Beginner Triathlete - Swim articles

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.

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.

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

A three month program designed to help beginning swimmers improve technique for a sprint distance race.

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

The essentials of stroke count with respect to freestyle swimming.

This is a 3 step program on learning how to do flip turns. Also discussed is the importance of using flip turns during lap swimming.

The most common question I hear in the triathlete world about the mysteries of swimming efficiently usually involves something with breathing.

MAPS is Meditation, Acclimatization, Practice, and Strategy, which are key for giving you the confidence and skills to execute the open-water swim in a triathlon well.

Are you a new swimmer starting your triathlon training? Here are some top answers to member questions as you begin your triathlon swim training.

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?

What to do with your fingers and hands while swimming.

Good memories are crucial to your success in the water. Trying to swim laps before you are comfortable in the water is likely to reinforce your anxiety, so avoid the white-knuckle approach.

The last month of this series will be building you to a 750m continuous swim and workouts of up to 1200 total meters.

Triathlon Swim Training for Beginners