So I may not be a mermaid and I haven’t been swimming in the sea but hear me out.. I hit a PB of 100 lengths in one swim today and also gained a new badge for 800m non-stop swimming on the swimtag app!!!! And another milestone was also reached today!! In that I have only ONE more swim of 42 lengths left to complete the 10 mile challenge in support of alzheimerssoc Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far, it has far exceeded my target but of course every pound still helps this amazing charity so keep ‘em coming in 😉 Aside from raising money and making my Gran genuinely proud- I have gained so much from these last few months. blackwaterlc has become my safe haven, a place not just to exercise but to just breathe!!! Justgiving page in bio 💙 last little push 💪🏽

24 Sep

🏆 AC BALUO PLAVECKÁ VÝZVA – ENGLISH CHANNEL CROSSING 2025 Děkujeme všem, kteří se zúčastnili naší jedinečné plavecké výzvy v AC BALUO! 🌊 Cílem bylo překonat vzdálenost 35,1 km – symbolické přeplavání La Manche. Rozhodujícím faktorem byl celkový čas plavání ⏱️ … a vy jste ukázali neuvěřitelnou vytrvalost! ⸻ 📊 SWIMTAG – technologie, která posouvá trénink Díky systému SWIMTAG jsme mohli sledovat: • STR (Stroke Rate) → počet záběrů za minutu 🏊‍♂️ • DPS (Distance Per Stroke) → kolik metrů uplaveš jedním záběrem 📏 • Celkový čas a tempo → přesné vyhodnocení efektivity Proč je to důležité? ➡ Čím delší skluz a efektivnější záběr, tím rychlejší čas a nižší energetická náročnost. ➡ Ideální je balanc mezi STR a DPS → rychlost není jen o počtu záběrů, ale o jejich kvalitě. ⸻ 💡 Jak zlepšit svůj plavecký čas Chceš být příště rychlejší? Zaměř se na tyto klíčové body: 1️⃣ Perfektní streamline • Hlava v prodloužení páteře. • Minimalizace odporu vody = vyšší rychlost. 2️⃣ Efektivní cyklus paže (pod i nad vodou) • Správný úhel lokte, pevný záběr a plynulé navázání návratu. 3️⃣ Prodloužení skluzu • Po dokončení záběru využij maximální délku těla. • DPS roste → STR klesá → úspora energie. 4️⃣ Rotace těla při kraulu • Plynulá rotace usnadňuje nádech a zlepšuje sílu záběru. 5️⃣ Správně načasovaný kop • Stabilizuje tělo, šetří energii a podporuje rytmus celého tempa. 6️⃣ Rozvoj aerobního prahu • Delší vzdálenosti vyžadují vytrvalostní základ → klíčová část tréninku pro výkony typu „La Manche“. ⸻ 🥇 Nejrychlejší plavci výzvy 2025 🏆 1. Jakub Jahoda – 10 hod 22 min 🥈 2. Milan Větr – 11 hod 55 min 🥉 3. Gabriela Topenčíková – 12 hod 59 min 👏 Obrovský respekt všem účastníkům! Byli jste neskuteční! ⸻ 🚀 Přidej se k nám příště! Další plavecká výzva v AC BALUO se blíží 🏊‍♀️. Chceš posunout své limity, zlepšit techniku a naučit se, jak pracovat se STR & DPS? Vyzkoušej služby AC BALUO. Tahle výzva je pro každého, kdo miluje plavání! 📅 Sleduj nás pro více informací 📍 AC BALUO – kde technologie potkává sport #ACBALUO #Plavani #SWIMTAG #Challenge #SwimmingBetter #swimmingwithtech #plavanisradosti #plavani #plaveckykurz #ftkup

03 Sep

Rule The Pool #435….the results are in! Congratulations to all 664 swimmers that took part last week #RuleThePool #SWIMTAG #seeyourswim #weloveswimming Join today at https://www.swimtag.com/compete/rule-the-pool/join

01 Sep

🏊Allyson Thomas, at Risca Leisure Centre, swam 140km in 87 swims with #SWIMTAG!📊 🏆Another of our top 5 – and now off to the Live Aid Tribute, thanks to dragonsrfc! 🎟️For your chance at tickets, take on the Bohemian Rhapsody Rower – fastest 500m wins!🚣‍♂️ 📍At Caerphilly, Heolddu, Newbridge & Risca Leisure Centres. 🏊Fe wnaeth Allyson Thomas nofio 140km mewn 87 o sesiynau nofio yng Nghanolfan Hamdden Rhisga gyda #SWIMTAG!📊 🏆Un arall o'n 5 uchaf – a nawr yn mynd i gyngerdd Live Aid Tribute, diolch i Glwb Rygbi’r Dreigiau. 🎟️Am eich cyfle chi i ennill tocynnau, rhowch gynnig ar yr her Rhwyfwr Bohemian Rhapsody – y cyflymaf i rwyfo 500m sy’n ennill!🚣‍♂️ 📍Yng nghanolfannau hamdden Caerffili, Heolddu, Trecelyn a Rhisga. dra_community

