Month: October 2013
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Behold the Starkenberger Brewery Castle Beer Bath
Described on starkenberger.at as the first beer swimming pool in the word, the Starkenberger BierBad in Imst just outside of Munich is our chance to finally swim in warm (weak) beer, in 7 pools filled with 12,000 liters of water and 300 liters of Biergeläger. It is supposed to be good for you, just don’t drink…
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Behold the Galluscam, the incredible DIY chicken powered steadicam
I’m struggling to find any swimming relevance in this, but have to share! :’-) See PictureCorrect Dave, a seasoned cameraman, has always been searching for the Holy Grail of photography—“that steady shot, that really stable picture.†When he’s not shooting, Dave is holed away in his man cave, inventing creative rigs aimed at stabilizing photographs…
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Coach Brendan Hansen on The Morning Swim Show
Brendan Hansen talks about his new role as coach at Lost Creek Aquatics in Austin, Texas.
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‘We have to start all over again’, says Norwegian national coach Petter Løvberg
Read full post on SwimmingWorld Just 18 months after the death of Norwegian swimming star Alexander Dale Oen, elite swimming in Norway is at a standstill national head coach Petter Lovberg admitted to NRK.no recently. “It’s in the cards that we now have to start all over again,” Lovberg said of the greatest challenge of his…
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CC #646: Gifts in the Istanbul 2009 European Champs goodie bag
A cap, a water bottle, a pen, a pin, a key ring, a USB disk, a T-shirt, a flask of pool water and ‘Droppy’. Photo taken at our hotel in Istanbul, back then.
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Diana Nyad On Perseverance
Diana Nyad on perseverance and what it takes to be a long distance swimmer. Join Diana on her 48-hour #SwimForRelief:http://bit.ly/Swim4Relief
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Ryan Lochte moves to Charlotte to train under SwimMac head coach David Marsh
See Charlotte Observer When you are an 11-time Olympic medalist and generally considered the best male swimmer in the world, you can train anywhere you want to. Ryan Lochte told The Observer Monday in an exclusive interview he has decided to train at SwimMAC Carolina through the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, saying of Charlotte: “I…
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Diana Nyad launches live streamed Hurricane Sandy support swim in New York City
Read for instance NYDailyNews.com and see SwimForRelief The 64-year-old woman who swam from Cuba to Florida launched a 48-hour swim maration Tuesday in a Manhattan pool to benefit victims of Superstorm Sandy. Wearing a pink swim cap, Diana Nyad dove into the 40-yard pool set up in Herald Square and began doing laps shortly before 9…
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University of Portsmouth researchers say swimmers should train breathing muscles to improve performance
Read news.com.au Elite swimmers could perform better in the pool by training the muscles used for breathing, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have examined how muscle fatigue in the inspiratory muscles can affect overall performance. They believe that by incorporating specific training of these muscles into their regime, swimmers could…