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5 Things You Will Take Away From Swimming

Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former National level swimmer from the beautiful west coast of BC. In feeding his passion for…

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Lessons From Legends: Shirley Babashoff, Is your best good enough?

Chuck Warner talks about Shirley Babashoff and the East German women of the 1970′s.

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How to Swim Open Water in Triathlons

Video and Photo Credit: The Race Club

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Tips from Trent: Navigating in Open Water Swimming

Navigational skills are a key component to open water swimming. Photo: Mike Lewis, OlaVistaPhotography.com

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Exclusive Video: Tom Shields 200 Butterfly Underwater Breakdown

Shield breakdown by 25s, above and below the water coverage (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Ryan Murphy rips a 25 Butterfly at the end of workout

After a longer aerobic workout, Bolles School Super Star Ryan Murphy steps up to see what he’s got in a 25 fly. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Michael Phelps Essential, Twenty Butterfly Training Videos

Olympic swimming star, Michael Phelps, and his coach, Bob Bowman, produced a training series after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games….

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Lessons From Legends: Jim Montrella’s Modern Swimming Concepts

Chuck Warner, the author and coach, is an old friend. Thoughtful and passionate about the sport, he has studied the…

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In’s and Out’s – Open Water Swimming Tips

For many open water races there’s more to just swimming. Having strong entry and exit skills can influence your final finish position. Photo credit: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography

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Getting in the Open Water Swimming Groove: Workout

In this workout we’re focusing on the variable speeds executed at different poins of the race. As you may know,…

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Kick Set: Ricky Berens vs Matt Grevers

In this workout video, Ricky and Matt get down to :54 and :57 in a 100 kick battle. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Aussie Open Water Swimming Great Trent Grimsey’s Swim Tips for Triathletes

Professional triathletes on the swim leg at the 2013 ITU stop in San Diego last weekend. Many of the top athletes were in the 16 minute range for the 1500 swim (yeah they’ve got the buoyancy of the wetsuits but that’s still fast). Photo credit: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography

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Speeding up to the finish in open water swimming

2012 ITU San Diego Triathlon start. Photo credit: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography

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Upping the speed open water swimming workout

photo credit: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography | follow @mike2swim

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