Swim Fit Alaska LLC

Swim Fit Alaska LLC We offer half-hour and hour-long swimming lessons/ training sessions. Our coaches have a combined total of 75 years of teaching experiance.

🌟 Owned & Operated by a 3x World Champ & All-American Swimmer 🥇
💃 Woman-Owned | Customized Lessons for Kids, Adults & Special Needs 🤝
🌊 Open Water Fanatics | Fairbanks’ #1 Swim School ⭐️ Swim Fit Alaska specializes in one-on-one personalized lessons and trainings that will get you seeing results faster. Not to mention our coaches have some of the industry's top certifications and coaching accredit

ations in the State of Alaska. We are a company located in Fairbanks, Alaska dedicated to helping people achieve their swimming goals. You can be 6 months-100 and we will have something new to offer you to help with your swimming experience. Please email us ([email protected]) for information on pricing and times that are available.

09/08/2026

🏊‍♀️ TECHNIQUE TUESDAY: FIX THAT STRAIGHT-ARM PULL

If your freestyle pull looks like one long, straight arm pushing through the water… we need to talk about that elbow. 👀

A straight-arm underwater pull can limit how effectively you catch and hold onto the water. Instead, we want to establish a strong catch by keeping the elbow higher while the hand and forearm angle downward, creating a much larger surface area to press against the water.

Think: elbow stays up → fingertips point down → forearm joins the catch → THEN you pull.

That bent-elbow position allows you to use your hand AND forearm as your paddle instead of relying on your hand alone. More water caught = a more effective pull and better propulsion.

And yes… this is why you’ll constantly see me pointing at your elbow and then your hand. 😂

Small technical changes can make a HUGE difference in freestyle efficiency.

09/07/2026

💦 WHY WATER WORKS: AQUATIC MOVEMENT + JOINT HEALTH

For kids AND adults dealing with joint pain, stiffness, limited mobility, or difficulty with traditional exercise, the water can completely change how movement feels.

Water naturally supports the body and reduces the amount of weight and impact placed on the joints. That means movements that may be uncomfortable or difficult on land can often be performed more comfortably in the pool.

Aquatic-based therapeutic movement can help:
✨ Improve range of motion
✨ Build strength with gentle water resistance
✨ Reduce stress and impact on joints
✨ Improve balance and stability
✨ Encourage more natural movement patterns
✨ Build confidence with movement
✨ Keep the body active without the pounding of land-based exercise

And this isn’t just for adults.

Kids with joint, mobility, developmental, or physical challenges can benefit from the same properties of the water. Sometimes taking gravity and impact out of the equation gives the body the opportunity to practice movements in an entirely different way.

The goal isn’t simply to “exercise in the pool.”

It’s using the unique properties of water to create an environment where movement can become safer, more comfortable, and more achievable. 💙

🌊 Swim Fit Alaska
Therapeutic & Adaptive Aquatic Instruction

09/06/2026

Working with 5-year-olds is all about patience, professionalism, and choosing your battles.

Also me:

“LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE.”

…that’s what I thought. 😂🔥

Sometimes you’re the swim coach.
Sometimes you’re the responsible adult.
And sometimes you’re fully committed to winning an argument with a kindergartener. 🤷‍♀️🏊‍♀️

Please tell me I’m not the only one who has found themselves WAY too invested in a debate with a five-year-old. 😂

09/05/2026

To the girls who thought they’d be farther along by now…

Don’t you dare quit. ❤️

Maybe you thought you’d be stronger by now.
Faster by now.
More successful by now.
More confident by now.
Maybe you thought life would look completely different at this point.

But you are not behind.

Some seasons are about winning. Some are about learning. Some are about rebuilding. And some are simply about putting one foot in front of the other when quitting would be easier.

Progress doesn’t always look impressive from the outside.

Sometimes progress is simply the fact that you’re still here. Still trying. Still showing up. Still believing there might be something bigger waiting for you.

You didn’t come this far just to decide you should’ve gotten there faster.

Keep going.

Your timeline is YOUR timeline. 💙

09/04/2026

When you’ve spent the entire week keeping everybody else alive… 🏊‍♀️😂

Watching swimmers.
Teaching water safety.
Fixing strokes.
Counting laps.
Answering questions.
Making sure everyone remembers to BREATHE.

And then the week is finally over…

So naturally, you’re lying on the floor, wrapped in a blanket, staring blankly into space like your last remaining brain cell just clocked out. 🫠

Swim coaches… you good?

