🏊🌊 Swimming down hill is a cliche, but seriously try it. Push your chest deeper into the water & see what happens. Play with it! Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com/blog

🏊🌊 Practice swimming more with your forearm by swimming with only a few fingers. Try 2 or 3 fingers, the rest closed. Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com/blog

The pool kickboard is the ultimate comfort trap. We hand them to beginners so they don't panic, but mechanically, they destroy horizontal alignment and force you to "swim uphill." Don't sacrifice your body's geometry for the illusion of safety.

Listen to the full deep dive on the biomechanics of sinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzPrFnuVvo

🏊🌊 To be faster, you need to train at high speeds. Put some fast, but short sprints into your workouts with a lot of rest. Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com/blog

🏊🌊 Swim 4x50 freestyle & focus on finishing your stroke all the way to a straight arm. You'll feel a good burn in your triceps. Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com/blog

The 2009 "Super Suit" ban proved that aerodynamics (or hydrodynamics) beats raw muscle every time.

We just released a deep dive on the physics of drag.
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUlxbcYSFYg

🏊🌊 Start in dead man's float. Start extending your arms forward along the water line, keep your head down and see if your legs rise. Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com/blog

Control in swimming (and life) is often counter-intuitive.
We think control means "gripping harder."
But in the water, control comes from surrender.

If you fight the water, you sink. If you trust it, you float.

Here is a 20-minute deep dive on the psychology of panic and the physics of buoyancy. We break down exactly why lifting your head to "survive" is the very thing that drags you down.
🎧 High-signal audio for your next commute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNtiwItPMfU

The biggest lie in swimming is that you need to "keep your head up" to survive.

Head up = Legs down = Drag = Panic.

To survive (and thrive), you must surrender to the water. Press your chest down. Trust the buoyancy.

Visual guide on the physics of floating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvrMzA2zGGk

Zap ⚡ if this saved your next swim session.

🏊🌊 Remember that during freestyle your front/bottom/supporting arm has to be extended while you take the breath, otherwise you have no support. Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com

🏊🌊 Kick on your stomach with your arms in the high catch position (like a scare crow). Push elbows in front of your shoulders. Find more swim advice at https://www.360swim.com/blog

The "Panic Response" in swimming is almost always physiological, not psychological. It starts with water pressure in the sinuses.

Fix the seal (Soft Palate), and you fix the panic.

Deep dive on the mechanics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Y-WC8dU3M

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