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View ArticlePerfect Front Crawl – Swimming Advice Video
Today we’re going to be looking at a perfect front crawl model, so we’ll be focusing on the head, body, arms, and leg positions. So looking at the body position for front crawl, you want to aim to keep...
View ArticlePerfect Breaststroke – Swimming Advice Video
Today we’re going to be looking at a perfect breaststroke model, so focusing on the legs, arms, body, and head positions. So when looking at the breaststroke body position, you want to aim for the...
View ArticleBreaststroke Drills – Swimming Advice Video
Today we’re going to be taking a look at some breaststroke drills, so helping you to improve your stroke and technique. Our first drill for breaststroke is two kicks to one pull. As breaststroke is a...
View ArticleBreaststroke Turn – Swimming Advice Video
The breaststroke turn is an open turn which is simple and easy to learn. Fairly similar to the butterfly turn, for those of you who have worked on that. By developing your turn, it can be the simplest...
View ArticleFront Crawl Tumble Turn – Swimming Advice Video
Front crawl, also known as freestyle, is the most efficient swimming stroke to use and the fastest swimming stroke in competitive racing. The basic touch turn is for beginners, but the flip turn is a...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: Do you have a strict nutrition plan?
I work closely with my nutritionist to make sure that I get a very healthy, balanced diet. Just making sure that you stop yourself from getting ill, and making sure you eat all your fruit and veg a...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: How were the Beijing and London...
Yeah. Beijing was a little bit of a disappointment. I didn’t achieve what I set out to achieve. I actually went in rank number one in the world, and then came out with a bronze medal. Which, people are...
View ArticleWhat is good quality swimwear made from and how does it improve performance...
If you swim regularly, you’ll know that the materials used in construction is very important when it comes to choosing your swimwear. This is why the top swimwear manufacturers invest a great deal of...
View ArticleMaster Your Swimming Stroke: Butterfly
Swimming butterfly is one of the best cardiovascular exercises that you can take part in if swum effectively and efficiently, otherwise it tends to be a very anaerobic stroke for beginners and...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: What training kit do you use?
I use a snorkel. I use fins. I use paddles. Pull buoy and kick board are my main bit of equipment. But then also sometimes we use a parachute as a bit of resistance. But kit is so important, and...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: How are you preparing for Rio...
It’s crazy that Rio is only now two and bit years away. I remember thinking after London “Oh gosh, it’s another four years, that’s a long a time” but it comes around so quickly. It’s going to be...
View ArticleMaster Your Swimming Stroke: Breaststroke
Breaststroke is the most employed stroke by people who are using a pool session to improve their fitness level, perhaps after a gym work out as part of a warm down routine. It is considered by most...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Sean Conway – What is a day like in the life of an...
Video Transcription : A typical day in the life for me now? Well, yeah it’s quite busy, I get up a sort of normal time about 8 in the morning probably, probably a bit later than when I would normally...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: What is your training regime?
Okay, so, I get up at 6:30, and that’s quite a lie-in actually. I used to have to get up at 4:00, so now, it’s a really nice lie-in. You know, get a good night’s sleep the night before. So, yeah, I get...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Sean Conway – What adventures are you currently doing?
Well coming out of the water at John O’ Groats two months ago I vowed I would never swim ever again, but I’ve obviously got the swimming bug now, because I’m shooting off to South Africa in a few weeks...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Sean Conway – What are your plans for the future?
What’s next on the cards for Sean? Everyone keeps asking me this, well I’ve done a long cycle and a long swim, so I should really do a long run shouldn’t I? I’ve actually cycled Lands End to John...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Sean Conway – What drove you to keep going?
Video Transcription : Everyone keeps asking me ‘why did you keep going, it took you two and half months longer than you expected’ and the one thing that kept coming into my mind was that if I didn’t...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Sean Conway – Was Swimming Britain life changing?
Has the swim been life changing? ….Umm that’s a hard question, but yes it has definitely been life changing for me because after I cycled around the world and got run over and couldn’t finish my goal...
View ArticleSimply Swim Interviews Sean Conway – Was it hard re-adjusting back to life...
Yes it’s always interesting adjusting back into real life after an adventure, especially an adventure when you’re out at sea for so long, there were four of us on a boat which was really small and you...
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