Carbon competition swimsuits

Hi guys, Do you want to know all about our Carbon competition swimsuits? If you answered yes, then lucky for you, you’ve come to the right place. It has been …

Written by: Emily 7 March '14

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Training & Technique

What’s keeping your freestyle down – Head position, resistance and balance.

Brant Best is an Australian national swimming team coach as well as coach to 100m freestyle World Champion, James ‘The Missile’ Magnussen. We asked Brant for a few inside freestyle …

Written by: Brant Best 6 March '14

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A Swimmer's life

Why you should find a swimming hole and dive straight in!

26 metres below you, the emerald water sparkles in the sunlight. Vine tendrils pitch themselves over the edge of the hole, reaching down to touch the water, and waterfalls tumble …

Written by: Emily 23 February '14

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Events & Competitions

Carbon Flex joins the family

Like its sibling, the Carbon Pro, the Carbon Flex uses our groundbreaking carbon cage technology, but where it differs is in the new V-Flex System described below. The net result is …

Written by: Duncan Campbell 20 February '14

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Elite Team

Kirsty Coventry’s take on Sochi

I’m a swimmer. I may not know everything about winter sports and I probably know even less about how to dress for winter climates. However, I do know what it …

Written by: Kirsty Coventry 19 February '14

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Fitness & Wellness

The beginners’ guide to Aquafitness

Everybody at the very beginning of their life floats instinctively in the water. In some ways, that’s the concept underlying aquafitness, which is a sparkling way of relating to water. …

Written by: Antonella Lupica 17 February '14

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Training & Technique

An introduction to training tools

There are many training tools available on the market nowadays, all designed to help you in some way to improve your stroke and swimming experience. Over the coming months, we will …

Written by: Emily 12 February '14

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Fitness & Wellness

Swim your fat away

It’s been calculated that February 18th is the day that most of us stop our New Years Resolution Diets and Gym Workouts. Luckily that means the gym pools are getting …

Written by: Joel McKenna 10 February '14

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Elite Team

How age and motherhood is no obstacle to Olympic ambition

Three-time Olympic medallist Therese Alshammar has devoted 30 years to swimming but 2013 brought a life-changing event when she gave birth to baby Fred. Now aged 36, Therese has returned …

Written by: Elizabeth Byrnes 4 February '14

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