Low back pain and injuries are common among swimmers, and are often the result of improper body position and limited core stability. A combination of swimming, dryland training and stretching is key to fixing these issues and helping you swim pain free. Today we’re sharing one of our favorite lower back stretches. The lying twist! Technique Check: Lying Twist Keep Shoulders Flat: Throughout this stretch, both shoulders should be flat on the ground. If your shoulders come up, you should think about bringing your knees away from the floor until your shoulders are flat.Stack Your Knees: When you drop your…
Author: Taylor Holmes
In this guest blog post, MySwimPro community member and marathon swimmer Cynthia Hertzer shares how she built a pool and swimming tether in her backyard to help her stay fit during the COVID-19 lockdown. The pandemic has caused me to take a “gap year” from swimming. With everything closed, I won’t log as many miles or high intensity workouts as I did with my Masters team before the pandemic. Instead, I’m exploring how I can train and recover smarter. Related: Why You Should Consider Getting an Endless Pool During this down time, I got creative and built a tethered swimming…
June was an exciting month at MySwimPro! We celebrated the company’s 5 year anniversary with 5 days of epic giveaways, and our global community shared thousands of inspiring stories about why they love swimming. To keep the celebration going, each of our team members shared their favorite memory from their time at MySwimPro. Check it out! Taylor Holmes, Global Marketing Manager Taylor’s favorite memory is hosting live dryland workouts with Fares during lockdown. Each Tuesday, Fares and Taylor went live on Instagram to guide swimmers through a swimming-specific workout to help keep them in shape while pools were closed. Check…
In this guest blog post, Madison Freeland shares her top 5 tips for keeping natural hair healthy after swimming. Madison has been swimming since age 5, and is now a junior competing in Howard University’s Division 1 Swimming and Diving program. She hopes that sharing her experience balancing caring for her natural hair and swimming competitively can positively impact younger swimmers. Over the course of my swimming career I’ve experimented with numerous hair care routines to combat chlorine damage and keep my hair healthy and moisturized. After much trial and error, I have stuck with a few simple tricks that…
Practice makes perfect when it comes to improving your stroke technique or enhancing your speed, and that usually means you need to be in the water quite a bit. But what if you can’t make it to the pool as frequently as you’d like? Thankfully, there’s a solution: the Vasa Trainer! Get your own Vasa Trainer here! Watch the Video Listen to the Podcast MySwimPro · How to Use the Vasa Trainer Pro What is the Vasa Trainer? A Vasa Trainer is a swim training bench designed to help swimmers maximize swim-specific and total body strength and improve technique. Targeted…
If you’ve increased your dryland training recently, you might notice that your hips have become pretty tight. Tight hips can have numerous negative effects on your body: Can affect your postureCan cause improper form in dryland exercisesCan cause ongoing pain if not addressed It’s important to be diligent about mobility work to ensure your body functions properly both on land and in the water! Check out one of our favorite hip stretches. Technique Check: Figure 4 Stretch Head relaxed: It’s common for people to crunch their heads up during this stretch, but that’s not necessary and can cause extra strain…
If you’re a sprinter, open water may be the last thing on your mind. We’re here to change your mind — you can still get some great speed work done in a lake, river or ocean! Join Fares and his swim buddy Bordy for a fun, 1,000-meter super sprint workout! Watch the Video Listen to the Podcast MySwimPro · WOW Super Sprint Open Water Workout – Podcast Related: How to Put on a Wetsuit The Workout Before hopping in the water, Fares and Bordy did a quick dynamic warmup that included arm swings, arm circles and some other stretches to…
This post is sponsored by Endless Pools®. Get a free inspiration guide here > Ever wish you could do your swim workouts in your backyard? Most of us can’t install a 25-meter lap pool in our yards, but there’s another solution — a resistance pool from Endless Pools! Watch the Video Interested in an Endless Pool? Get a free inspiration guide! Listen to the Podcast MySwimPro · Why You Should Consider Getting An Endless Pool What are Endless Pools? These pools are designed for stationary swimming using a propulsive current. They allow you to swim “endlessly” without ever doing a…
In this guest blog, MySwimPro Ambassador Michelle Rogalski shares why she is raising money — and swimming 10 miles around Muskegon Lake in Michigan — to support the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership, an organization that supports the restoration and revitalization of the Muskegon Lake Watershed ecosystem. Out of sight isn’t always out of mind. Dumping waste into our lakes, rivers, and oceans destroys the beautiful gift that mother nature has bestowed upon us. Adopting an attitude that it is too late to save our local ecosystems will only make things worse. Instead, we need to realize that it is possible…
Whether you’re back in the pool or sticking with at-home dryland workouts, we have a fitness challenge for you! Starting July 1, compete against fellow swimmers in our July Swim Challenge or July Strength Challenge! To complete the July Swim Challenge, log at least 8 hours of swimming in the MySwimPro app by July 31. If you’re focused on dryland training, log at least 12 dryland workouts in the app by July 31 to participate in the July Strength Challenge! Here’s how to participate: Download the free MySwimPro app on iPhone or Android. Sign up for a 30-day trial of…
