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In the water, you can’t look around, you can’t hear, you can’t talk—all you can do is let your mind go. If you’re thinking negative thoughts, you may create a state of panic. “So, just breathe,” says Laura Cozik, Equinox instructor and founder of all-female NYC triathlon group Team Lipstick. “Focus on your good form, focus on your breath, and focus on turning your body into a machine…preferably a Ferrari.”


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Move your head only for a purpose (namely, to breathe). The more that it moves side to side, the less directly forward you’ll go. Amedeo Pablo Olivares, swim coach at New York Health and Racquet Club and director of operations at Pinero Swim Club, Inc., suggests thinking of your head like the steering wheel on a car—it goes where the body goes, so keep it straight.


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When racing, the final push can make all the difference. Gregory Kincheloe, head swimming coach of the elite swimming team at the New York Athletic Club, suggests not taking a breath within the last five yards before the finish, even if you think you should. Instead, focus on getting to the wall as fast as possible—no gliding in. Then breathe when you’re done.


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There are no secrets for overnight results, because results come from consistency and dedication to the pool. Set realistic goals for yourself, and give yourself a realistic time period in which to accomplish them. Don’t give up due to setbacks or lack of visible progress. Keep pushing, stick to your plan, and the results will come.

Swimmerix can keep you consistent in the pool, but your consistency out of the pool will determine your results.

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One way to improve results in your swim workout is to bring interval training to the pool.

For example, swim four sets of 10 x 50-yard swims — with a short rest between each set — while pushing yourself to swim faster in each lap of each set (so that the last lap is the fastest).

Swimmerix can help maximize these results by counting your laps, pushing you to adjust your speed and keeping track of your heart rate.

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“For every swimmer, from amateurs to world record holders, the mantra is the same – be the best you can be,” said Ukrainian finswimming World Champion Evgeny Yakovlev. “But achieving your targets goals involves tracking lots of different parameters. Fitness experts agree that you need to be aware of your heart-rate, time, distance, the number of laps and strokes you make on each lap and much more. Keeping track of all that data can easily distract you from your swimming, so Swimmerix gathers all the information you need in real time and advises you how to get the best from your swimming. It’s like having a personal assistant with you in the pool.”

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“Since the legs are the biggest muscle group in the body, they require the most oxygen uptake, so working on kick fitness is vital,” says Paula Newby Fraser, eight-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion. She suggests adding a 200-yard kickboard drill into your warm-up.


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Swimming is what happens between our hips and the top of our head, says Misty Hyman, an Olympic gold medalist and now swim coach at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa in Paradise Valley, AZ. In order to keep your hips higher in the water, which makes breathing easier, make sure your head is in a neutral (long, straight neck) position and your eyes are looking down. Then keep your torso straight and lean slightly forward into the water by pressing down toward the bottom of the pool with your sternum. This will help to leverage your hips up to the surface.


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