Opinion

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

A message from FINIS CEO and Founder John Mix…

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How can you set nutrition goals that will help you race your best?

With the start of the New Year comes New Year’s resolutions. We like to think of resolutions as goals, and these goals will help you become a better swimmer. Goals give us an edge in 3 ways…

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What Was Swimming Like 100 Years Ago?

Let’s take a bit of a break from wondering what 2016 will bring by looking back to what our swimming lives would have been like 100 years ago.

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A Letter to my Closest Teammate

Swim Friends Definition: 2 aquatic athletes bound by the mutual experience of pain, and the mutual respect for the others perseverance through long swim practices, often in highly chlorinated pools, on nights when their other friends were out at parties.

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8 Strategies For Game Day Swim Coaching Greatness

Pam Swander is the North Region Manager, Senior Division Lead and Senior 1 Lead Coach for SwimMAC Carolina. Her career spans 30+ years. She’s what I call swim-wise. See her “8 Strategies For Game Day Swim Coaching Greatness” here…

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You Finished Swim Practice and You Are Starving

Courtesy of Swimtern Bryana Cielo, a high school swimmer with an opinion shared 15,000+ times on Facebook.

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Dear Swimming, The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

“I held onto you because no matter how much you broke me down, you’ve made me so much stronger emotionally, intellectually, and academically. And I wouldn’t trade that strength for anything.”

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Top 6 Exercises For Strength And Muscle

One of the most important things every swimmer should do when they workout is build strength and muscle.

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7 Ways To Strengthen The Shoulders

Swimming is among the most popular low-impact fitness activities, with more than a million competitive and recreational swimmers just with in the United States and the shoulder is the joint that is most commonly affected by swimming.

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An Attitude Of Gratitude

Adopting an attitude of gratitude is a great way to navigate some of life’s more trying moments, putting into perspective the problems you are facing and allow you to embrace them and work through them with a calm that only gratitude can bring.

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Bridge Athletic Building Block #3 – Power Circuit for Christmas/Winter Training Trips

The BridgeAthletic Building Block Series is a set of 5 exercises that can be performed by swimmers of all levels on the pool deck. This building block is designed as a power circuit to add to Christmas/Winter training sessions.

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After Hamburg Rejection, Crossroads Looming On Olympic Identity

As the IOC considers its 2024 bids beginning next year and eventually selects a host in the year 2017, the future identity of the Olympic movement hangs in the balance.

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BridgeAthletic December Olympic Trials Preparation Tips

Just under 6 months until the 2016 USA Swimming Olympic Trials. Are you ready?

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Reactions To Coaching Bans Show How Far We Have Yet to Come

The following is solely the opinion of Chris DeSantis. While Chris DeSantis is a writer for Swimswam, his opinion does…

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Why In-State Recruiting Helps The Best Stay Better

It’s no surprise that the best swimming state’s public Universities sit on top of the NCAA rankings

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