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The new swimming season has begun

23/06/202023/06/2020 by Lars Bottelier
Swim season 2020 - 2021 has begun. Follow professional open water swimmer and swimmer Lars Bottelier in his journey dream to the Olympic 10K in open water swimming. How is he doing both physically and mentally?

I’ve been back in training for five weeks already, so it is clear that the swimming season of 2020/2021 has begun. This will be a swimming season to remember, as there are still no races. It is time to take a moment to look where we are after these five weeks and where we want … Read more

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#StayFit 5: My fitness after 7 weeks of no swimming

26/05/202026/05/2020 by Lars Bottelier
#StayFit 5: my fitness after 7 weeks of no swimming - Swim blog of Lars Bottelier for open water swimmers and open water swimming training. How is it to swim after a 7 week break? And what did I learn from 7 weeks of no open water swimming?

I am so happy that I can say I am swimming regularly again. The past week I did almost 20K of swimming. This is a good start of the new swimming season, which basically started last week. Because the possibility to swim is growing week by week, this will be my last blog in the … Read more

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#StayFit 4: Keep your overall fitness high with cycling

19/05/2020 by Lars Bottelier
#StayFit 4 - cycling is the perfect alternative training session for open water swimming and swimmers. In this swimming blog open water swimmer Lars explains how he used cycling to stay fit during the corona crisis. It is the perfect work-out as a replacement for the longer cardio work-outs of swimming.

Is has been more than one week now since the swimming pools have opened here in the Netherlands. Finally, I was also able to swim a couple of times. The first conclusion for myself is that I stayed incredible fit in the past 8 weeks that I (almost) couldn’t swim. I must admit that my … Read more

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#StayFit 2: Start with running now

05/05/202005/05/2020 by Lars Bottelier
Open water swimmer Lars Bottelier takes up running as an alternative training for his swimming career. Running helps him to stay fit. Read it in his new blog series #StayFit. His goal and dream is to qualify for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.

Welcome to blog 2 in my new #StayFit series. In this blog I am going to tell you how I used running to stay fit and maintain my condition. I am also going to tell you wat the pro’s and con’s are when you run as an (open water) swimmer. And I can tell you, … Read more

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