Learning to effectively recover from swimming training is essential to ensure you can undertake your swimming training programme at your optimum level. In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on how to best help you when recovering from swimming training. Competitive swimming training can sometimes be gruelling, especially, When you are coming … Continue reading Recovering from Swimming Training
Category: Swimmers Health
Skincare for Competitive Swimmers
Competitive swimmers regularly expose their skin to the chemicals and irritants often found in chlorinated pools. In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on skincare for competitive swimmers, in chlorinated pools. Competitive swimmers regularly expose their skin to the chemicals and irritants often found in chlorinated pools. Over time can remove the … Continue reading Skincare for Competitive Swimmers
The Secrets of a Good Night’s Sleep for Swimmers
Sleep is one of the most important ways to help a swimmer’s body and mind to rest, repair and rebuild In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on the secrets of a good night’s sleep for swimmers. The importance of a good night’s sleep Sleep is one of the most important ways … Continue reading The Secrets of a Good Night’s Sleep for Swimmers
Swimming Neck Pain
Swimming neck pain is often caused by repetitive swimming actions, such as the rotation and the undulation of the swimmer’s neck. In this article, we’ll provide advice, exercises, hacks and tips on the causes, prevention and treatment of swimming neck pain. With water supporting the swimmer’s body, together with the lack of physical contact, competitive … Continue reading Swimming Neck Pain
A Swimming Breakfast
Eating breakfast can provide the swimmer with many benefits In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips on the importance and the benefits of a swimming breakfast. The benefits of a swimming breakfast Many swimming nutritionists believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What swimmer eats or does not eat … Continue reading A Swimming Breakfast
Swimming Back Pain
Many competitive swimmers experience some level of back pain In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips on the causes, prevention and treatment of swimming back pain. With water supporting the swimmer’s body, together with the lack of physical contact, competitive swimming is a relatively injury-free sport. However, some competitive swimmers experience some level … Continue reading Swimming Back Pain
Swimming Muscle Cramps
Swimming muscle cramp pain can persist for a few seconds to several minutes In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips on the causes, prevention and treatment of swimming muscle cramps. What are muscle cramps? Muscle cramps occur when one or more muscles involuntarily contract and do not relax. This can cause the swimmer … Continue reading Swimming Muscle Cramps
Breaststroker’s Knee: An Introduction
Breaststroker’s knee is the second most common swimming injury. In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips as part of a basic introduction to understanding breaststroker’s knee, which is also called swimmer’s knee. What is breaststroker’s knee? With water supporting the swimmer’s body, together with the lack of physical contact, competitive swimming is a … Continue reading Breaststroker’s Knee: An Introduction
Swimmers Training at Home
Swimmers that are confined at home should establish a daily routine, that prioritises physical and mental health. In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips for swimmers training at home. Many swimmers prefer to perform their dryland/land training routines in the comfort of their own home or when they have little or no access … Continue reading Swimmers Training at Home
Swimming Hair Care: An Introduction
Both chlorine and the salt in the seawater can make a swimmer’s hair become dry In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips as an introduction to swimming hair care for both chlorinated pools and seawater. The effects of chlorine on a swimmer’s hair Competitive swimmers spend a lot of time in chlorinated swimming … Continue reading Swimming Hair Care: An Introduction