Swim DrillsPractising technique is crucial for efficient swimming. If you’re wasting energy by swimming incorrectly, the chances are you’re losing speed. Drill work – focusing on specific elements of your stroke for short periods of time – pays

2012 was a special year for sport in Britain and without a doubt a monumental year for the sport of triathlon with Yorkshire’s Brownlee Brothers inspiring many people to try a triathlon for the first time. Although many people associate the sport

Triathlons are a daunting feat for newbies. Not only do you have to attempt to master three disciplines, but before you can begin there is a rather troubling shopping list that's enough to make your bank manager cry. What’s more, the almighty array

Finis SwimSense is a swimming watch that counts laps, monitors stroke rate and stroke count, calculates SWOLF efficiency and includes the ability to upload to a personal online training plan.Using the same technology used in Smart phones to detect

You swim, you run, you cycle and you workout at the gym: rather than packing multiple bags, why not just pack one? That’s the idea behind Ogio’s all in one range, ideal for triathletes.Originally a producer of high quality and innovative golfing

to open-water swimmers sighting for that next turn buoy.To put these to the test in a freezing UK in February we took them for a few trials in a pool, and while not necessarily made for pool swimming (the large lens size isn’t required in pool sessions

You may think you're swimming well but there may be an aspect of your technique you know is not quite right - legs too low in the water, perhaps, or too much bending of the knee. Simply swimming more is not going to address these problems. You need

-apply because you can’t quite believe you have put enough on (though you probably have). It doesn’t rub off on clothes and stays put even after sweating and swimming – you’ll need soap and water to get it off completely. BodyGlide is a great multi-use option