Mass with class: why sleep matters!
in Endurance health and lifestyle, Weight management
Andrew Sheaff explores new research on how sleep amounts affect body composition during weight-loss regimes MORE
BFR training: resistance is NOT futile!
in High intensity training, Strength, conditioning and flexibility, Techniques
Andrew Sheaff explains why and how blood flow restriction training can provide the benefits of high-intensity training with low-intensity loading MORE
Optimizing your body clock: lessons from the deep
in Endurance health and lifestyle, Training structure and planning
Using lessons from the world of competitive swimming, Andrew Sheaff explains how all sportsmen and women can work with their body clock – not against it – for maximum competition performance MORE
Honing your swimming skills: constrain to gain!
in Techniques, Training structure and planning
Andrew Sheaff explains the ‘constraints-led’ approach to improving swimming skill and stroke technique, and how you can use it for faster times in the water MORE
Breath control training: how hypoventilation can boost endurance performance
in Endurance training, Techniques
Andrew Sheaff explains how swimmers and other endurance athletes can boost their endurance performance by applying a new twist on breath control training MORE
Swim training: what is ‘critical velocity’ and why is...
in Base endurance training, Endurance training, Training structure and planning
Andrew Sheaff explains why understanding critical velocity is important for swimmers, and how you can harness this knowledge to improve your swimming performance MORE
Swimming performance: may the force be with you
in Strength, conditioning and flexibility
Unlike cycling, running and other endurance sports, resistance training to improve swimming performance needs to be highly specific. Andrew Sheaff explains why the very best option for swimming is to do their resistance training in the water, and provides detailed guidance about how this can be achieved. MORE
