{"id":8067,"date":"2021-05-07T07:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2024-11-11T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T10:20:30","slug":"endurance-swimming-star-adam-walkers-man-vs-ocean-book-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8067","title":{"rendered":"Endurance swimming star Adam Walker’s ‘Man VS Ocean’ book released"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Picking up a new hobby after watching a movie on an aeroplane may seem fairly normal to most people \u2013 but when that new hobby involves swimming the English Channel followed by some of the most dangerous straits of water known to man, it begins to sound less conventional!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adam Walker did exactly that, and eventually his accomplishments in swimming allowed him to turn his passion into a career as a swim coach and motivational speaker, with his own coaching website oceanwalkeruk.com to promote the teaching of the Ocean Walker front crawl technique. <\/p>\n

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From his humble beginnings as a toaster salesman, Adam went on to become the first Brit to swim from Spain to Morocco and back (a feat only nine people have ever accomplished). Not only this, but Adam had \u2018no choice\u2019 but to break the British record for a single crossing on the return swim before the tides and the weather got the best of him. He has also swam the Oceans 7 channel swimming challenge, the swimming equivalent to the seven summits in mountaineering, and a new book charting his epic adventures is now on sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a youngster, Adam suffered numerous injuries that hampered a potential cricket career and other sporting opportunities:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a similar story to most sportsmen who suffer injuries at a young age. By the time I got to my twenties I thought I was too old to make it anywhere in sport because you need to do it as a teenager.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt I was capable of doing something, but didn\u2019t know what it was. I watched a movie of a man swimming the English Channel on a plane and was inspired. I thought: well the two things I was bad at in my swimming days were front crawl and long distance. I was a backstroke sprinter before, so I made it my aim to master something I never got the hang of before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s rise from salesman to one of the most accomplished open-water swimmers around was immortalised by a peculiar scenario that would eventually end up on TV screens. While swimming in New Zealand for his dolphin conservation charity, Adam was joined on his journey by some unfamiliar company that may have saved his life. Footage went viral and has been seen over 5 million times on YouTube.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The video of Adam swimming in the Cook Strait, which has been viewed millions of times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of dolphins appeared, I had a shark underneath me but they stayed with me for an hour and a half, pretty much saving my life. This then led to a documentary on dolphin intelligence that I\u2019ve hosted this year. It\u2019s amazing what materialised from this strange sequence of events in the end!\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheer distances Adam covers led us to wander how he fuels his mammoth swims. His reply wasn\u2019t quite what we expected:<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time I got to New Zealand, the one thing that always settled my stomach and I found really beneficial was homemade soup; so I was getting my carbs mostly from vegatables and natural foods. Obviously that\u2019s not as many carbs as you\u2019d get in specific energy products, but because it\u2019s all natural and good for my system I didn\u2019t get any acid reflux issues that could have done more harm than good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout his ocean adventures, Adam has been an ambassador for swimming brand Zoggs, and talked us through their new Predator Range:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new Predator swim shorts are fantastically comfortable and durable, the last thing you need when you\u2019re swimming for 17 hours straight is poor quality kit so they\u2019ve been brilliant for me so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been a huge fan of the Zoggs Predator goggles; they\u2019re very soft and well-fitting, and I\u2019m excited for the smoke lenses to come out in January to help with really sunny swims!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After so many accomplishments, Adam told us he\u2019s not quite done yet, and still has some tricks up his sleeve for the future:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve now started hosting long-distance swimming events, so I\u2019m really enjoying giving back to others and helping them achieve their goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After achieving most of the things I wanted to personally, I\u2019m now more focused on promoting the sport of swimming by coaching and teaching the Ocean Walker swimming technique, which has led to many of my swimmers achieving PB\u2019s and preventing shoulder injuries. I\u2019m also committed to raising awareness of my dolphin conservation charity, something very dear to my heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure if there will be another ocean challenge because once you\u2019ve swam the seven toughest, there\u2019s nothing to really top it! But I do have a challenge planned, it\u2019s a bit up in the air at the moment and I can\u2019t reveal what it is, but watch this space in the new year!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Adam Walker\u2019s book \u2018Man VS Ocean\u2019 is now available to buy here. You can also visit the Ocean Walker website to find out more about the Ocean Walker front crawl swimming technique, and Adam\u2019s website to find out more about his latest challenges and events.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Zoggs Predator swimwear range launches in January 2016 and will be available exclusively at Wiggle.\u00a0<\/strong>The launch is being supported by open water swimmers and triathletes who have tried and tested the Predator range.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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From January 2016 further information and product details will be available at <\/strong>www.wiggle.co.uk\/zoggs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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