Every single one of our lane swimmers made significant improvements after this evenings session , and should be really pleased with themselves. It’s just a shame that we forgot the DIME BARS we promised as rewards for good kick drills – Sorry! Dime Bar rewards will be back next week! Tonight we focussed on our FREESTYLE KICK! Let’s be honest,… Read more →
All too often we see swimmers struggling with cramp during swims and one of the main reasons for this is the fact that they have not hydrated sufficiently before or during the session. It’s a common mistake to think that just because you’re in a huge body of water whilst you’re swimming that you… Read more →
A huge thank you to everyone who attended the Swimyourswim lane session at Pond’s Forge tonight. You all worked really hard, and there were lots of red smiling faces at the end, so hopefully all of our night owl swimmers enjoyed themselves! (Just make sure that you remember to re-hydrate well!) Massive thanks to Rekha for all her help and… Read more →
After a short break for half-term we are pleased to say that our lane swimming sessions return on Tuesday 4th November, at Pond’s Forge International Sports Centre. Whatever your ability our coached pool sessions will help you to develop and hone your freestyle technique, keeping you fit through the winter months in anticipation of next years’ season. We have qualified… Read more →
The 2014/2015 winter swim season at Activities Away in Lincoln got underway this morning with three new winter swimmers and five seasoned veterans all keen and eager to get in the water. Thankfully the rain held back after the classroom session so it was from a warm(ish) jetty that they all set off to cover several laps of the short… Read more →
The Yorkshire Outdoor Swimmers WINTER SWIM CLUB launched this afternoon with a chilly swim in 10ºC water at Harthill Reservoir. Fifteen open water swimmers braved the cold water for their first winter dip – and all surpassed themselves! Our wetsuited-wonders didn’t leave all the cold fun to the 5 ‘skins’ swimmers and all ‘double-dipped*’ to enhance their winter swim acclimatisation… Read more →
Another EXCELLENT coached lane swim at Pond’s Forge tonight – all our swimmers did an excellent job and are worthy to be called real athletes! Each Tuesday evening we have two 50m lanes in Sheffield’s prime swimming venue. One lane, “Lane 8”, is set apart for our IMPROVERS – those who are developing their freestyle technique and stamina. Our improvers should… Read more →
Using your timed 400m and 200m swims we have calculated each swimmers Critical Swim Speeds (CSS). The table below will give you your CSS for 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m. You can use these times in your personal training. [wpdm_file id=5] These times are only available to Members of Swimyourswim. Read more →
At Swimyourswim (SYS) our passion is to create opportunities for all people, regardless of age, ability or experience to get into open water swimming, so a couple of weeks ago when we were contacted by Lisa and Ian we were thrilled to hear about their daughter Katie’s plan to swim the Great North Swim in 2015. Katie had an idea that she wanted… Read more →
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