Final weeks of the year, what do you need to do?

Tips from Personal Swimming

The final weeks of the year are approaching, which are great weeks for swimming precisely now. In between all the festive moments, it is nice if you can dive into the water for a bit. Good for both body and mind to include a swim and a bit of focus on technique. 

Swim when you can!

As swimmers, we know better than anyone how difficult it is to find regularity and structure during these weeks in particular. Our advice: try to let go of that and go swimming whenever you can. You could say that every time you swim is a win. So, don't make a choice based on how many times you can or would like to swim. Just head to the pool and make it a great swimming session.

Egyptian Crawl

The technical exercises in the weeks around Christmas and New Year have been chosen with this in mind. The Egyptian Crawl exercise is very challenging and can almost be seen as a kind of challenge. Something completely different for a change. Simply trying to perform this exercise almost achieves the desired result. By swimming with one lower leg out of the water, you engage your core more consciously, but you also end up making your kick higher up at the surface. 

Front crawl progression

The front crawl build-up is a very good exercise for learning to translate technique into speed. After all, you can generate speed much more easily if you are already swimming with good technique. In addition, it also helps to get a good feel for where you need to apply pressure during your pull-through. The build-up also works well as a conditioning stimulus. Very nice after a few days of Christmas, which often consist mostly of sitting around and eating too much. 

Great and challenging exercises to tackle during these final weeks of the year. And definitely go for a swim during this period, because that's always a good choice.

Happy Holidays!

Team Personal Swimming