Swimming for Fitness

Take Your Swimming To The Next Level – Swim like an Olympian

London 2012 Training Guide: Swimming from Beginner to Champion

Roger Guttridge from Swimming Times magazine has teamed up with television adviser and commentator Kelvin Juba to produce this great new book. With over 50 really nice and clear diagrams, this official book gives an overview of each Swimming event and covers training safety, tactics and techniques, and standards of performance to aim for.

Whatever your current swimming standard, this concise and easy-to-use guide will take you to the next level. A perfect introduction to the Olympic Swimming events, and to the various swimming strokes in general.

A foreword by the lovely Rebecca Adlington OBE rounds out a fantastic book and great souvenir of the 2012 Games. Buy it today.

Our pick of books on swimming and aqua fitness

Total Immersion This updated classic teaches you how to swim better – and enjoy it more – by using simple and original techniques. Author Terry Laughlin explains that it’s technique – not athletic ability – that makes a strong swimmer.

Water Workouts Fantastic fitness in the pool.

Swimming Drills Get serious with these routines.

Swimming Anatomy What your body’s supposed to be doing in each stroke.

4 great gift ideas for swimming fans

Pool-Mate Wrist Computer Automatically counts Laps, Strokes per lap, Speed, Distance in yards or meters & Calories

Wild Swimming Tired of laps in your crowded local pool? Try swimming with otters! Or in ancient baptism pools, river tubing canyons, clear chalk streams and many other exciting and safe places detailed in this lovely book.

Speedo Elite Pullbouy Optimum buoyancy aid improves upper body technique and stroke strength.

Speedo Swimsuit You can never have too many cossies.