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 ...

If you’re looking for a new way to do cardio, swimming is surprisingly effective—and a total body burn. Swimming for weight loss can be a legit workout strategy if you’re trying to trim down and tone ...

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 ...

Sprint sets are a great way to boost your speed and confidence in the water. This swim workout from coach Sara McLarty uses short bursts of speed as building blocks of a pyramid, gradually building in ...

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 ...

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 ...