[H2Open Newsletter] - Three steps to better recovery and faster freestyle

Published: Wed, 02/03/16

   
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If you're anything like me then you probably spend more time thinking about your catch and pull than you do about your armstroke recovery. But a more efficient recovery makes your stroke more stable – and therefore faster. Check out this week's training article from Total Immersion head coach Terry Laughlin for three steps to better recovery. Plus, we also look at how taking the mental pressure off yourself can actually make you faster.
The April/May H2Open/Selkie Reader Photo Contest is now open. Send us your best open water swimming shots to be in with a chance to see them published in the next issue of the magazine – and win a bundle of kit from Selkie. See our website for details on how to enter the contest. 
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Enjoy the newsletter and happy swimming!
Jonathan Cowie
Editor, H2Open Magazine
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>>TRAINING
Better Recovery
THREE STEPS TO BETTER RECOVERY
Don't neglect the recovery phase of the freestyle armstroke, says Total Immersion head coach Terry Laughlin. Swim faster in open water by learning a symmetrical recovery.
To swim faster, stop caring
TO SWIM FASTER, STOP CARING ABOUT IT
Can you take the pressure off yourself and still achieve fast times?
>>NEWS
FINA
FINA ANNOUNCES NEW RULES ON WETSUITS
Starting September 2016, wetsuits will be allowed under certain conditions.
H2OPEN
H2OPEN FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
The new issue of H2Open Magazine celebrates the past five years of open water swimming – and asks where will swimming take you in 2016?
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