15 Aug

📍 SWIMTAG – plav dál, měř každý metr! Technologie dostupná na bazénu AC BALUO – chytré náramky pro sledování plaveckého tréninku a plnění výzev. ⸻ 🏊‍♂️ Co je SWIMTAG? SWIMTAG je chytrý náramek, který automaticky měří tvůj plavecký trénink. Zaznamenává: • uplavané metry a počet délek • plavecké styly, časy a tempa • délku přestávek i efektivitu záběru (SWOLF) 📲 Vše běží automaticky – bez potřeby ručního měření. ⸻ 🎯 Výzvy, které tě motivují To nejlepší? Virtuální výzvy, které tě udrží ve hře! 💥 Například přeplavání kanálu La Manche (35,14 km) – každý trénink tě posouvá blíž k cíli a na mapě vidíš, jak si vedeš. Plň výzvy sám nebo ve skupině. Skvělý motivační nástroj pro začátečníky i pokročilé. ⸻ ⚙️ Jak to funguje? 1. Vyžádej si SWIMTAG na recepci bazénu BALUO 2. Nasadíš si náramek a normálně plaveš 3. Po skončení se tvé údaje automaticky uloží do systému 4. Výsledky najdeš online – přehledné, srovnatelné, vždy po ruce 📺 Podívej se na krátký návod: 👉 https://youtu.be/xZWsXVRIjpk?si=hBbcNxXkB1DlJst1 ⸻ 👥 Pro koho? ✅ Pro děti, dospělé, hobby i výkonnostní plavce ✅ Pro trenéry jako skvělý nástroj sledování pokroku ✅ Pro každého, kdo se rád motivuje a sleduje data ⸻ 🔁 Použij, sdílej, plav s námi! #swimmingwithtech #plavanisradosti #plavani #plaveckykurz #plaveckaskola #plavemedetem #olomouc #komunita #sportujeme #pohybnaspojuje #aktivnideti #fakultatelesnekultury #UPOL #plaveckatrida #swimfamily #swimminglove #acbaluo #ftkup #univerzitapalackeho #detskeplavani #sportovnitrener #pohybdeti #technika #swimtech #swimtag

17 Jul

That’s my 5km done - in the pool. First 5km this year. . #swim #swimming #swimlife #swimtag #swimmer #swimtraining #swimtime #everyoneactive #everyonesctivehemelhempstead #boxmoor #hemel #hemelhempstead #herts #hertfordshire #swimmersmile #rulethepool #personalbest

19 Feb

Decided to see how long it would take me to swim the equivalent of the English Channel, by doing two swim sessions a week at the pool. 14 hours 20 minutes over 19 sessions. #thisgirlcan #swimtag #swimming #swimmingchallenge

16 Jan 25

🌟Big News! Risca Leisure Centre has finished 4th in the UK for distance on the swimtag pool leaderboard in December! 👏Huge congratulations to everyone who contributed – what an amazing achievement! 🏊Want to see how far you can go? SWIMTAG is available across our leisure centres, so come along and track your swimming progress! #SWIMTAG 🌟Newyddion Mawr! Mae Canolfan Hamdden Rhisga wedi gorffen yn bedwerydd yn y DU o ran pellter ar fwrdd sgorio pwll SWIMTAG ym mis Rhagfyr! 👏Llongyfarchiadau mawr i bawb a gyfrannodd – am gyflawniad anhygoel! 🏊Ydych chi eisiau gweld pa mor bell allwch chi nofio? Mae SWIMTAG ar gael ar draws ein canolfannau hamdden, felly dewch draw a gweld manylion eich sesiwn nofio! #SWIMTAG

14 Jan 25

🏊‍♂️ Celebrating Our Top Swimmers of 2024! 🌟 A huge congratulations to everyone who made it to the leaderboard. Your hard work and dedication have been truly inspiring, with impressive distances covered throughout the year. Here’s to another year of amazing achievements in 2025! 🏅 #TopSwimmers2024 #swimtag #dmuleisure #swimming #swimmingpool

02 Jan 25

Highly recommend using the Swimtags! Great way to track progress and challenge yourself #SWIMTAG #swimming #swim #swimmingpool #challenge

14 Oct 24

Got my swim tag all set up 💪 Ready to track my efforts, 43 laps in 45 minutes on my first attempt. Is that a good result? 😁 I was a competition swimmer for 15 years and it's been almost as long since I last swam properly, still got my breast stroke down good 👌 Sauna or steam room, which is better for afterwards? 🤔 #swimming #swimtag #strava #stravaswim

