6 Tips To Get You Ready For Open Water Swimming!

Swimming in the open water is a lot different from visiting your local swimming pool. Equipment choices, the way you might swim with others & how you prepare for each session will likely vary quite a bit in comparison. Here are our top tips for getting the most out of your next swim in the outdoors!

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[gtn]

Where is your favourite place to swim? Let us know! 🏊‍♂️

[blitzer]

Divers Surrey UK. Great water, great people and a nice vibe. Lucky to have this on my doorstep. A little gem.

[trbeyond]

1. Wetsuit. 2. Practice. 3. Group swimming 4. Stay relaxed 5. Useful kit. 6. Bright colors and swim buoy

[jascollinscork]

Great idea…… definitely going to use some of these!!

[kmonnier]

Finished Des Moines 70.3 this weekend! Your "Alligator Eyes" sighting tip helped me a lot!

[MP-hxhx]

I love the content, always! I love it...even though I have to double check the YouTube’s playback speed video every time Heather is speaking ‘cause I always think it’s set in “X2”. 😂

[gaetanmassonnet]

Lac Léman in Switzerland ☀️ so much more relaxing swimming in the lake than in the pool!

[vozzen]

Wow I need a wetsuit that fits and need to practice? Could not have imagined, can’t wait for the rest of the tips

[ngdawgs]

Thank y’all for another amazing video! These are a lot of the questions I literally just had. Including the acknowledgment of that brief rest period when you touch the wall. I sure feel it during the ows when there isn’t one. I’ll aim for the 40 strokes on my next swim to break it up better. Btw.. congrats Mark on the recent win over Taren 😜. Smart negotiator with the 5 min lead. Looking forward to seeing if Heather can also pull the win for GTN 🥳.

[DeanPattrick]

Kaitalampi, Finland. Like most of the lakes in Finland, clear, clean and safe.

[Samuelclark]

You need to do a video for people (like myself) who are actually scared of it.. thalassophobia

[ericacalbo]

Really nice video! The first race I participated, I found really difficult to guide myself through the race marks. Do you have tips that could help? Thanks!!

[gchappell]

Do you have any tips for anyone doing swim run events? The ones where you have to carry all of your gear

[michelebelardinelli]

How can I train in the pool for long open water swims ? No resting time in the open water, in the pool every 25 mt I can take a breath and restart. Thanks a lot 🙏

[pierce]

Training for a Tri a Tri, swimming 350m in training (13min) but can't front crawl it all. Mostly breaststroke. The distance for the race is 250m. Is breaststroke ok for the race?

[elpado]

I was expecting tips on how to go straight or reach a specific point in open waters.. Anybody? I saw that usually every 3-4 strokes you breathe frontally to check where you are going is that true?

[alexanderg.]

The beautiful North Sea, all year round. With suit of course.

[dickenscider]

Naah I still cant stomach staring into the dark water while swimmin. Feels like somethin gonna come out and bite my face off