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  • Bang for your buck training?

    Bang for your buck training?

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    Guest post by Jez Birds, originally posted on SwimPath There has been much debate recently regarding principles of training, with short, high intensity intervals gaining lots of momentum as the modality of choice for fitness enthusiasts around the globe. Safe to say the debate reaches far in to the swimming world also with the publicity surrounding…

  • Ultra Short race skills – Underwater phase

    Ultra Short race skills – Underwater phase

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    Guest post by Jez Birds, originally posted on SwimPath In keeping with our favourite tradition of fast stuff first, here’s a great little ultra short race skills set to improve the all important underwater phase in order to maintain that speed off the block and wall… Firstly, apt to reiterate that the purpose of the…

  • How Osteopathy Can Improve Your Swimming Form

    How Osteopathy Can Improve Your Swimming Form

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    Guest post by Melbourne Osteopathy Sports Injury Centre Swimming is a human art form that involves the correct positioning and orientation of all your limbs. Osteopathy is all about correcting the alignment of the entire musculoskeletal framework to illuminate any problems of posture or injuries that you may have as well as using different techniques…

  • New Sky Pool Will Let You Float Through the Air in Central London

    New Sky Pool Will Let You Float Through the Air in Central London

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    The expert swimming pool retailers, Edge Leisure, take us through the new development being built near the former Battersea power station. Hanging 10 storeys above the ground, Irish developer Ballymore is planning on introducing a 25 by 5 meter pool acting as a bridge between the two apartment buildings in London’s Nine Elms district. The…

  • 4 Ways to Prevent Pool Drownings in the Off-Season

    4 Ways to Prevent Pool Drownings in the Off-Season

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    Guest post by Vee Cecil Summer may be officially over, but the risk of drowning doesn’t end with it. In fact, it happens at such a high rate that, according to the National Safety Council, 7,000 people die from drowning each year. And here’s another statistic from the NSC that should give parents pause: it…

  • Tips to Help Prevent Swimmer’s Ear

    Tips to Help Prevent Swimmer’s Ear

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    Guest post by EarQ Otitis externa is an infection of the ear canal, more commonly referred to as swimmer’s ear. The most common cause of this infection water becoming trapped in the ear canal and promoting rapid bacteria growth. Common symptoms of the infection include itching, pain, and swelling of the ear. Most cases aren’t…

  • Swimming Safety Tips For Parents

    Swimming Safety Tips For Parents

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    Guest post by The Swimming Pool Store According to The Royal Life Saving Society UK around 400 people needlessly drown in the UK every year and thousands more suffer injury, some life changing, through near-drowning experiences. Putting this into context, one person dies every 20 hours in the UK, and drowning is the third highest cause…

  • Finding a Balance: Sports and Academics

    Finding a Balance: Sports and Academics

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    Guest post by Ryan Bach As if being a swimmer wasn’t hard enough, managing your swim workouts while also being a full-time student can get pretty hectic. While sometimes it may seem impossible to succeed in both the pool and the classroom, it is necessary to remember that it’s been done before by past swimmers,…

  • Avoiding swimmer’s ear this summer

    Avoiding swimmer’s ear this summer

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    Guest post by allearplugs.com Summer holidays are the ideal opportunity to enjoy some time on the beach, lapping up the ocean waves and sea breeze. However, an idyllic summer break can be spoilt if you are unfortunate enough to be taken ill, with one of the most common afflictions being swimmer’s ear. What is swimmer’s…