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Use your loaf, and discover how nutritious a staple food can be

A baggy jumper can hide a bloated stomach, but a swimming costume reveals all! Bread is a wonderful food. Why then do many people feel bloated, lethargic, and sapped of energy after eating it? Nutrition consultant and Shaw… read more

January 24, 2012 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming No Comments »

Good water: Iceland’s thermal pools

Angela Alexander loves Iceland. She loves it so much that she has been going every year for the past 15 years. Here she tells us why …
There are two things I love about Iceland: the swimming and the… read more

December 16, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming No Comments »

With the right food, and the right teaching we’ll make you a swimmer

Nutrition consultant Chris Fenn went on her first Shaw Method swimming holiday this year. It got her thinking about exercise and how the messages on healthy eating are all wrong …
Why would I want to do that? I… read more

December 8, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming 12 Comments »

I am a Shaw Method swimmer: Dr Andrew Gellert

Dr Andrew Gellert learnt to swim as a child in Kenya. He loved being in the water from an early age, but didn’t take up swimming seriously until he hit middle age and decided that he should take more… read more

November 15, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming No Comments »

What is … Aqua Mouvance


You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Aqua Mouvance even though it has been developing for the past 30 years. The practitioners of Aqua Mouvance, who are mostly based in Quebec, Canada, admit that this is… read more

November 2, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming, Learn to swim 3 Comments »