How to swim faster

The world’s best swimmers didn’t become the best by accident! They have spent thousands of hours honing their skills and have dedicated their lives to the sport. We’re not saying you have to drop everything and focus entirely on swimming like the pros do in order to swim faster, but you can definitely learn a few things from them. Check out these seven ways professional swimmers take their training to the next level. Apply these tips to your own swimming routine and watch yourself improve!

If you want to swim faster, you won’t get results by simply adding a few sprints to each workout. If only it were that easy! In reality, you’re more likely to improve your speed when you consider a variety of factors, including technique, workout intensity and cross-training. Read on for our five-step plan to swim

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It happens to many swimmers: you swam competitively in high school or college, or you picked up swimming as an adult. You pushed your body and swim faster, got stronger, or won races. Then something stopped you from getting in the water every day. You got bored, injured, busy or maybe you weren’t able to train with a team. Now you can’t imagine how you used to swim so much. If it’s been a while since you’ve completed a good swim workout, here’s your guide to get back in the water.

Discover how to swim front crawl without getting tired! Our expert guide shares tips and techniques to help you improve your endurance in the water.

Two new Metrics to evaluate Breaststroke Adam Peaty and Lilly King have rewritten the rules on breaststroke technique. They both pull widely, elevate the...

When you swim alone, it’s easy to fall into bad swimming habits. Without a coach on deck calling you out for poor technique or mistakes, you might end up doing things that slow you down and make it tough to reach your goals. No worries! We’re here to help, with a look at the five worst swimming habits that impact your speed and improvement in the water. Read on to learn how to change these habits and swim faster!

Sinking legs are a problem for many adult beginners with their freestyle swimming technique. Suggested balance drill to avoid mistakes with body position.

Learn six things you can do to improve your freestyle technique to swim faster without feeling tired.