10 Sep 24

🏊Take on the Vancouver Bridges Swim Challenge this September with SWIMTAG!🏆 💦Get into our pools and see if you can conquer the journey! #SWIMTAG #VancouverBridges #SeeYourSwim 🏊Cymerwch ran yn Her Nofio Pontydd Vancouver yn ystod mis Medi gyda SWIMTAG!🏆 💦Ewch i mewn i'n pyllau ni i weld a ydych chi'n gallu concro'r daith! #SWIMTAG #PontyddVancouver #GweldEichSesiwnNofio

02 Sep 24

Feeling proud. May still swim slowly but I’m still swimming #glimmers

22 Jun 24

Was absolutely not feeling this but I did it 💪 #swimtag

13 May 24

50 mins swimming laps in a public pool for the first time in nearly 30 years (with a bad back & an arthritic knee) ✅ Followed by 4 hours of chatting & a coffee… #2024OutOfMyComfortZoneChallenge #SWIMTAG 🏊‍♀️🐋🐳

01 Apr 24

We need your help! 🫵 Westwoods are entering a team of swimmers to compete with Mill House Leisure Centre, Palatine Leisure Centre, and Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre in our latest SWIMTAG challenge. We are going to battle it out to be the first team to swim to the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin from just off the coast of Anglesey which is a total distance of 105km, hopefully arriving before St Patrick's Day.☘️ We have 3 spaces remaining so if you would like to take part, just log into your SWIMTAG account and accept the invitation! The battle will start once all four centres have assembled a team of ten swimmers! 📲 You do not need to be Michael Phelps to enter as all efforts are appreciated! Bring it home Team Westwoods! 🏊‍♀️🏆 #SWIMTAG #StPaddysDay #stpaddys #guinnessstorehouse #swimming #swimmingpool #swimchallenge

04 Mar 24

New #PB, fastest have #Swam 80 lengths. Beat previous PB by 2 mins. Not bad, considering had stomach bug earlier in week. Maybe as am lighter after said illness, been able to move faster. Regardless, am pretty pleased. #Swimming #JustKeepSwimming #SwimTag #ACLReconstruction #Breaststroke

10 Feb 24

3000m swim completed in 01:18hr this afternoon. Only 195 lengths remaining #longdistanceswimming #swimtag #thehudsonriverswim

25 Jan 24

5th Jan vs 23rd Jan Pretty much nearly the same swim time, but an extra 100m accomplished in that time 💪🏼💪🏼 Even though the pool was really busy for some reason this morning, I've managed to smash out a new PB for the year in terms of swim length & time! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️ #morningswim #swimmingfitness #swimmingforweightloss #swimtag #weightlossjourney #75dayhard #75daychallenge

23 Jan 24

My morning swim - just one mile today. #swim #swimming #swimlife #swimtag #swimmer #swimtraining #swimtime #everyoneactive #everyonesctivehemelhempstead #boxmoor #hemel #hemelhempstead #herts #hertfordshire

18 Jan 24

Winter is definitely not my favourite season temperature wise, but I'm now post-jab and recovered from illness, so it's back to fundraising! I'm actually quite impressed with how much front crawl I managed to do, I was expecting to be back to near where I started after so long off, but we did it 💪 It definitely wasn't the easiest, and the first 20-30 lengths are always hard, but it's worth it for how peaceful the second mile is once my body has settled in 🏊‍♀️ #swimmer #swimming #swimtag #swim #aspirechannelswim #aspire #aspirechannelswim2023 #fundraiser #fundraising #spinalcordinjury #spinalhealth #spinalinjury #charity #charityswim #fitness

11 Nov 23

Do you use SwimTag? 🏊‍♀️ Here at Andover Leisure Centre our members use SwimTag to help them stay motivated, and it’s FREE for our swim and premium members! During the Month of June our SwimTag users swam a total off 12,759km between our 89 current SwimTag users. 🤩 Why not become a user and track your stats on your next swim with us? Pick yours up at reception on your next visit for FREE! #swimtags #swimming #andoverleisurecentre #trackyourprogress #swimtag #startnow

28 Jul 23

I had my session corrected from a few weeks ago! It now looks much closer to how I thought I swam, especially time wise, and I'm pretty happy with the results 😍 Absolutely loving swimtag it's so helpful being able to see a complete breakdown of my swim, and it's amazing that an incorrect analysis can be corrected by having a person go through the data recorded 🔥

30 Jun 23

Spent the latter half of yesterday having mild-moderate heart palpitations, so I took it pretty easy today. Lots of rests and water breaks, and I mostly focused on skills rather than lengths! Did a lot of exclusive arm work, especially for front crawl as it's my weakest stroke, and I could definitely tell the difference by the end of the session 🥳 #swimmer #swimming #swim #swimtag #pool #swimmingpool #laneswimming #technique #improvingtechnique

