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Swimming might be the single best thing you can do to avoid the diseases that plague our sedentary society and to vastly improve the function of both your body and mind.
Open Water
It’s alive! History, that is. And a lot of other stuff, but if you plan your swim well, you’ll probably avoid the sharks.
Vito Bialla wants to help you with that planning. “We want to bring...
Open Water
One of the best parts of organizing your own swim is that the start is a low key affair. No one is sprinting. There are no bullhorns. You just walk into the water when you’re good and ready. Sure,...
Biography
A long time member of the Florida Aquatic Combined Team, iconic Masters swimmer Bunny Cederlund passed away in 2011 at the age of 89, or “FINA 90” as she liked to think of it. Bunny (Agnes)...
Conversations about competitive swimming for adults began in the 1960s. But it wasn't until 1971 that the ball really got rolling. Below is a timeline of some of the historical highlights of the...
Training / USMS Promotional
Throughout 2010, there was a button on the USMS homepage that you could click and enter a contest to win a Fastlane Pool from Endless Pools. Endless Pools’ products are essentially water...
Biography / Open Water
If Tina Neill could re-design the world, everyone would be comfortable around open water. Instead, she volunteers her time and incredible energy to make Minnesota, her current corner of the world, a...
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