Swimming is one of the marquee Olympic sports, and it comes with a long list of rules. Between individual events, relays and medleys, there are a bevy of swimming races. Add in varying distances and ...

If freestyle is the only stroke you’re doing in the pool, you’re missing out on extra swim strength and speed. Incorporating other strokes – namely, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly – will ...

When was the last time you mixed up your strokes in the pool? Though you may be racing with freestyle, that doesn’t mean you should only train with freestyle. Mixing up your strokes in training can ...

Learn an essential skill this quarantine period. Let Markki Stroem show you basic swimming strokes. Markki Stroem may be busy hosting the morning radio show The Morning Rush and his online show ...

As anyone who's ever watched a swim competition or the Summer Olympics knows, there's more than one way to move across a pool, lake, or ocean — and each stroke demands something different in terms of ...

In the last few years, serious swimming metrics have graduated from dedicated sports watches onto smartwatches from the likes of Apple, Google, and Samsung. These wearables can all help you massively ...

WASHINGTON — Swimming at the Olympics is a competitive event that brings together swimmers from all over the world. The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 17 swimming events per gender and four ...

Does swimming work your abs? Ha. Just ask my aching core when I crawl out of the pool after a few hundred meters of laps. Swimming is a hybrid, cardio-plus-strength, full-body, low-impact workout that ...

The front crawl is characterized by an alternating overhand motion of the arms and a flutter or scissor kick. Athletes use their arm motion to pull themselves through the water, while the kicking ...