swimming blog In the fast lane

Rare are the young swimmers who are as good as anybody in the world before they are old enough to have any right to be so. How can they be so good and so young, we ask? They stand out among their peers, flash brilliance and show us that age, really is, j... read on »

Core exercises are your daily bread and butter and the indoor life is starting to mould you into the biggest baddest dryland king/queen ever. So, what’s next? Maybe it’s time to learn the yogic headstand or do the Ironman distance at home lik... read on »

Getting older doesn’t have to mean the end of swimming or triathlon. Keeping our dreams alive as we get older is key to continued performance. Swimming maturity brings experience, dedication and ingenuity. Let’s inspire you with some of the m... read on »

Back in the day swimmers never laid eyes on strength training. They were taught that strength training would make them bulky, slowing them down significantly. Nowadays we know this is not the case. Strength and power seem necessary for a successful ... read on »

Struggling to swim faster for longer? Get lower back pains from swimming? Want to improve your technique and swim more efficient? Core training can be the answer to it all. There is no better time than now to work on your core strength. And to fully conv... read on »

There is no doubt that great swimmers have great mobility. The most successful Olympian of all time, Micheal Phelps, is claimed to be double-jointed due to the fact that his mobility is out of this world. Luckily enough he doesn’t have extra joints... read on »

It's not enough you know, just swimming up and down the pool mindlessly and thinking this is going to make you a better and faster swimmer. Because the bad news is, it's not. There is a big difference between just swimming a certain number of lap... read on »

The flipturn is the most efficient way in freestyle to change direction at the wall. It helps conserve energy and maintain swimming speed. There are basically three things you need to do when performing a good turn: maintain your speed towards the wall, ... read on »

As the world is battling coronavirus, we hope you are safe and healthy wherever you are. Even though life’s on hold with public spaces (and pools) closing down temporarily, we hope to inspire you this week with one of our favourite subjects: read on »

Timing is really important in freestyle and determines the continuity of the stroke. Bad timing means there is a misfire in your stroke, stopping and starting the forward momentum. Of course, this is not what we want. We want to transition... read on »