🏊♀️ Do you swim faster in the pool than you do in your wetsuit in open water?
- Nick de Meyer
- Aug 11
- 2 min read
You’re not alone — many triathletes find their open water pace is slower than expected, even with a wetsuit. But here’s the thing…
A properly fitted wetsuit should improve your body position and give you a speed boost of 7–10 seconds per 100m — sometimes up to 30 seconds if it really helps lift your legs.
So if you're going slower outside than in the pool… something’s off.
That’s where our Southsea Open Water Ocean Swim Lessons comes in 🌊
🔍 Why Is Your Open Water Pace Off?
1. Wetsuit fit.
Too tight or not pulled up properly? It can restrict your shoulders and pull your legs down. We’ll help you fit it right and swim free.
2. Poor sighting = drag + zigzagging.
Lifting your head too high makes your hips drop. We'll teach low-profile sighting and better navigation skills so you swim straighter.
3. Inconsistent pacing
Most triathletes start way too hard and fade. We coach you how to control effort, build rhythm, and use the ocean instead of fighting it.
4. You’re stuck in Zone 2💡
This is a big one: Over 90% of triathletes only swim Zone 2 in open water—long, slow, steady sessions with little variation.
The problem?
You lose fitness, can’t hold race pace, and never develop top-end speed or threshold endurance.
On our course, we give you structured interval sessions in the sea — yes, real interval sets in open water — to build your race fitness and train like you race.
5. Technique breakdown in cold water.
Stiff shoulders, short breathing, over-kicking — we fix it with drills, breathing technique, and proper warm-ups.
6. Not using drafting properly.
We coach how to draft legally and tactically, and how to avoid being slowed down if someone is dragging off you.
You’ll learn how to rotate from the hips and maximise distance per stroke, saving energy and holding form.
🧠 Why Structured Open Water Training Works
Studies show pool fitness doesn’t always transfer to open water.
Variables like waves, cold, navigation, pacing pressure, and group dynamics all change your swim.
And without structured sets, most triathletes lose speed, rhythm, and form when it counts.
We simulate race conditions and teach you how to handle them — with real-time feedback.
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Don’t waste another summer plateauing in Zone 2. Let’s help you race stronger, straighter, and faster than ever before!!! 🌊
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