Category: Guest Post
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Can a Mattress Cure Your Chronic Back Discomfort After a Swim?
Do you love going for a dip once in a while? If you do, then what happens if you can’t enjoy a good swim because of a troubling back? Well, the answer is not quitting, but instead, you need to look for ways to solve such an awful issue. Luckily, I’m here to help you…
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What Benefits Different Swimming Styles Have?
Guest post by Anabel Cooper There are quite a few swimming strokes or different styles out there, however, the most used ones are the ones that are also used in international competition. If you were curious about which one is best and what is the advantage of each and every one of them, keep reading…
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How To Prepare Your Home For Fall & Winter
It was a great summer, and your family made the most of it. Between vacation time, pools, or just hanging out in the backyard for a barbecue, you’re almost ready for school to start and the weather to turn cold. But is your home ready? As a homeowner, you need to prepare your home for…
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The Top Five Common Pool Maintenance Mistakes
Guest post by Keith Sandoval / MKM Pool Spa There are few places where a swimmer feels more at home than in the pool. We wake up at the crack of dawn to head to morning practice. We spend our afternoons making waves in the chlorinated waters, and we spend our weekends at day-long meets,…
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Mental Toughness Tips for Swimmers
Guest post by Chelsea Watterston / Premier Pools The term ‘mental toughness’ refers to the resolve not to quit. Specifically, it’s the mental force that helps you stay on track and focus on maintaining perfect form even when your lungs and muscles are about to give up on you. This is what certain sports fans…
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What Is the Ideal Swimming Pool Water for Competitive Swimmers?
Guest post by Laurie Smith After watching the Olympics this is a question that occurred to me – it’s not something that most people think about it. Personally, I had never given it much thought and chances are that you haven’t either until now.
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How to Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer around Water
Guest post by Poolview Spending the day by the pool or beach can be great fun, giving you and your family the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company, and go for a dip in the water to relax and cool off. However, although swimming is a fantastic way to exercise, as well as being fun…
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Is Water Exercise Right for Me?
Guest post by Lizzy Bullock / AquaGear Swim Shop Aquatic exercise is one of the oldest methods of fitness and rehabilitation, used for healing purposes as early as 2400 B.C., according to “Hydrotherapy.” Even the most recognized man in the history of medicine, Hippocrates, noted water’s remedial effect on a range of maladies from joint…
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How Swimming Changed My Life
Guest post by AJ Earley Some of my earliest memories are of the municipal pool in Meridian, Idaho. Sometimes my grandparents would babysit us during the summer, and my grandfather would take me to the pool with him when he taught the Red Cross lifeguard class.