swimming blog In the fast lane

Goal setting is a fundamental aspect of sport. It’s a powerful process that motivates you and can turn your dreams into reality. Goals, however, needs to meet certain requirements for them to be achievable. We explain how all level swimmers and tri... read on »

After a period of no training it can feel scary to get back into the pool. You’ll feel a little bit nervous and rusty. Please don’t be discouraged, with the right tools it is an extremely enjoyable process. Just follow these top tips to get b... 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 »

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 »

Getting stronger to swim faster can be done in the pool, but also on land. There are a number of specific exercises you can do wherever you are that will help you improve your swimming. We have listed some simple exercises you can do at home or at the gy... read on »

You’re daydreaming about your afternoon swim when you hear something about power and how to make swimmers faster. This immediately draws your attention, because, like every swimmer, we want to go faster but find it difficult to add more power to ou... read on »

Olympic champion Femke Heemskerk stopped by at the SwimGym pool in Amsterdam for a solid training session to prepare for her 4th Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan 2020. 

Can you imagine swimming twice a day, six days a week, day in-day out, the whole year round and still wanting to get in the water and train for one or two hours at a time. This is the life of the pro swimmer or triathlete. How do they st... read on »

Want to know how to power up your freestyle stroke? Swim faster? Be more efficient? There is no one element in swimming that is more important than the other, as all of the pieces need to work together to make a cohesive whole. However, in our experience... read on »

We love swimming and so think it’s natural that everybody should swim. But what are the health benefits of swimming? We have five reasons for you why everybody should swim. Whether you want get away from the stress of the daily grind, get fit and t... read on »