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Add Speed To Swim A Faster 1500m

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How to Rebuild Your Swimming from Zero (Even in Your 40s)

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If You Want Your Swimming To ‘Click’, Do This (3 Steps) with Brenton Ford

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Why Your SHoulder Hurts After Swimming

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Deep Dive Into Freestyle Technique Mechanics with Jan Prins

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Can Red Light Therapy Help Your Swimming? with Taryn Richardson

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Why You’re (Likely) Under-Fuelling And Under-Performing with Eliza Kelly

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How To Swim Freestyle With (Almost) Zero Effort

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Understanding Arm Recovery and Connection In Freestyle with Tracey Baumann

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How to Master Open Water Pacing, Swim Anxiety, and Stroke Mechanics with Brenton Ford

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Lessons From 250 English Channel Crossings with Tim Denyer

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7 Rules From 10 Years Coaching Pro Triathletes

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Chasing the Chill: Understanding the Attraction Of Cold Water with Chris Balllard

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2:30/100m to the 1:40’s with Sandra Surkamp

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He Quit His Job & Is Now Chasing His Father’s World Record

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This Video Will Find You Right Before Your Next Breakthrough

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The Science and Art of Open Water Swimming

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Swim Technique Hierarchy of Needs

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It Sucks, But It Will Make Swimming Feel Easy

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Once You Ignore Your Watch, You’ll Get Faster

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Secrets To Fast Freestyle with Steph Clutterbuck

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How To Conquer The English Channel When You Live In The Desert with Brendan Cullen

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Why You’ve Been Taught To Over-Rotate with Brenton Ford

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Why You’re Not Faster After Working On Your Catch with Brenton Ford

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How This Swimmer Got Faster, Without Working Harder with Brenton Ford

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The Real Reason You Are Out Of Breathe with Brenton Ford

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Only 6 Swimmers In History Have Done This with Sam Short

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I’m Now 8 Seconds Quicker Per 100m

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If Your Arm Collapses When You Breathe, Do This with Brenton Ford

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Don’t Be Prey: The 10-Year Battle to Reclaim a Life with Mark Sowerby

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The Catch Timing Secret Olympians Use

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The Breathing Fix That Dropped My Time 12 Seconds

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How I qualified for the Nationals (at 38 years old)

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The 5 Core Principles Of Fast Freestyle (#5 – Find Your Rhythm And Timing)

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The 5 Core Principles Of Fast Freestyle (#4 – Develop An Effective Catch And Pull)

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The 5 Core Principles Of Fast Freestyle (#3-Rock, Return And Align)

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The 5 Core Principles Of Fast Freestyle (#2 Find Your Balance)

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The 5 Core Principle Of Fast Freestyle (#1 Breathe Deep And Relax)

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10 Ways To Increase Your Swim Speed

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What does 1:05/100m for 2 hours look like? with Nick Sloman

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Why Most Swimmers Run Out Of Air In Flip Turns

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Why Your Arm Drops When You Breathe

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5 Freestyle Fixes That Actually Work

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Reduce Your Stroke Count From 50 To 40 Strokes

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Which Freestyle Kick Is Best? with Brenton Ford

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How Much Can Your Swimming Improve In 2 Years? with Brian Hans

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12 (unusual) lessons from Michael Phelps’ coach

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Exhausted After One Lap? 5 Ways To Swim Forever

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Transform Your Catch In 17 Minutes with Brenton Ford

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12 Ways To Make Your Swimming Unrecognizable In The Next 12 Months with Brenton and Tas

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How To Look (And Feel) Effortless In The Water

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This Stroke Crushes In Open Water

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Navigating the Challenges of Marathon Swimming with Craig Lewin

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This Stroke Looks Calm…But Flies Past Everyone

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The Latest Swimming Analysis Tools Are Getting Wild with Jaimie Fuller

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How To Break 1:30/100m | Stroke Analysis

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Most Common Mistakes Adult Swimmers Make (And What To Do Instead)

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Why Your Kick Is Slowing You Down And How To Fix It

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Does 1960’s swim technique still work?

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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Swimming with Brenton Ford

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Most Swimmers Take Years To Learn This

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How To Go From 2:30 to 1:15/100m

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The Fastest (And Easiest Way) To Draft In Open Water

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Which Supplements Actually Help Your Swimming with Taryn Richardson

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How Triathletes Can Swim Minutes Faster with Brenton Ford

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Real-Life Strength: Building a Body That Serves You for Decades with Kate Galliett

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Translating Raw Power into Relaxed Efficiency with Rowing Legend Robin Williams

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How Actually ‘Engage Your Core’ When You Swim with Carl Reader

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How To Be Assertive And Kick A$$ In Open Water with Damien Wildes

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Unusual Strategies For Developing Your Swimming with Andrew Sheaff

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What You’re Not Being Told Told About Sinking Legs with Brenton Ford

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Fast Comes Last: Mastering the Process Before the Performance with Frank Sole

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How to Improve Your Freestyle as an Adult – Olympian’s Advice with Sharon Van Rouwendaal

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Lessons From The Fastest Swimmer In 70.3 with Greg Harper

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I Analyzed 8,000 Swimmers—Here’s What Actually Makes You Faster with Brenton Ford

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How To Easily Break 2:00/100m And Make It Feel Easy with Fraser Hill

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You’ll Never Improve If You Ignore This – An Olympic Swimmer’s Advice with Brianna Throssell

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From 2:00/100m to A 29 Second 50m Freestyle with Alex Roman

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How Anyone Can Become A Great Swimmer with Brenton Ford

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The Art & Science Of Coaching Swimming with Nick Winkleman

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Lessons From An Olympic Coach with Bobby McGee

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The Game Of Racing with Dudley Duncan

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The Speed Equation with Tracey Baumann

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The Best Bits from 2024

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Everything I Know About Becoming A Strong Open Water Swimmer with Brenton Ford

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Strength Training So You Never Get Tired with Ryan Evernden

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How Pro Triathlete Kat Matthews Became A Front Pack Swimmer

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Try This Pro Triathletes Top 5 Swim Tips with Mitch Kibby

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Everything I know About Freestyle

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How To Coordinate Your Freestyle Stroke with Tracey Baumann

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Olympian Reveals Her Freestyle Technique with Kiah Melverton

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Every Adult Swimmer Should Know These This

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How To Get Started In Marathon Swimming with Craig Lewin

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How to Generate Speed in Freestyle with Ash Delaney

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The Technology Behind The Men’s 100m Freestyle World Record with Jaimie Fuller

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The Real Story Behind The Women’s 10km Open Water At Paris with Sharon van Rouwendaal and Moesha Johnson

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How To Adapt Your Stroke For Triathlon Swimming with Bek Keat

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Building Swim-Specific Strength The Smart Way with Sandra Harrell

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The Ins And Outs Of SwimRun (& Why It’s One Of The Fastest Growing Endurance Sports) with The Löw Tide Böyz

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How To Cut Your Learning Time In Half with James Anderson