Right now I'm practicing the crossover turn. My problem is, that when I'm touching the wall with my hand and flip, I'm always get to close to the wall. How can I fix it?

I feel like a noob asking this but what are some tips that you have to stop your goggles from fogging up when you swim? I tried spitting in them before I put them on but it only lasts for a while.

Hi everyone. My feet are ~24cm (9.5in) long and ~11cm (4.6in) wide.

I bought DMC elite 2 fins at size M/L - way too big. Size M is not an option since the store that sells them where I am ran out of stock. Should I try to go for the M/S size?

Any idea what size I should get if I opt for Arena Powerfins Pro?

So decided to get back into swimming after years off it and it was great! That being said as a surprise to no one trying to swim at the power I did back when I routinely did 300m+ swim sets gassed me pretty quick 😅 after 37.5 of freestyle (the pool was a 25m split in half) I was done! But I still managed to finish with 50m free followed by 50m breast.

So a long way from where I was but at least now I know where I'm at :) just gotta keep at it!

Everywhere I search it says “old” and then the “old” is 2000. I’m specifically looking for Towson’s 1993-1994 women’s swim team. Times preferably or a roster or anything. I can’t find anything!

I pb'ed in the 50 free but it felt like I wasn't pulling any water at all. I usually feel some resistance but I felt like I was pulling nothing with my arms/hands. If it helps, I had a 5 day break before this (accidental, not tapering or anything). I'm just wondering why this happened.

im graduating from high school this year, and am struggling to come up with a yearbook quote. i want to do something that comes across funny without seeming like it tries too hard, and thought maybe that i could do something to do with swimming (as this has been a huge part of my high school life). let me know if you have any ideas!

I want to start tumble turning within the flags. As a former D1 swimmer, I thought this would be easy to master even this late in the game (15+ years out of college). Not so lucky. I get lost and basically my form falls apart before I can rotate around and push off -- any & all tips much appreciated!

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Picture is from my SoCal home pool. Aint' she a beaut?

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Like the title says.

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i alr know bluetooth doesnt work under water but i dont know if dropping 150 on mp3 headphones solely for me swimming is gonna be worth it. maybe the UI is servicable enough that i wont mind using some shokz out of water with predownloaded music but i think id really rather something that i know i can just connect to my phone if i wanna go for a walk after swimming or something yknow?

Hello I am currently a freshman and I swam for my high school swim team this season and I do club swimming year-round. The issue is that my high school team isn't very good, we finished nowhere near states qualification. And I didn't even get to swim my main events which are 50 and 100 freestyle even though I had the best times for these events 23.33 and 52.74 respectively while the next best person had 25+ and 55+ instead I had to swim 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly in which I have worse times(1:09 and 59 respectively) and I pretty much had no say in what I swam because I'm a freshman. Because of high school swimming I even had to miss a lot of club practices and I feel like I lost a lot of momentum from that. During the county meet at our 400 freestyle relay I went about a 52 as anchor while the team time was a 4:03 and we had a very bad placement(I'm not trying to brag about my times at all just kind of ranting). On the other hand I did enjoy my time swimming for high school like just the general vibe and the people there are all fun and the coach is nice. My dream is to swim in college one day so would it be beneficial or detrimental to stay with my high school team.

Sorry if this post seems kind of like I'm rambling I'd just like advice from someone more experienced who has been in a similar position.

Edit: thank you everyone for the helpful comments. I think I will continue to swim for my high school team. There is still a lot of time left until the next season so anything can happen. When the season does start I'll probably just try to have fun and enjoy the less pressure compared to club swimming. Once again thank you all this community is seriously so helpful.

I literally mean first lol. It’s a 2km swim in a peak summer. Here’s the thing, I can comfortably swim for about 4-5ish km in pools. But I am well aware that OWS is quite different and I don’t want to make the mistake of assuming that it is. I have never done OWS. I looked for advice on this very subReddit and found useful advice. What I did not understand was the buoy markers thing and how some individuals suggested to sight an object beyond the buoy instead of the buoy itself. If anyone could explain that, I’d be grateful.

I’m fairly certain I can do it but you guys have actually done OWS so any input would greatly be appreciated :>

I’ll be joining a swim class with a group of other 10 or so adults. Besides my bathing suit, what else should I bring? Any advice on things you wish you would have focused on when you started swimming?

