Month: August 2019
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Strongman Swimming | Sink or Swim?
The FASTEST (and strongest) 180kg swim you will EVER see! After eating 7,000 calories of chicken and cheesecake, me and Eddie took to the pool for some interval sprint training and we talk about how he’s used swimming conditioning throughout his ENTIRE career! Just an INCREDIBLE human (and apex predator in the water) this is…
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Last Leg’s Alex Brooker Breaks Down in Tears Attempting 500m Swim | Sink or Swim Stand Up to Cancer
The celebrities have to swim 500m in Lake Windermere, but can Alex Brooker complete their first big task?
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Face to face with great white sharks: Outside the cage and totally exposed | 60 Minutes Australia
When 50 year old Paul Wilcox was taken by a great white shark off Byron Bay, he became the fourth confirmed shark fatality in Australian waters in just 12 months. It seems shark attacks are becoming more frequent, and being at one of the country’s most iconic beaches, makes it all the more confronting. However,…
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Deal with fear of public speaking: The Swimming Pool Tip
How do jumping in the pool, and fearlessly speaking with impact relate? Discover more in this video with speaker coach Elizabeth Van Den Bergh.
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Learn to Swim Perth
Olympic swimmer Stephen Milne returned to his roots, joining children at Perth Leisure Pool to celebrate the success of the Learn to Swim programme. There are already almost 2,500 youngsters of all abilities in the Perth Live Active Leisure Programme.
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Doctor Dissects the Wim Hof Method – Cold Hard Science Analysis
I’m a cardiologist and academic and this is an overly detailed look at the Wim Hof Method.
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Meritocracy Is Killing High-School Sports
Smartphones conveniently take the blame for just about every other societal ill, from rising anxiety to declining sex. But Farrey assured me that screen culture is not the culprit here. What’s telling, he said, is that the children of high-income parents are playing as much as ever. Kids from homes earning more than $100,000 are…
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Swimming The Solent 2019 – Ian Pratt Motor Neurone Disease Challenge
The Ian Pratt Motor Neurone Disease Challenge is an Annual swimming challenge between the Isle of Wight and Stokes Bay in Gosport. Staged to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease and funds to help support families affected by it.
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Government investigating foul smells by rowing clubs, no swimming till source identified
The Government says it is investigating persistent, foul smells in the area of the Med and Calpe Rowing Clubs. It has advised the clubs not to allow swimming in the sea until its tests can identify the source and take whatever action may be necessary.