Frequently asked questions

We believe that training should be multi-faceted. Some swimming activities are best accompanied by exercises that can isolate special skillsets. Also, training should never be dull and variations spice up your favourite sport!

Yes. We believe that we know how to get beginners at swimming better faster – and therefore we publish free content for kids and adults on how to learn to swim faster and on how to overcome typical problems for beginners. We provide this content for free.

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We recommend doing a self assessment that we base on a number of exercises that you should be able to do with regards to our module based system.

You will find out in which modules you might still be lacking and what kind of training will suit you most for fast progress.

If you are already a well versed swimmer, have a look at our goal-based trainings, where you chose your preferred swimming style and distance.

We rely on your self-estimation and criteria that we found in our teams experience as swimming instructors.

We would recommend you ask around your local pool employees. If you are already somehow advanced, local triathlete groups might be able to point you in the right direction for a good personal trainer. Those guys are beasts!

We base our calculation on a somehow simplified version of the Karvonnen formula that’s widely used in sports-medicine. However: Nobody knows better than your doctor who has access to your cardio-vascular data and history. Ask your doc, all we can do is give estimates and typical recommendations that statistically should suit your profile.

Yes – but variation is the spice of life, and you might miss out! A lot of people ignore butterfly strokes as they seem to be very hard, but learned in a structured way they are easy to get into, lots of fun and surprisingly effective to swim very fast!

We aim to be your 360° knowlegde base for everything around swimming, especially with dynamically created training content for your abilities, skills and goals!

We provide quite a lot of our content for our trial members – you will be able to get a good overview and you can train certain programs. The full experience as a regular member will be far greater!

Just book a membership or a trial version – trial is free and without you having to use a credit card.

Our founding team consists of former professional swimmers with a wide experience in teaching people how to swim later in their careers. Find out more about us here!

Having problems going the distance is often related to inefficiencies in technique. If you’re having fun doing your trainings at shorter distances – go for it. However, we would recommend you have a close look at our technique tutorials or even booking a personal trainer for a few sessions to work on proper strokes and your breathing.

We always recommend having a professional swim-instructor at your side to learn basic swimming skills. If you want to hit the ground running when going for swimming lessons, take a look at our preperation-courses. There you’ll find exercises that help you making fast progress in the water by learning basic skills already on dry land.

Most people have a healthy fear of water. Being relaxed and confident in a medium where you lose your ability to breathe is a skill that has to be learned – we have a number of preparation exercises for children to help them gain confidence in water.

Liking to playing in water and swimming skills are unfortunately not closely related. However, if a kid likes to be in a pool and has no fear of  – for example – going underwater for a moment and knows how to hold its breath, it will be able to learn to swim fast!

Sure! However, we strongly suggest you use a trainer or a reputable swimming school.

Depending on your physical abilities, we do have beginner trainings online that help you gain skills and progress fast when learning to swim with a trainer.

We recommend that you do these exercises in a controlled and supervised.

There is a free trial membership that you can book without any sort of payment, also there are – and will be more – free trainings, especially those for beginners.

The full membership with access to all of our trainings and coursework is open for paying customers.

Check out the SwimHub360 app, available in Apples appstore!

We would recommend to go for a swim training once a week or biweekly in order to profit best when using swimming as secondary sport. Depending on your primary sport you could use swimming in order to build up stamina, to get better at endurance or to gain muscle mass – it all depends on your goals. We will provide you with ressoures to reach your goals in time!

Swimming is easy on the joints and suitable for almost any fitness level and age group – so go for it!