Olympic gold medalist swimmer Kelsi Dahlia talks about future competitive plans during a break in competition at the TYR Pro Swim Series at Clovis North Aquatics Center, Friday June 14, 2019.
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2020 TYR Pro Swim Series Schedule Announced
USA Swimming announced today that swimmers from around the globe will be making five stops in the United States next year as part of the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series. Scheduled between November 2019 and May 2020, athletes will use the world-class domestic events in Greensboro, N.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Des Moines, Iowa; Mission Viejo, Calif. and Indianapolis, Ind. in preparation for their run to the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Swim Lessons Take Place Around The World, And At Water World
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GDome Mobile lets smartphones take “split shots”
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Robot Fish Can Swim for 37 Hours with Blood-Powered Batteries
A new robotic lionfish can swim around thanks to a synthetic circulatory system, which pumps artificial blood made of battery fluid, around to its various components and motors.
The synthetic blood allows the robot to store 325 percent more energy than if it was carrying a separate battery pack, according to Nature News, enough juice to lazily paddle through the water for an impressive 37 hours. While the fish can’t swim very fast or far, its life-giving bloodstream is an impressive example of how mimicking biological organisms could help a new generation of robots become more autonomous and efficient than ever before.
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Keto diet considered for Navy SEALS to better handle oxygen deprivation
The US military has been looking at changing the diets of elite operators like Navy SEALs as new evidence emerges that their diet could enhance their abilities on the battlefield, especially underwater, but officials are concerned about what it could mean legally and in terms of their health.
The ketogenic, or keto, diet, is high in protein and fat and very low in carbohydrates. The diet forces the body to go into ketosis, in which the body burns stored fat, or ketone bodies, as energy instead of blood sugar, which comes from carbohydrates.
Research shows the ketogenic diet can help human bodies stay underwater for longer periods of time, according to The Washington Times.
That would allow elite operators like Navy SEALs to be more effective on a combat dive or a raid that starts from an underwater SEAL Delivery Vehicle.
Lisa Sanders, the director of science and technology at US Special Operations Command, touted the findings but raised ethical concerns about promoting a particular diet among soldiers.
“One of the effects of truly being in ketosis is that it changes the way your body handles oxygen deprivation, so you can actually stay underwater at [deeper] depths for longer periods of time and not go into oxygen seizures,” Sanders said at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida, in May.
Read Business Insider and harvard.edu
Read more about the keto for instance on the Top 25 Keto Blogs of 2019
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Breaststroke – Underwater Pullout Hand Recovery
Cleaning up the underwater recovery in breaststroke can help you maintain momentum.
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Unboxing TheMagic5 Goggles – Review
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The Matawan Man-Eater | The Inspiration for Jaws
There’s no denying that the movie Jaws definitely made some beach-goers scared to go into the water. However, the story that inspired Jaws was what really had people scared to have a day at the beach. The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were so unexpected, sudden, and violent that they stuck in the public’s mind even up to the point that the movie hit theaters. The “Matawan man-eater,” as the shark was called, took down at least three people before the killings finally stopped, and it forever changed the public’s view of sharks.