How to Improve your Flexibility
Flexibility is an important part of every swimmer’s training, but it is often overlooked. Not only does flexibility improve your range of motion, but it also protects against injury. Let’s discuss a few ways you can improve your flexibility within your training to improve your athleticism in the water.
3 Ways to Maintain your Strength In Swimming
Staying in better shape by maintaining your strength from one season to the next will help you manage preseason training better and set you up for a great training cycle. Let’s discuss three ways you can maintain your strength over the course of your break.
Records, Stereotypes Fall in LGBTQ Movement
Proud to Play: Where the Gay and Athletic Communities Intersect by Oliver Goodman | [email protected] “Stereotypes are like records,” Jack…
Sara Holman Named 2014’s Air Force Athlete of the Year
First Lt. Sara Holman has been selected as the 2014 Air Force Athlete of the Year for her stellar efforts…
Lessons From Legends – Olympic Champion Mike Barrowman
“One of the great competitors in the last 25 years of swimming is Mike Barrowman, a 200 breaststroker.”
Why Matt Biondi matters so much to the sport of swimming – 1988 Video Vault
“Swimmers, know thy swimming history.” Before Michael Phelps, Matt Biondi was USA Swimming’s superstar. Competing at the 1984, 1988 and…
The 4 Most Common Extracurricular Activities of the Competitive Swimmer
#2 Napping. Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian must know what we’re talking about. Sprinters are fast, but big, strong sprinters love to nap.
From Heart-Attack to World Records in Swimming
Larry Day, University of Michigan alum and the Founder/President of Pal Pace, is a well-known masters swimming champion. The sport…
Josh Davis National Record Celey Time Lapse Video
Davis captured two national records at USMS Springs Nationals. Mike Lewis, SwimSwam Photographer, put together a great “celey” time lapse video. See it here.
More than 40 USMS records fall at Masters Spring Nationals
More than 40 different Masters National records fell at the short course national championship in San Antonio this weekend, including a number to some former Olympians.
Josh Davis Breaks USMS Record, Interviews USMS Star Matt Grevers, Hosts Mutual of Omaha BREAKOUT Swim Clinic
Josh, 42 years old, dropped a 1:38.23 breaking the 200 yard free USMS Record for the 40-44 age group. (Michael Ross held the record at 1:38.94.)
Why You Should Listen to your Swim Coach
Listening to your coach is something that every swimmer needs to learn to do. Athletes that have a coach that they can rely on and have confidence in will become greater swimmers in the long run.
Shouts from the Stands: From a swim mom to a swimmer
SwimSwam welcomes reader submissions about all topics aquatic, and if it’s well-written and well-thought, we might just post it under…
Swimming is for life USMS Nationals Photo Vault
There’s a lot of fast swimming going on in San Antonio Texas this week at the Nationwide USMS Spring Nationals. Swim…
2015 Nationwide USMS Spring Nationals: Results, Records and More – Video Feature
Swimming Video is courtesy of U.S. Masters Swimming and Executive Director Rob Butcher.
