Beginner Triathlete - Swim articles

This installment of the BT Swim Series will focus on breathing. Before you can swim fast, you must learn how to control your breathing so that easy swimming does not leave you gasping after one lap.

These workouts are all designed for beginners and range in length from 400m to 1200m – hopefully providing some useful workouts until you are able to tackle the 2000m+ workouts.

I'm VERY negatively buoyant. It's so bad that if I exhale I will sink like a rock - I've literally sat down at the bottom of a 14 ft. pool numerous times. What can I do?

Increasing your energy efficiency even modestly -- from, say, 3% to 4% -- can translate into a 33% improvement in your swimming.

The benefits of an unconventional freestyle arm entry are: minimal wasted time, improved leverage, and reduced shoulder stress.

I went from 15 minutes to 9 minutes on 500m, this is how.

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced

What to do with your fingers and hands while swimming.

Triathlon swim training: Coronavirus insight

Is there an ideal head position? The criteria below will give you a general idea of when you know you have found your sweet spot for head position.

Key equipment for improving on the swim

Being a good pool swimmer doesn't necessarily mean you'll be fine on race day. Make sure you've trained for race conditions.

Triathletes are make or not made based on access to and confidence at swimming

Getting to the Root Cause of Your Breathlessness

What does it mean to align your body ideally for swimming?