Other Swimming Strokes For Triathlon | Add Butterfly, Backstroke & Breaststroke To Your Tri Plan!

Freestyle is the obvious choice of swim stroke for virtually every triathlete when we enter a race, and that is most commonly the case when we head to the pool for our swim sessions too. But why not give Backstroke, Breaststroke & Butterfly to your next swim session? Here's Mark to explain more!

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Let’s face it, freestyle is the obvious choice of swim stroke for virtually every triathlete when we enter a race, and that is most commonly the case when we head to the pool for our swim sessions too.

However, there are three other swim strokes available as an alternative option during our swim training ... and there are a number of advantages to them. So Mark is here to discuss why you should think about including them in your triathlon training and how you might go about that.

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