Do You Spend 1/3rd of Your Life Sleeping?
Sleep is an often-overlooked but essential element of a solid training plan and if not budgeted for, can wreak havoc on your training, performance and health.
Friday Marks the 10-Year Anniversary of the Death of Fran Crippen
As history rolls on and time slips away, the lessons of history become the legacy of a tragedy.
Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Lezak, Sandeno, and Krayzelburg Suit Up
We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.
Beyond The Lane Lines: Swimming Australia Looks For New Broadcast Home
Catch up on swim happenings from around the world in this edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Australia, Germany and more.
The Hungry Swimmer: All About Oatmeal 2.0
Oatmeal isn’t just some mushy, bland substance you force down in the morning. Check out some of the possible combinations you can create!
Five Seconds Behind… A Poem
Something every swimmer has experienced: the person behind them not leaving five seconds apart.
In Memory of Fran Crippen
Former open water elite Mark Warkentin remembers his complicated relationship with Fran, and how it evolved during, and then after, his own swimming career.
What Swimmers Can Do to Be More Focused at Practice
Being able to control your focus means you are going to swim with better technique, get more enjoyment from the process, and ultimately, swim faster.
Ask Swim Mom: My Parents Embarrass Me
“Although we want to be supportive and involved, there should be a limit to our involvement if we are negatively impacting our kids.”
SwimSwam Pulse: 37% Want To See Butterfly Skins Race in ISL Season
Butterfly (37.2%) and breaststroke (26.3%) led our poll, with readers most excited to see multi-round skin races of the short-axis strokes.
QUIZ: Can You Name Each Member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team?
Can you name each member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic swim team? Test your knowledge in our latest and toughest swimming quiz.
Where’s Waldo Caeleb Dressel?
Take a mid-week break with SwimSwam’s very own take on ‘Where’s Waldo’. Challenge your teammates to this fun, swimmer pic scan.
NY Breakers Best Cali Condors 51-49 In 2020 ISL Logo Bracket
It was a thriller to wrap up our 2020 International Swimming League logo bracket, with the New York Breakers besting the Cali Condors by just 2% of the votes.
SwimSwam Podcast: “Professor” Anthony Ervin Teaches the Lessons of Sprinting
Ervin gets into the lessons he’s learned as a sprinter and what it takes to become a successful one on the world’s biggest stage.
Shouts From The Stands: Numbers
In swimming, everything is measured by numbers. But ultimately they are far from what is most important.
