Treading water means staying upright in deep water with your head above the surface, using small arm and leg movements to hold your position without touching the bottom. It is one of the most useful …

You have moved past the stage where finishing a length feels like an achievement. Now you can swim continuously, breathe on both sides and hold a decent rhythm, but the sessions have started to feel …

If you have ever hit the 1,200m mark of a 1,500m set and felt your legs turn to concrete, you already know what running low on fuel feels like. Complex carbohydrates are the answer to …

Dryland training is the work you do outside the water to swim faster inside it. It covers strength, power, core control and mobility, and it fills the gaps that laps alone will never close. If …

Signing up for your first adult swimming lesson can feel strange. Perhaps you never learned as a child, or a bad experience at a school pool put you off for years. Maybe you can splash …

Bouncing across a floating obstacle course, slipping off a giant inflatable slide and climbing back on for another go is one of the most fun ways to spend a warm British afternoon. Outdoor inflatable aqua …

A swim meet can stretch from a 7am warm-up to a 6pm relay, and the swimmers who finish strong are almost always the ones who ate little and often all day. The best snacks for …

Cold water hits harder than most people expect. The UK's lakes, rivers and coastline rarely climb above 17°C even in August, and on a grey morning in a Yorkshire reservoir you can be looking at …

Swimming in open water in Britain is one of the simplest joys going, and it is also one of the easiest activities to get wrong. Cold water, moving rivers, hidden drop-offs and tides can turn …

Water is roughly 800 times denser than air, so every stroke you take is already a form of resistance work. The problem is that once your body adapts, an ordinary length of front crawl stops …

Taking your baby into a swimming pool for the first time can feel like a big step. Warm water, echoing noise, wet changing rooms and a tiny person who cannot yet hold their own head …

If you have ever searched "where can I swim with dolphins in the UK," you are not alone. It is one of the most popular wildlife-related questions asked by adventure seekers across Britain. The short …

No, you cannot swim in the Roman Baths in Bath, UK. The water in the Great Bath is completely untreated, and bathing there has been banned since 1978 after a young swimmer tragically died from …

Cornwall offers some of the finest wild swimming in the UK, and that is not an exaggeration. With over 400 miles of coastline, hidden coves, tidal pools carved by centuries of Atlantic swells, and freshwater …

Swimming is one of the best ways to get fit without punishing your body. Unlike running on hard pavement or lifting heavy weights, swimming gives you a full-body workout that strengthens your heart, tones your …