Year: 2019
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Kennedy Club Fitness donates swim lessons to foster kids
KSBY’S annual Season of Hope is coming to a close this week.
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How Swimming Mentally Benefits Children
The physical benefits of swimming are well documented: it’s a cardiovascular workout that employs many muscles which are otherwise under-utilized. And that’s just for starters. But what of its mental advantages, of which there are many? And as an activity beloved of children, how do these positives manifest in the young? Here are just some…
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Decency Rule Nixed After Alaska Swimmer Disqualified
A bathing suit decency rule that disqualified an Alaska high school swimmer from a race has been eliminated. KTVA reports the board of directors of the Alaska School Activities Association voted to remove penalties for swim uniforms that officials deemed “not of decent appearance.” In September, a 17-year-old swimmer from Dimond High School in Anchorage…
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10 Gorgeous Swimming Pools Around the World
With summer rolling around, all you want to do is chill by a gorgeous pool with a cocktail in hand. The only challenge is figuring out where the best pools are located around the world. Needless to say, global high-end hotels are viciously competing to come up with new and interesting swimming pools to attract…
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A personal tribute to wild swimming
A short film I’ve made to celebrate my passion for swimming and the friendships that have come about through it.
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Heart rate variability: The most important health metric you aren’t tracking
Since recovery is such an important part of your overall fitness routine, HRV is one of the most helpful metrics for telling you if your body is recovered (i.e. not in a stress or sympathetic state) so you can train again. For example, maybe you’ve been working out a lot and not sleeping much — but you…
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$5 swim lessons — all in an effort to reduce drownings
In an expansion of a national multi-year campaign to reduce drownings and increase access to water safety skills, the Milwaukee Recreation Aquatics program through Milwaukee Public Schools has joined the American Red Cross Aquatics Centennial Campaign. The program promotes water safety in communities where there are high numbers of drownings or drowning rates higher than…
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Translation issues delay verdict in swimmer Sun Yang’s doping case
Translation problems in the doping case of Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang have delayed the expected verdict to January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday. CAS said an “agreed-upon written transcript” from the hearing, including Sun’s testimony, which is being translated from Chinese into English, is being prepared to help the judging panel…