Fuelling and Training for Marathon Swimming
Real-world, evidence-backed sports nutrition and training insights with founder and head coach of Swim Smart Coaching, Stewart Scott.
Get Your Marathon Swimming Guide
What You'll Find Inside
Insights from found and head coach of Swim Smart Coaching, Stewart Scott
Get his take on sports nutrition and how to prepare for long-distance swims and races.
“Swimming is a fantastic form of exercise and often highly recommended since it’s low impact and has a low risk of injury compared to land-based sports. However, swimmers new to distance and marathon swimming should be cautious and increase their intensity gradually to give their bodies adequate time to rest and recover between swims.
How to fuel for marathon swimming
Understand what your body loses when you race that you absolutely need to replenish.
Supplements that support performance
Learn the supplements that have a perceptible impact on your swimming performance.
How to dose and time your supplements
Learn how and when to incorporate them into your routine properly.
Small, Consistent Inputs that Compound Over Time
We design sports nutrition as a system to support the work you repeat, not just the all-out sessions and races.
Ingredients rooted in research
Each must have a pattern of evidence showing it will help improve your athletic performance.
The right dose at the right time
Consistent daily or strategic use adds up to real, measurable progress in your training.
Built for how athletes actually train
Real-world training is never perfect, so your sports nutrition needs to be reliable.
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