Author: rokur
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Sean Conway: How I swam the length of Britain
Sean Conway describing his swim the length of Britain, from Land’s end to John O’Groats.
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Polar Bear Swim 2014 Ottawa
“Crazy c-c-c-c-cold people jumping in the Ottawa River in minus 30 degree Celsius with windchill!”
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Safety Week at Goldfish Swim School
“Four times a year, Goldfish Swim School holds Safety Week at all locations. While we always stress the importance and teaching of water safety skills here at Goldfish, during these special four weeks, we pull out all the stops! All classes focus on special safety techniques, like the octopus and sea otter floats, treading water,…
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Origins of the Australian Crawl
“From the BBC programme Faster, Higher, Stronger: Stories of the Olympic Games, a look at some early exponents of the modern freestyle swimming stroke.” http://youtu.be/FiR62H9B4E4
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Lifesaving And Lunges: Swim PT For Legs
“Mix in a leg pt day with swimming and a vital skill. After this – finish with 1000-1500m of swimming with fins.”
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Fox Company – Swim Qualification – Jan. 6, 2014
“Recruits of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, learn about basic water survival Jan. 6, 2014, at the recruit training pool on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification, which is a graduation requirement, includes swimming 25 meters, treading water for four minutes, jumping into water from a 10-foot tower and shedding heavy equipment while underwater.…
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Mark Foster Talks About Pushing The Olympic Legacy Through Dance
Former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster talks about his new fitness-dance programme Fit Steps, a merge of the London 2012 Olympics and Strictly Come Dancing.
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Tom Shields on The Morning Swim Show
In the first part of this two-part interview, Tom Shields talks about his new life as a postgrad swimmer and why he says he’s more nervous about swimming than when he was in high school or when representing Cal-Berkeley. In the second part of this two-part interview with Tom Shields, the American record holder relives…
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Behold dolphins high on puffer fish posing for the photographer
Via GeekoSystem Last week, we found out that dolphins get high by chewing on puffer fish, and the discovery was caught on hidden camera, but the footage was part of a not-yet-released BBC nature documentary. Today, the BBC finally uploaded a clip of the dolphins passing the puffer (fish) around and being mesmerized by their own…