Contact:
  • sport and active leisure team
  • Address:

    trimbridge house, trim street, bath, BA1 2DP

  • E-mail:
    getactive@bathnes.gov.uk
  • Telephone:
    01225 396429
  • Fax:
    01225 396459
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    n/a
  • Page Updated:
    19/12/2008
  • Author:
    christian stephens
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Swimming tips

Swimming273

 

10 top tips to make the most of your swimming workout!

 

We all know that swimming is an ideal exercise. But how do you make the most of your swim? Here are our top tips for swimming your way into fitness.

 

  1. Breathe out when your face is under water. This makes inhaling easier when your face is out of the water and will improve your technique and stamina.
  2. Take a course of swimming lessons. Lessons are not just for people who can’t swim. Some are designed to improve your swimming and teach new strokes.  All the pools also offer one-to-one ‘private’ lessons.
  3. Start each length with a hard push off and really stretch.
  4. Vary your pace. Try and avoid ‘plodding’. Do some lengths slowly, some harder and some as fast as you can. This will burn up calories and improve your stamina.
  5. Take a break. Competitive swimmers train in ‘sets’ and so can you. Push yourself hard for two lengths have a 20 second break and continue. Build up your stamina by increasing the length of the sets.
  6. Set yourself goals, for example the number of lengths and the time it takes to do them. When these are achieved set new ones.
  7. Plan in advance when you want to go swimming. Then go whether you feel like it or not. You will almost always be pleased that you went as you leave the pool refreshed and invigorated.
  8. Arrange to meet a friend at the pool. If you can find someone with roughly the same swimming ability as yourself, even better.
  9. If you’re not a confident swimmer, try aqua aerobics. It is a great way to exercise and it is all done in shallow water. We positively welcome beginners. And of course all the pools offer adult only lessons for both beginners and complete non swimmers.
  10. If you don’t like being seen in a swim suit, you can wear leggings and a long sleeve t-shirt on top as long as they are not too loose fitting. Or invest in a thin wetsuit that could also be useful on holiday for swimming or snorkelling in the sea.

 

Put these tips to practice in your next visit to your local pool!  Contact your closest centre for further information on our pool programmes.

 

Bath Sports & Leisure Centre

01225 486905

Culverhay Sports Centre

01225 486902

Keynsham Leisure Centre

01225 395161

South Wansdyke Sports Centre

01761 415524