Sprint sets are a great way to boost your speed and confidence in the water. This swim workout from coach Sara McLarty uses short bursts of speed as building blocks of a pyramid, gradually building in ...

According to the CDCP, swimming can decrease the risk of chronic illnesses, slash the probability of heart disease and diabetes, as well as boost mood and decrease anxiety. But perhaps the biggest ...

Who says getting faster can’t be fun, too? This weekend swim workout from Coach Sara McLarty is full of funky drills to prepare you for the unpredictability of an open-water swim. Though you might get ...

Swimming might be a low-impact exercise but it can be tough on the back, shoulders, and core muscles, which is where Pilates for swimmers comes in. The movements help work all these areas, boosting ...

Swim a few laps. Stop. Swim a few more laps. Stop. Stare at the clock. Repeat. Riveting stuff, right? Well, that's about as exciting as my solo swimming workouts would get. A former competitive ...

This Friday, we’re swimming with the band – literally. Most triathletes are familiar with paddles and pull buoys, but lack a band in their bag of swim tools. That’s a shame – using a band around your ...

If you need to catch up on your swimming because you have been away from pool access or you have progressed to a level where you want to challenge yourself with a 5,000-meter swim workout, here is a ...

If you're a beginner diving into swimming, you might have noticed curated workouts usually contain a warmup and cooldown set. While these exercises help rev up and relax your body after a tough ...

This high-volume circuit is a great example of breaking a tough workout like the Murph into multiple, easier sub-maximum effort sets: one-mile run; 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 squats; one-mile ...

Runners and cyclists have long enjoyed the improved athletic performance that comes with activity analytics – Fitbit, Apple Watch, Garmin and other brands changed the game with their suites of fitness ...

(Reuters Health) – Popular fitness trackers made for swimmers are accurate enough for recreational use to track and improve performance, but not for use in training by competitive swimmers, a recent ...