Diet Includes Protein surplus Body weight 66Kg Protein consumption per day 80-110 grams a day

Hey sorry if I'm bothering u. Tried to face my fear today and it went horribly wrong. I've got autism and a learning disabilty. And have every problem with the water. just couldn't do it today. I literally hid while attempting to leave the Changing room with my armbands. One person saw me and I thought was gonna blow up. Should have got my ring out too. Got any advice?

Help me settle a debate: during a kick set with a board, is it proper to do a flip turn (without underwater kicks) or an open turn?

I have seen competitive swimmers do both, but I’m wondering what the status quo is. For example, if someone asks what your 100 kick time is, do they mean with open turns or flip turns? Or is this all irrelevant?

Hi,

I've started swimming 1ks consistently and my stamina has improved significantly. Im able to swim front crawl continuously now instead of taking breaks/doing some breast stroke.

The two attached pics are the results. One is from consistent front crawl where my heart rate is much higher for the whole time and the other is from when I would be taking breaks.

I completed the 1k faster of course but I have burnt ~100 less calories. So am I better off making the 1k last longer to burn more calories, doing it like HIIT?

I was expecting the same/more calories to be burnt, but instead of a reward for my hard work I get ~20% less calories burnt >:(.

There is probably a simple explanation, any comments would be appreciated!

My almost 9 year daughter has swam in a local summer swim team and has enjoyed it and was quite good (for summer swim).

In preparation for summer swim she is doing a conditioning program 2x a week. This program is with 6-8 year olds. Her first pratice was yesterday- and the pratice seemed a little bit too junvenile or maybe beneath her. She was one of the fastest swimmers (definitely the faster female swimmer but holding her own with the males).

I don't want to waste her time (or mine). I spoke with the coach briefly after pratice to get her take - I want to be sure that they are getting focus on the proper technique (as endurance and speed will come). The coach agreed and said she would focus on this at the next practice to see if she should stay in the current age group or swim up in the 9+.

Am I correct to think that focusing on technique now is more important? If she swims up with the 9+ it will be a harder pratice (less breaks, more intense swimming etc).

She did enjoy the pratice.

I of course will listen to what the coach says.

To give context, I'm currently training for a triathlon so I'm trying to improve my front crawl.

I've been told to look down the entire time and today I was practicing my kick, however I noticed that my head sinks. When I turn to breathe, I'm not near the surface enough to be able to catch a breath. I can tell my feet and hips are but my head is underwater. I'm not sure how to correct this.
Looking for help/tips! (unfortunately getting a video is tough since my pool has a no camera policy)

There are a lot of people on Reddit and YouTube that are over 30, 40 and older asking whether it is possible to learn to swim later in life.

I myself learned in my early thirties after many years filled with fear of water and embarrassment.

I swim three strokes now (learning butterfly), go to the pool 3-4 times a week and cannot imagine life without swimming. My confidence in other areas of life is through the roof and I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been despite approaching 40yo.

Any of you can relate? Please share your story to encourage other adults that it’s worth overcoming their fear and learn this skill.

For those that would like some variation and/or a more structured workout, I provide for you our groups workout from today. Our workouts are split into 5 different skill levels. Choose the column that most closely aligns with your skills and abilities and ignore the other 4. For those that are newer to swimming, columns 1-4 are time based and any rest you get is built into the predetermined interval. Column 5 is rest based and though your overall interval may very you’ll take a predetermined amount of rest before continuing or moving on. Because this is Masters, feel free to add, subtract, or modify in anyway you see fit. As our group likes to say, you have to do everything in the workout, unless you don’t want to.

Here is a link to my google drive with previous workouts- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tHrMzBZWcVHQcs03vZX8rNQ73mdyR1j7?usp=sharing (Tuesday workouts are in the Monday folder; Thursday's are in Wednesday)

If you live in the US and are interested in joining a masters swim club here is a link to help you find a local club near you - https://www.usms.org/clubs

Notes for this set:

-Square bracket italicized [ ] are optional sets that were not part of the original workout.

-DPS = (Distance Per Stroke) Maximize the distance traveled for each stroke while minimizing the total number of strokes to complete the distance

-Build = Start slow then get faster within the given distance.

-Smooth = Faster than easy, slower than moderate

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Started swimming regularly 1.5 months ago having not done so since I stopped swimming lessons when I was 11 (16 years ago lol), so super proud of this! Prev longest swim was 3.08km last weds.

