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Via SwimmingWorld “Natalie Coughlin—12-time Olympic Medalist, 20-time World Medalist and World Record Holder—brings you five of her favorite TRX exercises for an on-the-go workout that can be performed in a hotel room or anywhere. Use this video to help you stick to your 2014 fitness resolutions, even while traveling.” http://youtu.be/OrwalbtbipU

“Just a little bit of our fun in Puerto Rico this year for christmas training. Hope you enjoy it!” http://youtu.be/28NG0Ol56i8

Read for instance The Age Olympic swimmer Scott Miller has avoided jail over two charges of possessing of methamphetamine, with a magistrate telling him that police would be watching him “like a hawk” while he served a suspended sentence. Miller, 38, a silver and bronze medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was caught with the drug – commonly known as ice – twice within the space of two months last year. In June, police found 1.04 grams of the drug when they pulled Miller over in a hire car at Mascot in Sydney’s south. Olympic swimmer Scott Miller leaves the…

“Swimming Christmas CUP (SCC) has become an institution in the swimming world, since it is organised for 21 years now by NEP swimming team. The SCC is a three day event, with hundreds participants and over 35 teams from all over Greece and Cyprus.” http://youtu.be/JOlk4Ql8Img

“The Giant Barred frog is the breastroke champion of the animal kingdom.” Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons http://youtu.be/QvNP8YAzA90

See USA Today Michael Phelps loves the legal drama Suits, USA’s top-rated original drama. He has tweeted about being a fan and has called the show one of his favorites. Now the Olympic swimmer is making an appearance on its midseason return, March 6 (Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT). Michael Phelps will appear on “Suits” on March 6. Here’s a screenshot … pic.twitter.com/HJrw6688El — Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) January 21, 2014 In the scene, after Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) failed to sign Phelps as a client, the lawyer’s girlfriend and new colleague Dana “Scottie” Scott (Abigail Spencer) is determined to land the star athlete for the firm.…

See wptv.com A pod of dolphins stole the show Sunday at a surfing competition in Ventura County, California. Spectators cheered as the dolphins rode the waves along with surfers at the 2014 Rincon Classic. Even surfers stopped to watch as about a dozen mammals cut through the waves. See also kvue.com

See WKBN Boardman’s boys’ swim team continues with a decade old tradition on Sunday afternoon, dying each other’s hair bleach blonde. The team is preparing for the Sectional tournament that takes place on February 6th at the University of Akron. Fifteen swimmers from the boys team went to Beautiful Creations hair and nail salon in Boardman to complete the dying process. The salon provided all the necessary dye. The boys will leave their hair blonde for the next three weeks, then shave their heads the night before the meet. The female swimmers on the team also took part in a…

Read Scientific American Despite being the first leg and covering the shortest distance in any triathlon, swimming has proved to be the most deadly. Minneapolis Heart Institute cardiologist Kevin Harris last year published a study in JAMA: The Journal of American Medical Association analyzing the results of 2,971 USA Triathlon-sanctioned events held between January 2006 and September 2008, during which 14 participants died—13 of them while swimming and one while biking. […] Nearly all of the deaths you studied occurred during the swimming events. Did this surprise you, given that swimming is the first leg of the triathlon and, presumably,…

See FCN Drowning is the number one cause of non-injury death for kids ages one to four and it is 100% preventable. Especially here in Florida where water is all over the place, it’s important for kids to learn to swim. “Most children take better to the water environment if they’re taught at an earlier age,” says Infant Swim Resource instructor Amy Pritchett. Infant Swim Resource is a program that starts kids as young assix months in the pool learning to float.