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SwimSwam Podcast: Rebecca Soni on Finding Your Rhythm as a Breaststroker

Soni goes deep into what is essential for being consistent with your training in breaststroke, even when it’s feeling out of rhythm.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 83% Picking Cal Men Over Stanford In Pac-12

It’s a runaway in the men’s Pac-12, where a late transfer probably only expanded a massive Cal lead in votes for the preseason favorite.

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Quiz Time: What’s Your On-Deck Swimmer Style?

SwimSwam Quiz Time is back with a fun way to find out your on-deck swimmer style. See if we get it right for what you’ll be wearing at your next meet.

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FORM goggles get GPS open water features – available now

Available now, this update gives swimmers with FORM goggles the ability to view GPS performance metrics like distance, pace, heart rate, elapsed time & more.

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17 Ways You Know You Are a Distance Swimmer

The distance competitive swimmer has their own set of struggles. Here are 17 ways you know that you are a distance swimmer.

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Michael Phelps Shines Spotlight On Mental Health, Documentary On Today Show

American Olympic icon Michael Phelps was a special guest on NBC News’ TODAY, shining a light on his new documentary entitled The Weight of Gold.

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Review: ‘The Weight of Gold’ Shows Darkness Can Come With Greatness

‘The Weight of Gold’, a documentary chronicling the mental heath struggles of Olympians narrated by Michael Phelps, debuts Wednesday on HBO

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Former Tennessee Swimmer Starts Adaptive Clothing Line

Read up on this week’s swimming stories from around the web, featuring former Tennessee swimmer Mary Cayten Brakefield’s new project.

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Il Nuoto Non Ti Cambia, Ti Fa Solo Capire Chi Sei

Il nuoto non ti cambia. Si nuota per tanti motivi. Io ho capito che lo faccio per egoismo, per amor proprio. Dentro l’acqua ci sono solo io.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 81% Pick Stanford Women As Pac-12 Favorites

Stanford is running away with the women’s Pac-12 title in the preseason – at least, according to 81% of SwimSwam voters.

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The Hungry Swimmer: Vegetarian Meal Ideas

Vegetarian meals typically get a bad rap for being boring and lacking protein. Here are three protein-packed meal ideas to debunk this myth!

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Yoga for Swimmers: Three Ways to Develop Greater Body Awareness

Developing greater body awareness is one of the advantages of incorporating a swimming-specific yoga practice into your training plan.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jason Pullano on How to Gamify Swimming

In this podcast, Jason turns a swim workout into a game of Super Mario Kart. He has an entire spreadsheet for how it works

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58% of USA Swimming Sanctioned Times Are Lifetime Bests So Far in July

With about 8,500 splashes in the USA Swimming database, approximately 58% of times have come out as new personal bests so far.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Sushi Suits & Donut Holes

Further proof that Batman is, in fact, a super hero.

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