Swimrun
August 14, 2018
SWIMRUN SERIES| Equipment | Swim Paddles
Orca is back with more on Swimrun, which we have been focusing on for the last few weeks. This time we will be discussing equipment and one of the items that is used most...
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Tips & Tricks
August 13, 2018
HOW TO| How to put a wetsuit properly on by Emma Pallant
Welcome to our latest post! Today we are with another member of the BMC-Vifit Sport Team powered by Uplace, none other than Emma Pallant, silver medalist in...
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Tips & Tricks
August 7, 2018
SWIMMING TIPS | How to improve your body rotation in the water by Liz Blatchford
When you swim, both your body's position and the way that you balance affect the way that your body glides through the water. Once again, we asked our athletes about some drills that can improve...
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Swimrun
July 24, 2018
SWIMRUN SERIES| What makes Swimrun a unique sport
As we mentioned in our first post, most swimrunners come from triathlon, where their biggest handicap is usually the cycling portion. Our athletes talk about how the multiple transitions and...
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Tips & Tricks
July 23, 2018
HOW TO | How to select your wetsuit size by Chris Leiferman
At Orca, we are turning to Chris Leiferman again who is showing us some tricks for choosing the proper size wetsuits from the Orca range. In the below video you will see that according to Chris, the best way...
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Swimrun
July 19, 2018
SWIMRUN SERIES| What's Swimrun
Swimrun, as we mentioned in our last post and as our swimrunners tell us in the video below, is a race format that may resemble aquathlon, but that has a touch of adventure...
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Tips & Tricks
July 13, 2018
SWIMMING TIPS | How to improve your breathing when you're swimming by Chris Leiferman
In this post we will show you three basic drills that the athlete, from the BMC-Vifit Sport Team powered by Uplace, uses to improve...
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Swimrun
July 10, 2018
SWIMRUN SERIES| Introduction to Swimrun
At Orca we are always saying that we want to keep innovating and expanding our product range into other sports related to triathlon, like the one we are discussing in today's post. Although this sport is quite new...
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Tips & Tricks
July 3, 2018
HOW TO| How should a wetsuit fit by Chris Leiferman
In the video below, Chris Leiferman shares several pointers for making sure your wetsuit fits your body as well as possible, how important it is not to have it too tight and areas of the wetsuit which require more flexibility.
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Tips & Tricks
June 19, 2018
SWIMMING TIPS | How to improve your head position in the water by Chris Leiferman
Today, together with Chris Leiferman, winner of the 2016 Ironman 70.3 Austin, and member of the BMC-Vifit Sport Team powered by Uplace, we will be discussing correct head positioning and some drills that will allow you to...