How to swim faster in open water

For our blog this week we are providing our Open Water Swimming Guide with 5 top tips on how to swim faster.

We have gathered the answers to the 25 most frequent questions you shared with us on open water swimming.

There are a few things I was thinking about during the swim that helped me have a good race, hold a strong pace and come out of the water feeling relatively.

Using our panel of swimming experts we can help you master open water swimming. Fearing the water is pretty common in Triathlon virgins which for many means they never get to try out multi-sport triathlon action. Hopefully this article can help reduce those fears and get you into the water.

I am personally a huge fan of open water swimming and take the time to go regularly so it has been a pleasure to put this together.

Read on for our list of open water swimming FAQs.

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General Open Water Swimming FAQs

Is open water swimming more difficult?

Your body generally works harder in open water due to it being colder than a pool.

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Therefore a good move is to give up a couple of strokes and just sit in behind.

With water chop and the continuous swimming without walls, open water will naturally be slower by 10-30% compared to a short course pool.

Put your wetsuit on properly · Widen your recovery · Increase your stroke rate · Improve sighting.

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You usually cannot stand up in the middle of a lake or sea so you have to keep moving, whereas you can in the pool you can stop at any time. This means physically it is more draining from the cold. Also it is more mentall

how to swim fast in open water