No. No, we are not. 😂

But we’ll be back next week like nothing happened. 💙

09/03/2026

What’s your dream job? 💭

Sometimes your dream job isn’t the one that feels like a dream every single day.

It’s the one you’re willing to work for.
The one you keep learning for.
The one that challenges you, pushes you, frustrates you… and somehow still makes you think, “Yep. This is exactly where I’m supposed to be.”

For us, it’s never just been about teaching someone how to swim.

It’s watching fear turn into confidence.
Watching someone do something they were told they couldn’t do.
Watching a swimmer finally figure out the skill they’ve been fighting for.
Watching a child discover that the water can be a place where they feel strong.

Dream jobs still have hard days. They still require sacrifice, patience, education, and a whole lot of work behind the scenes.

But when you get to do something that genuinely changes people’s lives?

That’s pretty hard to beat. 💙

So… what’s YOUR dream job?

FIRST 10K BACK. Six years in the making. 🌊What you don’t see in this photo is everything it took to get here.After shoul...
09/02/2026

FIRST 10K BACK. Six years in the making. 🌊

What you don’t see in this photo is everything it took to get here.

After shoulder surgery in 2020, Kristina made the decision not to rush back. There was no dramatic comeback six months later. No straight line from surgery back to long-distance swimming.

Instead, there were years of PT. Weight training. Doctor appointments. Changing and completely rebuilding her stroke. Learning what her shoulder could tolerate—and, maybe more importantly, what it couldn’t.

And then there was distance.

A little more each year.

Not because she couldn’t push harder, but because the goal was never just to swim far again. The goal was to build a shoulder that could keep swimming for years to come.

Next week, she’ll attempt her first 10K since surgery.

And the word attempt matters.

She may finish it. She may not. Her shoulder may feel incredible, or her body may tell her that this isn’t the day. That’s part of open-water swimming, and it’s part of coming back from an injury.

We see people’s finish lines all the time. What we don’t see nearly as often are the years between the injury and that finish line—the boring rehab, the setbacks, the appointments, the strength work, the shortened swims, and the decision over and over again not to rush the process.

So this one isn’t really about 10K.

It’s about six years of patiently earning the chance to try. 🩷

09/02/2026

🔹 Technique Tuesday: The Backstroke Catch 🔹

One of the most challenging parts of backstroke isn’t the kick or the rotation—it’s developing an efficient catch.

Unlike freestyle, you can’t see what your arm is doing underwater. That means your catch has to be built through proprioception (your body’s awareness of movement) rather than visual feedback.

A quality backstroke catch starts with proper body rotation. Rotating just enough allows you to establish a higher elbow position, placing the shoulder in a stronger, healthier mechanical position while maximizing the amount of water you can hold throughout the pull. Too little rotation limits your catch. Too much rotation causes you to lose stability and power.

One of my favorite ways to teach this is with single-arm backstroke using fins. The fins provide propulsion so you can slow the stroke down, maintain body position, and focus entirely on feeling the catch instead of simply trying to stay afloat. Slowing the movement allows you to build the correct motor pattern before increasing speed.

Remember: You don’t improve your catch by pulling harder. You improve it by holding more water with better body position and mechanics.

09/01/2026

POV: Dad brings the kids to swimming lessons… and suddenly becomes the world’s leading expert on everything. 😂

“Well… I think it’s this… or maybe that… I’m not really sure…”

Meanwhile, Coach is just smiling and thinking, “Yep… we’ll figure it out when Mom gets here.” 🤣💙

No judgment—we’ve all been there! Sometimes the parent doing drop-off just doesn’t have the full play-by-play, and that’s totally okay. We meet every swimmer where they are and roll with it. 🏊

08/31/2026

Some families are told, “They’ll never be able to do that.”

We hear those words far too often.

At Swim Fit Alaska, we don’t start by focusing on limitations. We start by asking, “What can we do?” Then we build from there.

Whether your swimmer has autism, ADHD, anxiety, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, a physical disability, a developmental delay, or another unique challenge, our goal is always the same: meet them where they are and help them make meaningful progress at their pace.

Every swimmer’s journey looks different. Success doesn’t always mean the same thing for every family—but every step forward matters.

Because everyone deserves the opportunity to feel safe, confident, and capable in the water. 💙

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1910 Tanana Loop East
Fairbanks, AK
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