Speed is one of the first things that come to mind when discussing swimming goals and improvement. In theory it’s simple. As the swimmer gets experienced, the workout’s length and intensity get increased, and as the body of the athlete gets stronger, the swimming speed increases and lap times drop eventually. The best swimmers don’t...
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In a simple equation – long-term training and hard work, possibly even with supervision is the best and surest way to improve. This being said, there are things that you can start considering to improve instantly, or at least faster. If you are here, surely you are thinking about improving your standards in the next...
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Swimming is a great form of exercise, and an excellent sport for every part of your body. It’s low-impact, meaning it’s the perfect sport to practice as you get older because it’s much less likely to harm your joints or bones. It’s great for cardio, and for working on strengthening the smaller muscles throughout your...
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Swimming is indeed a unique form of exercise and some of its benefits are almost exlusive to it. Almost no other sport is as joint-friendly, or as relatively injury risk-free for example. This is not to say that swimming can’t be substituted with other excercises, especially when the situation forces this upon us. During these...
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Tips and Tricks That Will Help You Get the Biggest Benefits from Your Pool Workout Different people swim for various reasons: some are training for their first triathlon, some got bored with jogging and want to switch up their workout routine, and some are want to get more in shape and trying to lose a...
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We know that airborne droplets are the main vector for coronavirus transmission – this is the reason for relying on facemasks. When you’re in the pool, the chances of infection are minimized (mostly due to chlorine), but being actually in the water is obviously only a part of your trip to the pool. Common sense...
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Wanting to get better as a swimmer means hard work and countless hours in the pool. One of the ways to accelerate the progress is to look of the advice from your coach, swimming buddies, and articles like this one! That’s right, today we have 6 swimming tips and tricks you will love! Keep your...
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According to both Google and messages and comments we receive this might be one of the most often asked questions when it comes to swimming benefits. It is so specific that you might think there’s no way we can actually find a set of tips and rules you can observe in order to improve how...
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Most of us are busy with our work and families and want to preserve some of it for friends and to relax. This makes it hard to find time for our sports activities like swimming. This must be a reason why people so often ask us and ask the internet: „How long do you need...
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Swimming is engaging and fun but also full of weirdness and crazy fun facts. So we have decided to make a little compilation of fun facts, stats, and information about our favorite sport! Enjoy! Crazy Swimming Stats and Info Swimming burns almost 40% more calories than biking per hour. ’Fast pool’ is a kind of...
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Today we want to show you what benefits of measuring swim results are seen by the fitness swimmers. To let you better imagine this we want to present you with a typical fitness swimmer day using Swimmo training watch that you can learn more about on our website. Today we want to show you what...
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From time to time we like to remind our readers about many benefits of swimming. It is very important to know that those benefits do not end with your physical health and that swimming is also very good for your mental health and strength! It is an amazing way to start a busy day but...
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This is one of those questions asked constantly on forums and social media sites by beginners who would like to start seeing results as quickly as possible. The answer is – it depends on your level of experience and you should never 'skip ahead’ thinking that you’ll achieve more starting at 9 training sessions a...
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From the very start of Swimmo journey, we saw a huge interest in our training watch from Masters swimmers all over the world. They appreciated our feature set and pushed us to make Swimmo better every day since. That is why I’ve decided to write this short guide that makes it clear why Swimmo is...
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Swimming speed is for many the ultimate goal. But to achieve it and to improve it, it is very important that we study all the techniques and drills that will get us there. Going max speed for as long as you can, will get you nowhere as the bad technique will literally work against you...
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Recently I’ve watched a great video guide on a sidestroke and realized I’ve completely forgotten about it planning our blog posts. It is not only me who did that as there’s very little on that subject on the internet. One of the possible reasons is that it is not a competitive style other might be...
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As my first post about five swimming myths is still one of the most popular on our site I have decided to write another one giving you five more. Yes, it’s true – the fake news was a part of swimming long before it was in fashion! :) Some of those myths you might have...
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So, it is something people say: 'Swimming is healthy’, 'Swimming is the best workout’, 'Swimming is the safest sport’…but is it really? As this comes up so often I’ve decided to bring together everything we know and all the pros and cons and put it all in one blog post so you can decide for...
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It is no secret that losing weight is one of the more common reasons for people to swim, run. walk or cycle recreationally. Different activities have a different impact on our waistline but there are some popular myths when it comes to losing weight while swimming. There were some coaches and personal trainers in the...
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