Month: February 2018
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Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
Brandon Hendrickson had already been submerged face down in the pool for more than four minutes, motionless under the dappled Grand Cayman sky, when the struggle phase began. That’s the term of art among free divers and competitive breath-holders for the point at which the human body, sensing an alarming rise in internal carbon-dioxide levels,…
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Minus 30 degrees Celsius! Let’s go swimming
Sport for bravehearts! Swimmers take a dip in bone-chilling waters as temperature drops to 30 degrees Celsius below zero in NE China’s winter swimming base. Could you handle it?
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WADA vice-president claims current anti-doping situation “untenable”
Clean athletes have lost all confidence in the anti-doping system and the organisations involved are “in danger of losing all credibility”, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice-president Linda Helleland has claimed after she criticised the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to uphold the appeals of 28 Russians today. In a highly-critical statement sent to…
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Former Olympic Hopefuls Say Swimming Coaches Sexually Abused Them
America has been horrified by the extent of the abuse by gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, but within another group of athletes who have spent countless hours of training, some say they too have been sexually assaulted by their coaches. The sport is swimming. Scores of women say they’ve been victimized and that swimming officials didn’t…
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Swimming with massive Whale Sharks in the Philippines
How cool is this? Watch as swimmers in Oslob, Philippines find themselves surrounded by giant Whale Sharks!
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When ice melts, polar bears use 5x more energy to swim instead of walk
Climate change and shrinking sea ice is impacting polar bear populations and their ability to forage for food and to produce healthy cubs. BYU biology professor Blaine Griffen analyzed polar bear data from the U.S. Geological Survey and calculated the metabolic rate of polar bears for different activities. He found that it takes five times…
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Dr. Mercola Interviews Olympic Athlete Arkady Vyatchanin
Natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Russian Olympic swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin on his experience with the standard American diet (SAD) and how it affects the performance of athletes in the U.S. https://youtu.be/YeOja98sSsA https://youtu.be/zn-oarprYaE
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#SwimBiz: Susan Teeter, Would You Like to Invest in Me?
Former Princeton Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach Susan Teeter of Princeton talks about things clubs can do to make to gain the attention of potential sponsors.