Year: 2018
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General Physical Preparation Requirements for Swimmers, with Keenan Robinson | NSCA.com
Learn training principles for general physical preparation of swimmers, and understand how to utilize weekly planning to best aid in the expression of physical performance. Keenan Robinson also discusses how to differentiate between readiness strategies to best apply stress in this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference.
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No swimming allowed, beaches closed in Juno Beach for ‘airborne irritant’
Beaches from Martin County south to Lake Worth continue to be closed Monday after what is being described as an “unknown airborne irritant†caused people to become sick over the weekend.
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Goldfish Swim School partners with USA Swimming Foundation, pledging $1 million
Goldfish Swim School partners with USA Swimming Foundation, pledging $1 million. Brad Galli has more.
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29-Year-Old Man Dies of Brain-Eating Parasite After Swimming in a Wave Pool
A 29-year-old New Jersey man has died of a brain-eating parasite after swimming in a wave pool at a Texas resort. Fabrizio Stabile swam at the BSR Cable Park in Waco, Texas during a visit to the area, before returning home to New Jersey. Then on Sept. 16, Stabile was mowing the lawn when he had to…
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Dash and splash: Tips for cold water swimming
Cold water swimming is making a splash across the United Kingdom. But if you are one of those who is going to keep the hobby up during the winter, here are five tips to help keep you safe. They come from Bangor, County Down, where a group of swimmers celebrated an anniversary with a fancy…
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‘Everyone’s stripped down’: Why ocean swimming is growing in popularity
Surf breaks, rips, gutters, currents, dumpers, stingers and even former prime minister Tony Abbott. Nature throws plenty of challenges at ocean swimmers, but sharks rarely concern Paul Ellercamp. “Most sharks are not a problem,†he said. “They’re graceful creatures, generally quite inoffensive and unthreatening, often curious, and when you do see them, often quite stimulating.†An…
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Learning How To Swim (1938)
Learning how to swim by The American National Red Cross Analysis of buoyancy and breathing followed by an explanation of swimming strokes and skills.
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Seal Slaps Kayaker in the Face with an Octopus
Filmmaker Taiyo Masuda was kayaking with his friend Kyle Mulinder when he captured an unusual wildlife encounter on camera: a seal swam right up to Mulinder and slapped him viciously in the face with a large octopus. See PetaPixel
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PCBs threaten to wipe out half the world’s killer whales within decades, study finds
While the use of polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly known as PCBs, has been banned for more than a decade, the chemical pollutants continue to threaten animals at the top of the food chain. A new study published in the journal Science predicts that current concentrations of PCBs can lead to the disappearance of about half the…