As well as inspiring stories, interviews, swim locations and gear reviews, every issue of Outdoor Swimmer magazine also includes technique and training advice from our team of coaches, including Olympic open water medallist Cassie Patten. Whether you are a wild dipper or a Channel swimmer, improving your technique and fitness will enhance your swim, reduce your risk of injury and ensure you are safer in the open water.

In this month's issue we explain how to decipher a pool training session so you can up your training game, find out how often you should include threshold sessions in your training schedule (and give you a session you can try at your next pool swim) and add to your roster of dryland exercises with our 'move of the month'. Plus, find out how to divide your training regime to build towards your specific swimming goals and we explore how to deepen your outdoor swimming experiences by including meditation in your swims.  

What else is in the March issue?

• Meet the swimmer who followed grey whales from their calving lagoons off Mexico to the Arctic
• Academic Karen Eva Carr shares a fascinating social history of swimming through the ages
• Discover why Cape Town, South Africa, is a playground for open water swimmers
• Explore the crystalline cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula
• A brief history of timekeeping and swimming
• Ice swimming adventures in Morocco, Slovenia and Scotland
• Plus all the regulars, including health news, outdoor swimming news, training, swim locations, technique, travel, event listings, gear news and kit reviews.