Welcome to your Swim Spa

What a fantastic investment in your health, wellbeing and fitness you have just made. I’m excited to see where you take your swimming fitness and skills, so on that note I’m here to give you some hints, tips and little quirky tricks that can help you make the most of your swim spa.

Firstly, it’s worth just pausing to appreciate the fitness you will gain from swimming regularly as it has incredible health benefits. It will help to improve your lung capacity, improve cardiovascular circulation, muscular tone and strength whilst not overloading the joints or body, the benefits go on and on!

Secondly, (and this is a biggie!) swimming can create a space where mindfulness becomes your extra layer of under armour to approach your day. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I went into a swimming training session with a head full of thoughts and anxieties, but yet came out the other end of that session with a clear head, feeling energised to challenge my day. When the swimming training is right for you, then the benefits will be felt all around.

So, let’s get started on our hints and tips to get you started and enjoying your swim spa experience.

Chris Cook

Where to start

The first place to start is to work out what you’d like to get out of the swim spa personally. This will be personal to you, so acknowledge it.

Remember, the first part of any journey is working out ‘Where am I going?’.

I urge people to write down their goals and make them meaningful. They have to mean something to you – personalise it. Some may want to turn up regularly and swim 2 – 3 – 4 times per week (or more) others may want to improve speed, stamina, strength.

Whatever the goal – write it down or put it somewhere that will remind you. I used to like writing my goals down on post it notes and putting them on the bathroom mirror. I knew I was going to be there brushing my teeth first thing in the morning and last thing before bed, these are great ways to motivate and remind ourselves that we have a goal and it’s not going to achieve itself.

Once you know what you want out of your swim spa (bear in mind these goals can change in time, so feel free to go through this process again whenever you need to) the next step is to make a start.

Like I always say to children learning to swim ‘you can’t get soaking wet from the word water… you have to get in and get started’.