Category: Training
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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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Why Sleep Is So Important When You’re Trying to Build Muscle
You can do intense workouts, eat the right foods, and take the right supplements, but your muscles won’t grow without decent sleep. See Lifehacker
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At the pool with freestyle phenom Katie Ledecky
Katie Ledecky was one of the most triumphant athletes of the Rio Olympics. The 19-year-old swimmer overwhelmed her competition; in the 800-meter race, she finished nearly a pool length ahead of second place. Known for relentless training and humility, she will forego endorsement deals to attend Stanford University this fall. Margaret Warner met her in…
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Closest Thing to a Wonder Drug? Try Exercise
In 2015, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges put out a report calling exercise a “miracle cure.†This isn’t a conclusion based simply on some cohort or case-control studies. There are many, many randomized controlled trials. A huge meta-analysis examined the effect of exercise therapy on outcomes in people with chronic diseases. Let’s start with musculoskeletal diseases.…
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Physical Exercise Four Hours after Learning Improves Long-Term Memory, Study Shows
A new study in the journal Current Biology shows that physical exercise after learning improves memory and memory traces, but only if the exercise is done in a specific time window and not immediately after learning. “It shows that we can improve memory consolidation by doing sports after learning,†said study corresponding author Dr. Guillén…
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A Day in the Life of Tyler Clary
Professional swimmer by day… computer engineer, DJ, aqua botanist and more by night. Tyler Clary is always on whether he’s training at the pool or working in his fully sustainable greenhouse. How does he manage it all during the most trying time in his training? BUILT WITH CHOCOCLATE MILK and USA Swimming provide a peek…
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Bob Bowman discusses ‘The Golden Rules’ on TODAY
Bob Bowman‘s book, “The Golden Rules,â€came out Tuesday, and the decorated Olympic swimming coach discussed it with Matt Lauer on TODAY. See NBC Sports
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Sports SCene: Olympic Swim Coach Dave Salo
Brian Bencomo took a look at USC head swim coach Dave Salo and how he coaches not only Trojans, but Olympians as well. https://youtu.be/93ouvpCdL_U