How to Do Starts With the New Blocks New blocks are made from sturdy materials, are permanently secured into pool decks, and may have wedges and grip bars for forward starts and ledges for backstroke starts. These three recent additions can make your starts faster and more powerful—if you know how to use them in a way that's best for you. By Kris Goodrich
There’s Something About the Water First, the good news: Our brains age slower than our muscles. Although we start losing muscle mass around age 30, our memories don't start to fade until much later. We might have mild forgetfulness in our 50s, but for most of us, our old noodles don't start to soften until we're in our 60s or 70s. Now for the bad news: By David McGlynn
It's All in the Numbers As many great scientific discoveries have, Ken Ono's came about by accident. His son swam for a USA Swimming club, and Ono was working with a private coach to improve his own swimming abilities, when a member of the Emory swim team enrolled in his class on number theory. By David McGlynn
Free-Styling Long before everyone posted photos of all their meals on Instagram, stylists like Ed Gabriels used the art of food appeal and supreme attention to detail to create mouthwatering images that sold not just a product or a restaurant but a whole lifestyle. By Elaine K. Howley
