Lifestyle

The 18th Annual Euro Meet: European Tradition, Global Swimming Impact

This year’s event, the 29th-31st of January, 2016, has already garnered entries from international superstars such as Laszlo Cseh, Mireia Belmonte, Hannah Miley and Marco Koch, with more big names on the way.

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Truman State Swim & Dive Joins The Orange Bead Collective Movement

The swimming & diving team at Truman State University in Missouri has banded together to support mental health through a movement called the Orange Bead Collective.

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Arena Pro Swim Series Day 3 Photo Vault

Two words twice: World Record, Katie Ledecky.  What an amazing cap off to a great weekend in Austin.  Katie Ledecky…

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Arena Pro Swim Series Austin Day 2 Photo Vault

Wow. It’s obviously the Olympic year has a bunch of folks psyched for Rio.  Not only is there great action in…

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A Day in the Life of a Swimmer (Video)

Djordje Mihajlovic, a Trinidadian/Serb swimmer going to school and training in Kenya, has made a video about a day in his life. It resonates with just about all swimmers, though. Watch it and see.

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Austin Pro Swim Series Day 1 Photo Vault

It’s going big in Texas this weekend with heavy load of top swimmers from around the world dropping in at…

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Bob Bowman Announces Release Date Of His Book “The Golden Rules”

Want to set goals like the GOAT? Check out ASU Head Coach Bob Bowman’s book entitled, “The Golden Rules”, scheduled to be released May 17th.

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SwimMom Musings: Six Ways to Embrace Your Destiny

If you wanna love the sport your whole life, it is important to embrace your own destiny. Even if you are not Rio bound, here’s how you can enjoy an amazing ride one stroke at a time.

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Physiological Proof: Promoting a Long Glide in Breaststroke Decreases Performance

How often have we seen swimmers practicing drills that promote a long glide? 1 pull, 3 second glide? 1 pull, 5 second glide?

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I Have Known Pain

I have known pain. The pain that comes from something physical but causes mental pain as well. Which is worse? Undoubtedly the mental pain.

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Shouts From The Stands: 5 Reasons To Look Forward To Dry Season

I’m not here to argue the science of alcohol’s affects on athletes, so before we go down that road I want to turn our attention to my top five reasons why swimmers should look forward to dry season.

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Derek Toomey: The Life of a Pro Swimmer (Video)

Derek Toomey, who graduated from Minnesota in 2014 and is now a professional swimmer training with The Trojan Swim Club, invites us into his training life in this GoPro video.

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Dear Swimming, I Fell in Love with You.

Dear Swimming: From the moment, I started peeling off the new goggle stickers, diving off blocks, racing 25s, imagining touching out for the gold in the Great Forum which is NJ swimming, I knew one thing was real. I fell in love with you.

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Wingate Bulldogs’ 2016 Training Trip in Altamonte Springs, FL (Video)

Watch the Wingate Bulldogs, hard at work, on their 2016 training trip to Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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