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Switching Gears: Swimming Across the Spectrum
How to Transition From Endurance Swimming to Sprinting in Three Weeks
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Should you start a swim you might not finish?
Worries and doubts are good: they help you up your game
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What I Learned From a Goggles Mishap
How you feel after a bad race may depend more on how you respond than what happens
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100m to 10km: Being a Renaissance Swimmer in Practice
How to (almost) have it all in swimming
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A Renaissance Swimmer Way to Travel
Seeking out swimming spots and swimmers while travelling opens doors to connection, curiosity, and adventure.
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Make the Pool your Gym
Here’s a way to build strength for those who don’t like lifting iron
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“I’m too lazy to sprint: that’s why I do Ironman”
Sprinting matters (and it’s fun) even for endurance swimmers
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12 Steps to Completing the Length of Windermere (or Any Long Swim)
Use planning, mindfulness and gratitude to increase your chances of success on a long swim
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Practice racing dives to improve your swimming
Diving isn’t just for competitive swimmers. Find out how it can improve your swimming and life.
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Too fast for the medium lane: too slow for the fast lane
Crowded swimming lanes don’t necessarily have to lead to frustration if you approach them with a Renaissance mindset
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How do I fix my “catch” in swimming? Should I rotate my elbow?
We answer another reader’s question on the vexing question of improving your “catch” I feel I am working hard, but I still get overtaken by swimmers who appear to be swimming effortlessly. I am constantly working on my catch and though it is effective, I feel that it needs more work. I have been told…
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When Swimming Bites Back
How to swim smarter so you get more of the good stuff from swimming and less of the bad
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Swimming as Medicine
Swimming is amazing at preventing illness, but can it help if you are already ill?
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Should we always play it safe in outdoor swimming?
Is it acceptable to deliberately swim into stormy waters?
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Finding Balance: And Other Reasons to Embrace Backstroke
Backstroke is the perfect stroke to add balance and harmony to your swimming – and it will help you swim faster front crawl.