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Sporty Swim work with TORQ Nutrition to provide not only the best natural fuelling products on the market but SportySwim educates it's staff to provide the correct guidance and advice surrounding fuelling and recovery guidance. Nutrition and Hydration is an often overlooked part of a swimmers routine in what is a such a rewarding but at times brutal sport. Torq Nutrition is a great way to keep your body fuelled before, during and after exercise.

They originally developed our range of performance nutrition products through a need to offer the highest standard of support to the athletes we worked with and TORQ has since evolved into the most desirable, respected and integral Performance Nutrition brand on the market today. TORQ use the purest potent natural ingredients to achieve our goals. Where possible, their products are certified Organic by the Soil Association, or carry the Fairtrade mark, providing farmers in developing countries a fair price for their produce. 

They don’t use chemical sweeteners, colours or artificial flavours, yet we work meticulously to deliver the finest natural flavour profiles available in any food product, let alone the niche sector TORQ is represented in. From product function, through to usability, flavour and packaging quality and design, they accept absolutely no compromise and always strive for perfection.

At SportySwim we stock a range of TORQ products to help you with your nutrition. Take a look at the range of the products below. 

See more information on nutrition here. Essential reading for any swimmer and parent.

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To help guide our customers, here are some of our thoughts regarding popular goggles here at SportySwim. Our thoughts and opinions are our own.

There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to goggles, as each individual is different. It is perfectly natural for swimmers to train in anything from high end racing goggle to a lower end training goggle, and the same concept for racing too. It is very much personal preference, and finding out what works best for you, and how you prefer to wear your goggles.

Training Choice: So many options for competition and leisure swimmers to choose from. 10 years ago, the obvious selection would have been the superb Speedo Merit. Hard wearing, comfortable and cheap! For whatever reason this is now long gone. The Arena Airspeed is our most popular goggle. Lightweight, comfortable and a nice price point with good colour and lens selections. Don’t discount the Arena Tracks, Maru Sonic, Pulse and the TYR Blackhawk.

Racing Choice: The Speedo Hyper Elite and Arena Cobra ranges dominate the market and who can argue. The selection really comes down to the swimmers personal choice. Don’t forget the AquaSphere Xceed which has a big following for those in the know. And the TYR Tracer X which is equally well received.

Junior Choice: Look no further than the TYR Swimples or range of AquaSphere goggles. Soft seals, great comfort and lots of lovely colours and designs.  The Swimples is a really good goggle for thinner faces 5 to 10.

Value Choice: Maru Sonic and Pulse have always been one of the go to goggles of the SportySwim team. A great price, comfortable and loved by everyone. Great choice for training and leisure alike.

Open Water/Triathlon Choice: In our opinion, look no further than the selection of AquaSphere goggles. They’re the experts and eyewear specialists. The Vista & Kayenne are always popular and with the new Defy Ultra as the high end Mask on the market, they will always continue to be one of the specialists in this field. Alternatively, you can look to Zone3 for their specialist Open Water goggle selection!