Swim 16 articles
H2O Audio TRI 2 PRO x Lucy Charles-Barclay: Review and Price
Lucy Charles-Barclay’s limited H2O Audio TRI 2 PRO headphones let swimmers hear music underwater without Bluetooth, using stored playback instead.
Mass Swim Start Pacing: Don’t Blow Up Before T1
Why panicking off the swim start ruins a triathlon, and how pacing the first 200 metres and starting position change the result.
Swimskin: The Warm-Water Alternative to a Wetsuit
When wetsuits get banned for warm water, a swimskin adds streamlining instead of buoyancy. What it does and who it helps.
The Front-End Pause That’s Slowing Your Stroke
Elite swimmers don’t glide with a paused arm out front. Why removing that pause, not lengthening it, makes freestyle faster.
High Elbow in Freestyle: Four Angles You Must Hit
The dropped elbow wastes effort by pushing water down. Learn the four catch angles, from 150° entry to the 90° high-elbow position, and the drills that fix it.
CSS: Finding Your Threshold Pace in the Pool
On the bike you have FTP. In the pool, you have Critical Swim Speed. Test it in one session and build every zone around it.
Sighting in Open Water: How to Swim a Straight Line
Zigzagging in open water adds hundreds of extra metres. Crocodile eyes, breath-linked glances and the three-look rule keep swimmers on course.
Torso Rotation in Front Crawl: Swim Less Flat
Most triathletes swim front crawl flat, arms only. Torso rotation fixes the stroke for more power, less shoulder strain, and easier breathing.
Bilateral Breathing: Why You Need It and How to Learn It
One-sided breathing quietly slows you down and strands you on open water. Why bilateral breathing helps, and a layered drill progression to build it.
SWOLF and Swimming Economy: Where You Lose Time
SWOLF combines your time and stroke count per pool length into one number that shows where a triathlete is wasting energy in the water, and how to fix it.
How to Find Your Optimal Swimming Pace
A guide to swim pace by level, from pool splits to open water swims and triathlon race pace, plus how to plan training around it.
Speedo iQ: Swim Data Without a Screen
Speedo iQ clips into Vanquisher 3.0 goggles and records head position, breathing and turn time for GBP 149, with no subscription and race approval.