Category: Dryland
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Conditioning Corner: It Takes an Olympian Like Effort
Before you set your sights on becoming the next Michael Phelps, or Missy Franklin, realize that it’s going to take an incredible amount of work to get there – both in and out of the pool.
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Symmonds tries for the beer mile world record (and fails)
Hopefully not swimming related (now, that would be an *evil* record), but here is track runner Nick Symmonds trying to break the “beer mile” world record, in which a runner has to chug a beer at quarter-mile intervals. He finished in 5:19, 10 seconds short of the world record of 5:09 set by Canadian marathoner…
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This should be an Olympic sport
Me and my kids at that “Seaman’s Day” in KlaksvÃk, last Saturday. If anything says “Citius, Altius, Fortius“, it is the stacking of boxes with yourself on them. And the product placed sponsor is obvious ! :-P
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Stephanie Rice reveals she used a stripper pole to stay in shape for London
Get that image out of your head, please! Source: ComplexSports
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Breaststroke-specific dryland training with Aleksander Hetland
Norwegian Dubai 2012 medalist Aleksander Hetland doing breaststroke-specific dryland training at altitude in Flagstaff, recently. Nice informative comments in Norwegian also, courtesy of Lars-Arne Andersen / Olympiatoppen on Facebook.
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Battle of the Bulges – Female gym training 1940s style
I’m 99% sure a man invented these machines
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Zombies, Run! will kickstart your interval training for sure
Zombies, Run! is a running game & audio adventure iOS/Android, in which you help rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse by actually running in the real world. You have to collect medicine, ammo, batteries and spare parts, while on occasion being chased by zombies. Now, this could easily be modified into a “Sharks, Swim!” game,…
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Ryan Lochte Training Session
Ryan Lochte training hard for the Olympic Trials, via the17thman ;-)