qualife Swimming

When I was pregnant with my first child I was overwhelmed by the advice given to me – “put your name down now for the best school in the area”; “play Mozart to your pregnant belly and once the baby is born you can put them down to sleep with Don Giovanni playing in the background so they sleep through the night”; “only eat organic food that has been washed with mineral water and served on a quartz crystal plate” – ok – the plate bit was made up but you know what I mean – ever

I’m not going to list 2018 reasons why you should get wet this year (even though I could!) but as we say farewell to 2017 and begin a brand new year, many of us are thinking about fresh starts, healthy eating and new fitness goals. My personal challenge as of 1st January has been to set myself a 100 day goal – swim every day, be totally vegan and no alcohol. At the end of the 100 days I want to swim a 100 x 100m swim set as fast as I can. This fairly short-term goal (even t

I have always enjoyed a variety of sports, from horse riding and running to boxing and high impact intensive workouts. In January 2015, I was diagnosed with three ruptured discs in my lower back, the pain was excruciating. I was faced with the realisation that I had to stop all the weight bearing, high impact stuff and was looking at the option of surgery. Lucky for me that I love swimming! Two years on and whilst I am not 100 per cent pain free, I have managed to avoid surg

“Everyone can learn to swim, it’s just the journey that is different” Over the past year I have had many enquiries from adults looking for swimming lessons. I am always amazed at how many people can’t swim, have never been taught or have tried to learn but had a bad experience or insufficient teaching. If this is you, then you are not alone! According to Swim England (swimming.org) one in five adults in the UK are not able to swim, this equates to almost 9 million people. Wh

Likkle Swimmers is a charity based on the south coast of Jamaica in an area called Treasure Beach. Its purpose is to provide free swimming l

Introducing children to the water in their pre-school years could be as beneficial to their brains as it is to their bodies, according to re