Today, Brett speaks with a real Icelandic Viking, Anton McKee.
How did Anton get from Iceland to the University of Alabama? What is Iceland like? How’s the food?
Have you ever heard of Orn Arnason? Iceland’s greatest swimmer.
How do you go from being a distance swimmer (3:54/8:08 LCM) to becoming the Nordic Record Holder in the sprint breaststroke events (27.4/1:00.3 LCM)?
They also discuss…
- overcoming a major injury (broken collarbone)
- learning English
- his future in Information Technology
- having a job and being a pro swimmer
- training with Sergio Lopez, “the breaststroke whisperer”, for Tokyo 2020/2021
Anton is now a member of the International Swimming League’s Toronto Titans where his versatility should be a great strength for him.
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Episode 16 – does the catch-up drill cause you to over-glide when swimming? | Swim Smooth
In this 16th episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses how the fabled catch-up drill might well be one of the primary causes for a swimmer to believe they should be endlessly lengthening out their freestyle stroke, but ultimately becoming *less* efficient and over-gliding.
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Swimming With An Angry Humboldt Squid! | Deadly 60 | BBC Earth Kids
We take a dip and swim with the Humboldt squid.
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USA Olympic Swimmer Jay Litherland: Training During COVID-19
Trevor Terry talks about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on an Olympic swimmer and the NFL draft.
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EU Swim Project Promotional Video
Promotional video created for EU SWIM project. It is a cross-border research programme for developing a system for live bathing water monitoring.
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Keenan Robinson of USA Swimming Answers Questions about Training During COVID-19 Quarantine
USA Swimming Director of Sports Medicine and Science Keenan Robinson fields questions about training outside the pool during quarantine.
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Episode 15 – is doggy paddle a good drill for my swimming? | Swim Smooth
In this 15th episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses how the old school drill, doggy paddle, is an excellent way to improve your catch during the freestyle stroke.
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A message from Swim England CEO, Jane Nickerson
Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson has a message for all of the Swim England family during the current coronavirus lockdown.
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This is the best time of day to exercise, backed by science
Let’s get this out of the way first: The best time to work out is whenever you can. We don’t all have schedules that allow for a 90-minute workout, green smoothies with collagen and a 20-minute session with a Theragun, unfortunately.
If your only time of day to exercise is before work, then morning is best. If you reserve physical activity for packed evenings, there’s a good chance you won’t ever get to it.
Likewise, if you can only squash 20 minutes of exercise into your day right before you get ready for bed, that’s the best time to work out.
I want to add a note on consistency, though: The best time to exercise is whenever you can, but the best-best time of day to exercise is the time you can stick with for days, weeks and months.
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