Vertical kicking is a challenging drill great for promoting an efficient flutter kick. Instead of kicking across the pool along the surface of the water, vertical kicking takes place in a stationary ...

This workout, from leading triathlon swimming coach Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26, helps build fitness and technique, specifically the propulsive part of your swim stroke. It begins with a 500 easy swim ...

Fins make a swimming workout more enjoyable because they increase your speed. Ideal for weaker swimmers, they train you to kick better on your own and have a large surface area that improves ...

Did you know your kickboard can come in handy for drills other than kicking? This week’s swim workout includes the sailboat drill, which serves as not only a killer core workout it will also teach you ...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week sponsored by Commit Swimming.com! This week’s set is a ladder kick set that will really test your kick endurance. 4 x 200 as 25 under/75 smooth swim/75 ...

This set is a good way to get in some quality aerobic work while working on developing kick endurance. The effort should be consistent throughout the set although the interval base does drop on the 50 ...

Swimming is one of the best workouts to dive into (pun intended) if you want to kick up both your cardio and strength training. Thanks to the built-in resistance you get from H2O, your muscles have to ...

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Swimming is perhaps the perfect athletic complement to running because the two sports are so different. "Just about everything about swimming is exactly the opposite from running in terms of stresses ...

This is the first of a series of pool confidence workouts you should get comfortable doing if your future involves military scuba diving or rescue swimming. A certain level of water confidence needs ...

If you are considering entering a military diving or rescue swimming program, you will spend significant time treading water with weight as part of your training and selection process. "Pool time" ...