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At the beginning of my triathlon journey I refused to put my face in the water. I was so slow. After watching videos and knowing that I needed to keep my face in the water I finally tried it. I really struggled at first but the time difference it made was so drastic that I kept forcing myself to keep my face in the water. I eventually gained enough confidence to try my first Olympic distance which went pretty well, and I completed my first 70.3 swim leg in October in under 40:00. I have a long way to go, but I’m happy with how far I’ve come.

I’m so blessed. My local pool has adult swim coached by an open water Olympian (x2). I thought I had decent technique, but boy I was wrong. My biggest lessons: breathing out is more important than breathing in, stretching so your pull gets a couple cm more then follow through to the hip, and You go faster if you fly over the water.

love it. Thank you so much for this, Taren. Love where you've gone with your channel.

Excellent! This is me! Been swimming for triathlons for about 6 years, fine for first few hundred metres, getting pretty smooth and quick (relatively!), but start to struggle after that, gasping, lurching for air and technique falls apart. Tried your breathing tips for one session, and instantly feel much better! Had to stop at 500m cos I ran out of time! Fantastic Taren, thanks so much. Definitely getting your book.

Everything you brought up helped. Also for me I learned that even though I am fairly fit in a cardiovascular sense I have a low tolerance for CO2. The exercises in the book The Oxygen Advantage helped overcome that and a focus on the points you bring up got me to at least competent.

The humming tip also mentioned in a previous video was the key for me. Once my breathing was stable underwater I had the calm to slow down, which gave me time and prescence of mind to work on the other things. Thank you!

Hopefully 2024 will be my year for getting the swim down. I feel comfortable in the run and bike. Thanks for this video! Answered some questions I had! 🎉

Such an informative and useful video, now I know how to teach my brother and friends to swim from scratch

Getting back To swimming again after 18 months break and I needed this reminder to do some of these drill to get back to where I was.

You dont know it...but, we've been on an 8 year journey together. Started with breathing technique, then sinking legs...still not great at swimming but comfortable. Really appreciate your videos...learned so much. I think the best advice is learn, then practice, practice, practice, then repeat. A big Thank you!

I have been swimming front crawl correctly for a year plus. Yes breathing was the stumbling block. I believe I got that down pat but I am still only swimming 2:25 per 100 meters. I can go easy for 2500 meters non stop. I am 64 years old so my expectations are first do not die then next is just finish and have fun. Very good advice though. Cheers

My biggest improvement in swimming this year (2:30 per 100 down to 1:55) was slow the stroke down to prevent windmill and to really focus on each stroke. that was huge. I still have a long way to go, but I'm happy that I at least like to be in the water :)

Thx We need this

I realized that I was keeping a lot of tension in my neck leading to the sinky legs you talk about. Once I let it relax, I was finally able to get a better posture, and it felt like my speed doubled while putting in the same amount of effort.

For me. It was getting a swim coach and learning the 2 beat kick!

Hi legs and arm coordination together with a good position are keys, i think it would be helpful to have a mirror in the pool have a constant feedback

I'm so frustrated. I just learned to swim 2 months ago and I'm no better now, than I was on day 1! I have 50 weeks to be able to swim 2.4 miles and I'm not feeling any progress. I'll try your tips, as they make more sense than what I'm doing now.

When you breath out under water, do you recommend through the nose or mouth? Does it make a big difference?

My best improvement in swimming will hopefully happen in 2024... (7 months to go for Roth)

Once I had breathing down the biggest factor is days per week in the pool. If I can only swim twice a week I start to go backwards. I have found I really need at least 4 days a week to maintain form. Which is not always do able.

Hey hey How do I get the book you talked about

Bought your book on swimming. Still trying very hard to get down the breathing. It can be very frustrating.

taren not sure if you’ll see this. before i ever got in the pool i read your book and watched a bunch of your videos. while im not 100%(nor do i expect to be) it was extremely helping having all the knowledge and ammo your books and videos have provided. i think ive swam 2 times and i already feel confident. i have a long way to go but just doing the drills from your videos and using the advice from your book gives me the confidence that i will be more than ready for my 70.3 come december this year. thank you bro you’re the GOAT!

Sinking legs!!!!!!