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Olympic Swimmer Summer McIntosh on Canada, Water, and Where It All Began | Canadian Geography
Olympic swimmer Summer McIntosh shares how growing up at the cottage shaped her love of water and her connection to Canada. Created in honour of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games, this video is part of Our Country / Notre pays, a national unity project exploring what Canada means to Canadians. Thank you to…
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Stop Swimming Continuously | Do This Instead | Global Triathlon Network
Have you been spending hours in the pool but still not seeing the improvements you want? You’re not alone! In this video, we explain why swimming continuous lengths won’t actually help you get faster and what you should be doing instead. From structuring your swim sessions, to varying pace and stroke and incorporating swim aids,…
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Summer McIntosh’s Freestyle Secrets | Propulsion Swimming
How does Summer McIntosh swim so fast? In this video, from Propulsion Swimming, we are breaking down the freestyle technique of Canada’s teenage phenom and multiple World Champion. We use the BLABT method (Body, Legs, Arms, Breathing, and Timing) to find out exactly what sets her apart in the pool. Summer McIntosh is arguably the…
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Why Modern Fitness Culture Misunderstands Human Bodies | Daniel Lieberman | Big Think
For most of human history, movement was inseparable from survival. Deliberately burning energy for no immediate purpose would have made little sense in a world where calories were scarce and bodies were costly to maintain. Seen through an evolutionary lens, exercise stops looking like a personal shortcoming and starts looking like a cultural invention we’re…
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Michael Phelps’ Key Habits for Longevity and Peak Performance | WHOOP
In this episode of The WHOOP Podcast, Michael Phelps joins Will Ahmed for a wide-ranging conversation on elite performance, athlete advocacy, and life beyond competition. Phelps shares his upbringing as a swimmer, reflecting on the changes he would make to influence the future of the sport. Phelps reflects on how global competition has evolved, why world…
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Drowning of 4-Year-Old Girl Was Avoidable, Michigan Sheriff Says | CBS Detroit
A 4-year-old girl who drowned at a private club swimming pool in Southeast Michigan was with other children, but no adults, at the time, deputies reported.
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Monaghan Mother ‘Amazed’ at Son’s Bravery in Sea Rescue | RTÉ News
The Irish mother of an Australian boy who swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family has said she is “amazed” at her son’s bravery and added she “knew he could do it”. 13-year-old Austin Appelbee made it across 4km of ocean to raise the alarm after…