swim training
Aquatic fitness regimen
Swim training is structured practice to improve swimming speed, endurance, or technique.
The term covers everything from competitive athletes doing laps with a coach to casual swimmers following a workout plan: She does swim training three mornings a week.
Also called swim practice.
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- flip turnAquatic wall reversal technique
- lane linesBoundaries between parallel paths
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
butterfly · sculling · kickboard · aerobic capacity · drills · warm up · cool down · treading water · paddles · goggles · core strength · dry land · race strategy · snorkel · stopwatch · sprints · pool · laps
- swimmingswimmers, lap pool, lap pools, freestyle, backstroke
- Coast Guard trainingboot camp, seamanship, navigation skills, water survival, boat handling
- swimming historybackstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly stroke, butterfly
- water sportssurfing, surfer, diving, diver, rowing
- long distance swimmingopen water, channel crossing, English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
training medium/environment
swim trainingrunning
Swift foot travel
weightlifting · gym workout · weight training · track and field · road work
activity vs. inactivity
swim trainingsedentary lifestyle
Habitual physical inactivity
inactivity · rest · detraining · idleness · lounging