Squeezing the swim leg into a packed multi-sport calendar can be tough, but our triathlon swim training Amsterdam guides make every pool minute count. From six-week sprint-tri plans to open-water sighting sessions at Het Twiske and Nieuwe Meer, we cover pacing strategies, the drills that translate directly to race-day speed, and the pool-to-lake transition adult swimmers always underestimate. Written by Win and Swim coaches for adult triathletes training around Amsterdam.
“I’m a strong swimmer, the cold won’t bother me.” That’s the sentence I hear right before someone gasps, grabs the dock, and climbs straight back out. The thing that catches confident swimmers off guard in a Dutch lake isn’t distance…
You’d think a city built on water would make outdoor swimming in Amsterdam easy. It doesn’t. Most of Amsterdam’s canals are off-limits, half the “beaches” you see on Instagram aren’t officially swimmable, and the rules change every season. So where…
“I can swim laps just fine; how hard can a lake be?” That’s the line we hear most often from confident pool swimmers right before their first open water session humbles them. The truth is, open water swimming is a…
