Swimming can be an excellent way to get in shape. Swim workouts provide a great, non-impact method for stretching also. Best of all, swimming is unlike any other workout. You will not feel like you are actually working out. The following easy swim workouts are recommended for beginners and intermediate swimmers alike. Swimming is a great way to get in shape, even if you are immobile and not able to perform high intensity workouts. The fluid range of motion of the water provides for an incredibly safe workout.

These workouts range from 400m to 1200m in length. After some time you might even be able to tackle the 2000m! Please bear in mind that these workouts are not supposed to replace a professional coach or fitness instructor but should only serve as a guide to easy swim workouts for beginners.

Swimming three times a week is a great way to get familiar with the workouts. A beginner will typically find impressive results when they swim three to four times a week. Let’s take a look at the terms involved when performing easy swim workouts:

Right arm: This is where you use your right arm only. You can use a buoy while you extend and stroke with your right arm
Left arm: You use the buoy to keep your right arm extended and in front of you while extending and stroking strictly with your left arm.
Pull: Using a standard buoy, you can focus on stroke and body position. A buoy will also help you maintain horizontal posture in the water
Catch up: With the pull buoy you practice left and right arm strokes while one arm rests on the buoy
Kick: This can be performed with or without fins. A flutter board can also be useful in kicking.

And now on the exercises! You can perform endurance, form and speed swim exercises. A typical 400m endurance exercise involves a 4×25 warm up and a main set drill of 2×25 pull ladder. A cool down session of 3×25 is also recommended. With form exercises you can perform 4×25 for the warm up. For the main set drill you can perform 2×25 right arm, 2×25 left arm, 2×25 kick, 2×25 pull and 2×25 catch up. A cool down of 2×25 is recommended

For a speed exercise you can perform the same basic warm up and a main set of 8×25 hard sets with long recovery. After your done a 4×25 cool down session is recommended.