Swim Smooth

🔹The More You Swim, The More You Need To Swim...

Apr 3, 2025

Discover how a family's energetic Border Collie sparked insights about swimming habits. Regular swim sessions can enhance performance and stamina, but there’s no universal answer to how many are needed. Learn about a unique fitness model that balances training with fatigue and form for sustainable gains. Get tips on two quick swims that fit any routine, designed to push you forward without overwhelming your schedule. If you're feeling stuck in your swim journey, this chat offers refreshing perspectives!

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Increasing swim sessions is crucial for performance improvement, but must be balanced with real-life commitments to ensure sustainability.

Tracking fitness levels through tools like the fitness curve helps swimmers manage training loads and optimize their performance effectively.

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The Relationship Between Training Frequency and Improvement

Increased frequency of swimming sessions is essential for making noticeable improvements in performance. Swimmers starting with a baseline of two sessions per week can achieve significant gains by adding a third session, while those already swimming three times may need to move to four sessions for further progress. However, there is a point where the benefits of additional sessions start to diminish due to real-life limitations such as work and family commitments. This pattern creates a need for swimmers to maintain a sustainable routine while seeking gradual intensity and frequency growth over time.

The Relationship Between Swim Frequency and Performance Enhancement

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Episode Title: The More You Do, The More You Need To Do – How Many Swim Sessions Do You Really Need?

In this episode, I reflect on a surprising life lesson from our family dog, Sandy—a spirited Border Collie who joined us back in 2016. Everyone said, “The more you walk and run him, the more he’ll want to be walked and run!” And they were right. As Sandy got fitter, his appetite for movement only grew. It got me thinking… isn’t that true for us swimmers too?

We often get asked, “How many sessions do I need to improve?” And while there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, I’ll unpack how to think about this question based on your current routine, goals, and time available.

I’ll also share how I’ve personally structured my own training at age 46, still swimming not far off where I was in my British Triathlon days—thanks to a couple of short, purposeful sessions each week that have made a real difference.

We’ll dive into the Swim Smooth GURU’s Fitness Curve—a powerful tool that helps you visualise the balance between fitness, fatigue, and form, and why timing your training cycles is key to real, sustainable gains.

Plus, I’ll give you a look at my “two magic swims” that take less than 30 minutes and still keep me moving the needle forward—one in the pool, one in the ocean, both easy to adapt to your own routine.

If you’ve ever felt stuck on a plateau or wondered whether you're doing enough, this episode is for you.

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Swim Smooth

🔹The More You Swim, The More You Need To Swim...

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Relationship Between Training Frequency and Improvement

The Importance of Monitoring Fitness Levels

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts