Fitness & Wellness
Training. Exertion. Dieting. Sweat. Sacrifices. Would I be right to think that most people shiver when they hear these words, overcome by laziness and already feeling tired? But this list …
Fitness & Wellness
Swimming is an excellent sport for your health with lots of both physical and mental benefits. Unfortunately, you should not swim under certain special circumstances, like for example when suffering …
Fitness & Wellness
Swimmers have a very special kind of relationship with food. Generally speaking, it is never a good idea to take a swimmer out for a meal, because they probably love …
Training & Technique
What are the distinctive traits of a sprinter? What is the best way to train? It would seem to be easy enough to train a sprinter up to a reasonable …
A Swimmer's life
Have you ever finished a training session and noticed you had some bruises without knowing how you got them? Swim lanes, particularly when they are packed, can be accidents waiting …
Fitness & Wellness
One of the main issues concerning a swimmer’s nutrition is what to eat and when to eat it: it is advisable to eat a diet based around small but nutritionally …
Training & Technique
How important is the leg kick in freestyle swimming? Professor Gatta analyses it scientifically and explains which aspects of the leg kick need to be focused on in training. According …
Training & Technique
Three, two, one….summer is already here! Great! Sunshine, warm weather and… where should I go swimming?! For those lucky swimmers who live along the coast, it a no-brainer: open-water swimming. …
Training & Technique
The single-arm technique, like for example swimming backstroke with one arm, allows swimmers to think about what they are doing in the water. Attention is focused on both their body …
Training & Technique
Together with the butterfly, the breaststroke is considered to be extremely tough on the lumbar region (lower back) and cervical spine (neck). What this doesn’t tell us is that, more …
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