Building Muscle Mass Through Swimming
These tips can help you build muscle with very little long-lasting impact on your joints and bones.
5 Common Freestyle Swimming Mistakes and How to Fix Them
When non-swimmers hear the term "freestyle," they assume the stroke is easy.
3 Changes to Swimming Dryland
“Every session has to be so hard my athlete must be on the floor!” “You shouldn’t lift weights.” “Just get it done!” These are a few things said across pool [...]
Russian Twists: The Best Swimming Core Exercise for Sprint Freestylers
Want to power up your freestyle? Here is why the Russian twist just might be the best core exercise for sprint freestylers. Core strength is a...
3 Drills for a Better Freestyle Swimming Technique
No matter whether you are just starting out in the pool or an Olympic-calibre swimmer the importance of excellent freestyle swimming technique in the...
The Visualization Technique That Helped USA Swimming Rack Up 33 Medals at the 2016 Olympics
The United States absolutely dominated the pool at the 2016 Summer Olympics. USA Swimming took home 16 gold medals, and no other country won more than three. America's 33 medals [...]
Improve Your Swimming Times with These Starting Drills
There is a great deal of focus on the swim performance, speed, and technique, but the start deserves just as much praise. Explsoive swimming starts can...
Triathletes: Avoid These 5 Open Water Swimming Disasters
Open water can be—and for many is—terrifying. Even professional, well-trained open water swimmers can feel a sense of dread when they enter the water....
10 Tips for Effective Strength Training Programs for Swimming
To improve your swimming, training out of the pool is vital. One important part of a successful swimmer's training program is strength training....
Build Your Swimming Power and Endurance with the Roman Ropes Workout
Swimmers must have extreme upper-body power and endurance to propel themselves through the water. They rely heavily on their latissimus dorsi—commonly referred to as the lats—to extend and adduct their [...]
