Busy Pool? Lap Swim Etiquette for Sharing Lanes

It seems that every sport has its own code of etiquette that even the newcomers are supposed to know from day one. Seems unfair, doesnt it? Swimming is a

8 Tips for Open Water Swimming Newbies

3...2...1...BANG! The gun goes off and your race begins. Your adrenalin soars. Its time to swim! You know how to swim, but this time its a little differen

The Diet Detective: Must-Know Summer Health Tips

Barbecues are Great, but Watch the Red Meat According to research appearing in the journal Internal Medicine, increasing your red meat consumption over ti

Train for the Triathlon Swim in 2 Hours a Week

Are you feeling overwhelmed with triathlon training? Want to prepare for a race in 12 weeks, but youre having a hard time getting it all in with work and

4 Swimming Drills to Perfect Your Stroke

Swimming requires a lot of technique and training for your body to perform the way it needs to. One way to do this is to practice swimming drills. There is

10 Ways to Fight Boredom While Lap Swimming

You wake up early and head to the pool, intent on cranking out 3,000 yards for the day. In a 25-yard pool, thats 60 laps and 120 lengths, and it can mean o

4 Post-Swim Stretching Exercises

Youve cranked out a mile in the pool and youre ready to head in. Before you wrap up your workout, make sure to get a post-swim stretch in. A proper stret

2 Drills to Work on Your Freestyle Breathing

If youre like most triathletes, practicing your swim breathing technique never happens. This is strange when you consider that it represents the most inef

6 Strength Training Moves for Swimmers

When it comes to swimming, your chest, shoulders, and core work hard to keep your body moving and balanced. The best strength training for swimmers include

4 Common Swimming Tools and How They Work

New to swimming? You may enjoy the low-impact fitness that swimming affords you—its a great workout, easy on the body and can fill you with addictive

6 Open Water Swimming Events

Open water swimming is a challenging sport that attracts all types of enthusiasts. Whether youre looking to compete or see some great sites while you swim,

The Training Benefits of an Olympic-Size Pool

Its a badge of honor for any place that has one. The Olympic-size swimming pool. No venue neglects to boast the fact that their pool is 50 meters in leng

6 Ways to Swim Faster

One of the biggest misconceptions about swimming speed is that in order to swim faster you have to move your arms faster. He who pulls the most water wins

6 FAQs on Ironmans New Swim Starts

If you were at Ironman Coeur dAlene or Ironman Lake Placid in 2013, you may have caught a glimpse at what could be the future of Ironman race starts.At both of

6 Sets to Build Swimming Endurance

Along with swimming smooth, swimming with sustainability, or swimming endurance, is the most important skill for a triathlete to have. It does a triathlet

7 Open Water Swimming Tips You Didnt Know

For many people, swimming can be the biggest barrier to entering a triathlon. While the thought of slipping into a murky body of water with a huge group of

2 Workouts to Improve Swimming Strength and Endurance

Swimmers looking for an edge in the water should look to the road or even the trail. It doesnt matter, as long as theyre running. Really theres nothing

Active City Spotlight: A Triathletes Guide to San Diego

To this day, San Diego remains the best city on Earth to be a triathlete. The running routes are great. Cycling routes can feature coastline and mountains.

21 Open Water Swimming Terms You Should Learn

Openwaterpedia lists over 1,660 different words and phrases used in the open water swimming world. Like the specialized terms used in running, cycling and

How Efficient Is Your Swimming?

A study by DARPA, the Pentagons research wing, showed that human swimmers are only 3-percent efficient—as compared to the 80-percent efficiency of dolphins. In