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Swimmer using a BlackLine hypoxic snorkel during freestyle training

Tools That Make Training Honest

Most swimmers don’t need more motivation.They need better feedback. The water lets you hide mistakes—soft catches, broken alignment, wasted effort. Honest tools remove the guesswork. Paddles tell you the truth...

Tools That Make Training Honest

Most swimmers don’t need more motivation.They need better feedback. The water lets you hide mistakes—soft catches, broken alignment, wasted effort. Honest tools remove the guesswork. Paddles tell you the truth...

How to Swim Faster by Fixing Your Body Line (and Why a Snorkel Helps)

How to Swim Faster by Fixing Your Body Line (an...

If you want to swim faster, improving fitness is not the first step. Improving body line is. Most swimmers lose speed because their head position disrupts alignment. When the head...

How to Swim Faster by Fixing Your Body Line (an...

If you want to swim faster, improving fitness is not the first step. Improving body line is. Most swimmers lose speed because their head position disrupts alignment. When the head...

Exit the Water Fresh: The Real Goal of the Triathlon Swim

Exit the Water Fresh: The Real Goal of the Tria...

Strong exit beats fast split.Every time.

Exit the Water Fresh: The Real Goal of the Tria...

Strong exit beats fast split.Every time.

Five Influential Coaching Programs in Long-Distance & Triathlon Swimming

Five Influential Coaching Programs in Long-Dist...

The reality is clear inside elite open-water and distance programs: the skills that win marathon swims are the same skills that decide triathlon swims — control under stress, efficiency under...

Five Influential Coaching Programs in Long-Dist...

The reality is clear inside elite open-water and distance programs: the skills that win marathon swims are the same skills that decide triathlon swims — control under stress, efficiency under...

Head Position in Swimming: The Fastest Fix Most Swimmers Miss

Head Position in Swimming: The Fastest Fix Most...

Most adult swimmers think they need more fitness to swim faster. They don’t. They need their head in the right place. As elite open water coach John “JR” Rodgers puts...

Head Position in Swimming: The Fastest Fix Most...

Most adult swimmers think they need more fitness to swim faster. They don’t. They need their head in the right place. As elite open water coach John “JR” Rodgers puts...

Be Honest: Did Your Swim Actually Improve This Year?

Be Honest: Did Your Swim Actually Improve This ...

Most triathletes train the swim the same way they’d never train the bike or run. They follow generic workouts. They guess at technique. They rarely get real feedback. Swimming is...

Be Honest: Did Your Swim Actually Improve This ...

Most triathletes train the swim the same way they’d never train the bike or run. They follow generic workouts. They guess at technique. They rarely get real feedback. Swimming is...