by pressing the left elbow into the right knee and reaching the right hand behind the back all the way around to hold the left thigh or hip. Maintain normal breathing and work into twisting deeper specifically during an exhalation. It’s important to keep

has the answers: “If I win three golds again at the Olympics this summer, I’ll be a living legend,” he says. “Most legends are dead but I’ll be walking around, living and breathing – and I like the sound of that.” Surely, though, isn’t a man who has

lengths and came to realise that I had an issue with breathing. My legs and arms worked fine; filling my lungs with air rather than water, on the other hand, was beyond me. Over the weeks, I improved – I could complete 60 lengths without stopping – though