Lifestyle

SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Pick Dressel’s 100 IM As Most Impressive Swim of ISL Season

64.1% of voters picked Caeleb Dressel’s 100 IM as the most impressive swim of 2020 ISL season, and Dressel’s swims combined for 87.5% of the total votes.

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Get the 2020 Year in Review SwimSwam Magazine For Your Swimmer’s Holiday Gift

SwimSwam Magazine’s 2020 Year In Review is ready to ship now, and it is the perfect holiday gift for your swimmer, swammer, or swim coach.

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2019 World Champions Sarah Köhler and Florian Wellbrock Announce Engagement

The German distance freestyle duo of Florian Wellbrock and Sarah Köhler have announced their engagement via Instagram today.

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Incoming White House Press Sec. Jen Psaki Swam Collegiately at William & Mary

Psaki, named the incoming White House Press Secretary for the Biden administration, swam collegiately for two years at the College of William & Mary.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Schooling Has His Own App

Check out this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines, with aquatic superstars Duncan Scott and Joseph Schooling both featured in this edition.

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10 Swimming Charities Worth Your Attention on #GivingTuesday

Over 100 Olympians have participated in Swim Across America events, which has granted nearly $100 million in funding directly to support cancer research.

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Making The Best of Your Current Situation For Future Success

“Very few of us have the ideal training situation during these times. Make the best of what you have available and keep moving forward.”

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Yoga for Swimmers: Sharpening Your Mental Skills

Yoga not only a physical practice it is also an incredible way to work on the mental skills they can help your performance in the water…

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The Official ISL Season 2 Crossword Puzzle Is Here

Let’s do this! Put your International Swimming League (ISL) season 2 knowledge to the ultimate test with the official SwimSwam crossword puzzle.

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Is The 50 Free a Crapshoot?

In a race that takes under 30 seconds, a single turn hit long, a slow start, or a bad breakout can easily be the difference between first and second place.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 47% Like ISL’s Experimental 800 Free Format

Almost half of voters considered the experimental 800 free a “great addition” to the ISL’s event lineup, with 31% worrying about the complexity of scoring.

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Read Olympian Katie Hoff’s Prologue to her New Book “Blueprint”

“Blueprint” is a candid account of the extraordinary life and athletic journey of one of America’s greatest athletes and a champion in every way…

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Jeff Julian Grateful For Support: “It Gives Me the Strength To Get Back Up”

Julian described what it’s meant to him to see so much support from the swimming community as he undergoes cancer treatment.

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The Art of Social Kicking

Whether it be a 200 warm-down or a kick set that you decided to make social by “accidentally” pushing alongside a friend, social kick is always a good time.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Cam McEvoy’s Dog Is Living The Life

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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