30 Jun 23

Our swimtag users had a great month in the pool last month! Here are the stats: 479km swam overall 143090 calories burnt overall 222 hours spent in the pool These are all higher numbers than in April, so lets keep up the hard work this month! If you haven't used SWIMTAG before -it is free to use for members and adult Swim School students and helps you to keep track of your progress in the pool. You can also join challenges to push you on your swimming journey; the current challenge is to swim the distance of the Loch Ness - you have until the end of the month to complete (and please let us know if you see the monster!) Ask at reception to try SWIMTAG. #swimtag #seeyourswim #tmactive #larkfieldleisurecentre

07 Jun 23

What a difference a week makes. Knocked over 10 mins off my 30 laps this morning… although seemed to have burnt less calories?! Go figure 😂 swimtag app is super useful to track all my swims from my watch and improve week on week 🏊‍♀️ #swimtraining #swimming #swim #swimmer #swimlife #swimmingpool #swimmerslife #swimmers #swimteam #training #swimpractice #instaswim #swimmerlife #pool #swimminglife #loveswimming #swimmingtime #swimtime #swimtag

26 May 23

I was slower tonight than last week, but I had mowed the lawn and cycled to the pool. I knew I was doing better but looking at a swim from 18 months ago it was still a surprise! I’m so grateful and lucky to have my health on the up and fitness improving. #howdoesitgetbetterthanthis🧞‍♂️

07 May 23

160 lengths (4k) in the bag! My last long training swim before the first 5k swim of my swimathon_uk 30.9k Challenge next Friday. . . . . . #swimathon #swimathon2023 #swimathon23 #swimathon30k #swimathon30 #swimathon5k #swimathon5000metres #swimathontriple5k #swimathontriple5km

21 Apr 23

Can you get to the top of the leaderboard? This April we are challenging our swimmers to Swim all the way around Easter Island! Swimmers must be registered with SWIMTAG to take part. Not registered? No problem, ask the team at reception next time you’re in! #swimming #laneswimming #swimworkout #swimtag

20 Apr 23

I‘ve been working on a new hobby („obsession „🙈) over the last few months and am quite proud of meself for sticking with it. ☺️ If I follow Malcolm Gladwell‘s 10,000 hour principle then I only have another 9,882 hours until I’m swimming like Adam Peaty! 😇😎 #swimming #fitnessmotivation #fitnessgoals #adampeaty #swimtag #swimathon #triple5k #triple5kchallenge #schwimmen #malcolmgladwell #outliers #activehartlepool

21 Mar 23

Swimathon and swimtag are once again teaming up to bring a new edge to your swimming training! SWIMTAG is a training and monitoring platform for swimmers of all abilities where swimmers can track their swims, join virtual challenges, compete with other swimmers, track personal bests and much much more! To kick off the launch with SWIMTAG, we will be running a competition series starting TODAY where SWIMTAG users can log their best training times over the 400m, 1.5km, 2km and 5km distances and see how they compare with other swimmers in the Swimathon Competition Series. SWIMTAG is free to use and open to anyone with a compatible Sports Watch (Apple or Garmin) or SWIMTAG wristband which you can collect from participating pools. If you are already signed up, click the link in our bio to start logging those PB's and climbing the leaderboard 🏆

20 Mar 23

Another great month in the pool for our swimtag users: 371km swum 186 hours in the pool with SWIMTAG 113994 calories burnt whilst swimming Well done and keep going through March! There is still a month left to complete the Iron Man Distance challenge, and you can begin the new Loch Ness challenge today 🏊‍♀️ SWIMTAG is free to Swim & Spa and Health & Fitness members - ask at reception to use one. #tmactive #larkfieldleisurecentre #swimtag #getactiveyourway

01 Mar 23

I didn’t realise that there were any prizes so was highly suspicious when Zoe got an email from the Sports Centre, but it was genuine. I managed just over 63km in the pool in January which was more than any of the other SWIMTAG swimmers. 👏 Well done to all our swimmers who took part in last month’s #swimtag competition, we look forward to you joining us in the coming months. 🥇A special mention to Steve Gilden who topped our leaderboard and won our swimming goody bag! Want to get involved? Ask our team at reception about SwimTag next time you visit🏊‍♀️. SwimTag challenges run every month, with opportunities to win prizes for specific challenges! #swimtag #publicswim #laneswimming #swimmingpools #swim #swimming #exercise #exercisemotivation #exerciseroutine #exercisedaily #sportscentre #everyonesctive #everyonesctivehemelhempstead

28 Feb 23