Category: Training
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Swimmers and shoulders: Who’s watching out for them?
Read philly.com Did you know that up to 91 percent of competitive swimmers have reported experiencing shoulder pain? Unfortunately most young swimmers will develop such pain—it’s just part of the sport. […] A recent study looked at 80 elite swimmers aged 13-26 and found that 91 percent had shoulder pain. The mean age of these swimmers was…
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The Scientific Secret To Swimming Faster
According to USRPT Helpful research links:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20…http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10…http://bjsportmed.com/content/13/4/16…http://www.getcited.org/pub/103342732http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/csa/vol21/bu…http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/swim/bullets…http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachs…http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10…http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/swim/trainin…USRPT Discussion Forums:Â http://usrpt.com/forums/ Watch this video on YouTube
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Sioux Falls Swim Teams Looks Forward To Possible Indoor Pool
See keloland.com On Tuesday, 70 percent of Sioux Falls voters voted “no” for the construction of an outdoor pool complex at Spellerberg Park. That vote leaves room for an indoor pool in the area. It’s something some swim team members are looking forward to. Summers mean swimming for area swim teams like the Snowfox and…
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BTS clip from Journey Gym’s infomercial shoot with Ryan Lochte
‘The world’s first truly portable universal gym’, see journey gym Post by journey gym.
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Katinka Hosszu: “I always learn something new, even after 20 years of swimming!”
Read fina.org Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu is attending the SportAccord Convention in Belek, Turkey this week. The current 200m and 400m IM World champion is on-hand both in and out the pool as she is to take part in a practice session with kids from the local swimming clubs today and the first-ever “Youth Club” discussion…
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New research suggests 3-5 min of 30s sprints as healthy as 1 hour at moderate speed
See the research article on Hindawi A new study performed in the Faroe Islands suggests that it is as effective for cardio-vascular health to do 3-5 minutes of (effective) high-intensity swimming, as it is to swim for an hour at a more moderate pace. To test the hypothesis that high-intensity swim training improves cardiovascular health…
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Swimming Nutrition – 2014 Australian Swimming Championships
Courtesy of Swimming Australia Watch this video on YouTube
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Corsuit swim belt could prove gold in the pool, and Sprenger likes it
Read phys.org It’s the simple device that could help the Australian Swim Team reach for more gold – and it was developed right here in Brisbane. The Corsuit straps on like a belt, keeping a swimmer’s spine straight and body streamlined. http://youtu.be/rlGnl-cMu0s With their lungs lower and their hips higher in the water, the swimmer…
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Denis Cotterell still motivating young talent to make breakthroughs after 40 years as a swimming coach
See ABC Cotterell recalls the first time he laid eyes on a very young Grant Hackett. He was not convinced Hackett, eventually a gold medallist at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, was even the best swimmer in his family. “He was the younger brother of a very good swimmer, his older brother Craig, and I…