Neck pain
When you swim you naturally turn your head a lot, an action driven from the neck muscles. In this lesson you will learn how to…
Lesson Tag: HAGE Week 4
Prevent lower back pain
A common injury in swimmers is lower back pain which is ultimately caused by a weak core. In this lesson you will learn how core…
Training Overview – Week 4
Welcome to the last week of your training! This is the most exciting week of the whole training program as you start to count down…
Event nutrition
You can’t guarantee how well you will perform on event day but what you can control is your nutrition, hydration and energy levels. The types…
Core workout #4
Strengthen and stabilise your core for ocean swimming with this intermediate-level core workout choreographed to music by Emily Gillies. Learning outcomes Strengthen and stabilise your…
Cramping
Cramps are unpleasant, often painful sensations caused by muscle contraction or over shortening and often happen when you least expect it. In this lesson you…
Deep diving
Broken waves create a lot of disturbance under the water with a lot of backwash travelling behind the wave. You can avoid all this disturbance…
Blue bottles
Blue Bottles, or Portuguese Man O’ War (Physalia physalis), are one of the ocean swimmers evil nemesis’s due to there often nasty sting. In this…
A positive event day experience
It’s normal to be feeling a little (or a lot) anxious about your impending event in two weeks time, especially if it’s your first one…
