Strokes – Sink or Swim

Backstroke My Way to Health

Quite the title, don’t you think? I’m sure some real swimmers will make fun of the backstroke being my favorite as it’s the easiest stroke …

Tonight I had a great workout. Not that I did anything out of the ordinary, but I was actually looking forward to going to the …

After a week of no swimming I felt that I’ve “forgotten” how to do it. So tonight I spent the first half hour doing drills …

In an earlier post I talked about wanting to run longer. I’ve spent a month at the gym and now want to make myself run …

Do you have a fitness regimen that you practice with a friend or family member? Tonight I popped in the Breaststroke for Every Body by …

Do you have a preferred breathing side? I’m left-handed. For some reason I breathe fine on my left side. It’s more difficult when breathing on …

If I were Janice in the Friends TV series I’d be going “Oh. My. God.” Previously I talked about not being able to do the …

I had a good time at the pool tonight. I was able to hit the water at 19:45 and left at 10:15, so that’s 2.5 …

I mentioned previously about my problem with the lead arm pushing downward during the breathing stroke. I was looking for some analysis on this and …

I’d been practicing the crawl at the gym pool at night, and for the 25m pool I find myself out of breathe about twice, meaning …