Tag: Swimming | Lars Bottelier

deboer wetsuits is my new partner

08/09/202008/09/2020 by Lars Bottelier

deboer wetsuit is my new partner. They support me to the Olympic Games of Paris 2024. Follow open water swimmer Lars Bottelier in his olympic journey through his swim blog. Fjörd, Flõh, Ocean wetsuit

I am proud to announce that deboer performance wetsuits and me are now working together. deboer has delivered a huge contribution to the existance of my new adventure in Germany and for that I am gratefull. What is deboer wetsuits? deboer offers premium wetsuits to both open water swimmers and triathletes. The wetsuits stand for … Read more

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

Maxim Sports Nutrition is my new partner

15/06/2020 by Lars Bottelier

Maxim is Lars Bottelier - professional open water swimmer - his new sponsor and partner. Thanks to their products Lars can achieve better results in the ultramarathons. Follow Lars his swim blog and Road to Paris 2024 for the latest updates.

‘We bring the fuel, you bring the body.’ That’s what my new partner Maxim Sports Nutrition stands for. I am very happy that, together with Maxim, I can reach better achievements. Going back to Maxim I know Maxim for years. I am a huge fan of their products and I used them for a long … Read more

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

26/05/202026/05/2020 by Lars Bottelier

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

#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

#StayFit 3: Dryland is more important than ever

12/05/2020 by Lars Bottelier

Lars Bottelier is a professional ultra marathon swimmer - open water training and excercises - gives in this StayFit swim blog series tips about dryland stability, flexiblity and mobility. How can you use this to your advantage as a open water swimmer. Fort instance a better freestyle and front crawl.

Yes! It is time for blog 3 of the #StayFit series. But before I start I must say: I (and probably a lot more swimmers in the Netherlands) am very happy that our government announced a reopening of the swimming pools. This is for both the indoor and outdoor pools. I hope that they come … Read more

#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