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Are you a swimmer—be it sprinter or long distance—who believes that protein supplementation is strictly for weight lifters and bodybuilders? If so, it's vitally important to understand that...
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Instinct rarely serves you well in swimming. The human survival impulse in water screams, “Get head above water! Get vertical! Get out!” For the majority of swimmers, despite having quelled most of these primal urges, the “need” to lift the head, if only a wee bit in order to breathe, still remains.
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One of the most visible changes in the history of swimming is the swimsuit itself. From the first Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece, 1896, where only male swimmers participated (in a body suit...
Training
For many swimmers, the part of their swimming technique most flawed is everything done while trying to snag that next gulp of air and then recovering from the experience over the next stroke, or two,...
Training
When you walk into your local swim shop it is easy to get overwhelmed by the hundreds of goggles to choose from: hard frames, soft frames, mirrored, non-mirrored, anti-fog—not to mention all of the...
Training
In the last issue of STREAMLINES, I wrote about starting the New Year off right with some SMART goals. As a reminder, SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Adjustable, Realistic and Time-based. By...
Training
As swim seasons come and go, and what we use at the pool changes with fads and new rules, we often narrow our focus to the latest and greatest and forget about awesome (and maybe less awesome)...
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