Not my fastest swim (have got down to ~2’03mins/100m in a 2km swim) - really felt my pace drop between like 2.75km-3.75km lool. But signed up for the 5km Swimathon challenge at the end of April & aiming to hopefully complete it under 2hr, which feels like I am on track to do??

Hello - I'm getting back into swimming in training for a swim/run race this summer (3200 m collective, 890 m longest leg). Right now I'm loading up before my training cycle starts fully and I'm swimming ~1500-2400 meters 3x per week in my apartment building's tiny 15 meter pool.

I'm trying to figure out my breathing cadence. I'm a bilateral breather and was breathing every third stroke (Left+breath, right, left, Right+breath....). The past couple of swims I've started shooting for every fifth (Left+breath, right, left, right, left, Rigth+breath...). I find that I like in my little pool that I breathe twice three times per lap and my last breath is ~2 strokes before the wall. I also find that if I vary my stroke, or anything happens (water in the nose/mouth, etc.) I am struggling to make it to that 5th stroke for a breath.

My very newbie questions are: Is there real efficiency advantages to breathing less if you can? Do these translate to open water very well or will I need to dial back to 1:3 anyway? Am I being dumb breathing in a way where I feel out of breath sometimes?

Any other advice for someone training on a tiny pool or pool training before I get into New England open water this summer?

Hi all,

Is there some good educative youtube videos or channels for conditioning? I am very new here and excited to get fit through swimming. Thank you!

I’m 25 and never learned how to swim. I’ve decided to learn it with a personal trainer and just wondering how much time would it take with let’s say 2 lessons per week? I’m not really athletic, I go only 3 times a week to the gym and I have a bmi of 24. When it comes to fear I can put my head under water, but that’s kinda it. If my feet aren’t touching the floor I obviously panic. I don’t have big goals just to be able not to drown you know… or maybe to be able to swim from one side of a small pool to the other.

Due to a lot of fitness a few years ago, I had difficulty making my arms long enough during freestyle. my mobility in my shoulders is not optimal. Does anyone have useful tips or videos for this? I like to hear it.

I currently run a 50 mile club that has monthly challenges. I've been doing challenges for a few months and am just looking for some new inspo. A lot of the club members are either new or have been in the club since the early 2000's. Many of them stick to doing 20-72 laps per day of just freestyle.

As for the challenges; I have been doing have either been attendance or milage based. Some challenges are also team based (they love teams of 2 or 3) where they can win small prizes. All challenges are tactile, because feeling the reward of being able to move up is a great motivator.

one idea that I currently have is a swimming version of the "game of life". But I'm not quite sure how I can pull that off. The current challenge is "collecting raindrops" where for every mile they complete they get 1 raindrop- this will roll into next month where their flower gets to grow out of a window planter (April showers bring May flowers).

Not sure if this makes sense as this is my first time ever posting and it is past my bedtime! I'll post a picture of the current challenge sometime tomorrow if this gets enough interest (they are actually really cool- this month is my fav).

I'm a current freshman in high-school and have begun wanting to swim in college. I've swam competitively since I was 6, but only really started training at like 9 or 10. Since 7th grade it's been something I really want to do, but I'm just not sure how to get good enough. My school didn't have a swim team this year but will next year. I've been doing rec swim since 6 and club since 9, went to Age Group Champs about a month ago for 50 free but didn't place anywhere worth mentioning. Swimming in college has become something that I'm willing to work hard towards but I'm just not sure how to and was wondering if anyone had advice.

First post ever so here goes nothing… I (16M) have been swimming for 5 years (3 years competitively) I’d say I’m an ok swimmer. I mainly race SCY I have a 51.3 100 freestyle, 1.54 200 freestyle, 2.08 200 IM, 59.2 100 fly, and a 17 something 1650. And so on… I’m not going to lie my coach makes me do some weird sets and I feel like they’re doing nothing to help me get faster. But what do I know maybe they are. Switching club teams is not an option though. Anyway I want to get faster. I swim 2 hours a day (roughly 6k-7k yards) 6 days a week. and 1 hour of dryland after every practice (workouts vary depending on what day it is) and weight training every Sunday. My point is I’m putting so much effort and time into swimming that I don’t know what else I could do to get faster. I’m so tired and can’t fit in any other time to do any extra workouts. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong but I’m not improving as fast as I’d like to be. I’m kinda stuck and I’d love to get some help. Thank you all!