Swimmer's Daily

  • A day in the life as I race at our local Sectionals! We discuss Race Prep, Breakfast, Recovery, and more as I take you through a full day of racing! (Includes Race Footage)

  • At just twelve years old, Dana Vollmer stepped up to the block at her first Olympic swimming trials. She never focused on her age, only the time on the board at the end of her race. Though she didn’t make the team that year, her feisty, competitive spirit drove her to train even more fervently. A scary diagnosis prompted heart surgery when she was only 14, and she every practice and meet she swam with a defibrillator poolside, determined to chase her dreams despite her doctor’s concerns.

    Her perseverance paid off as she went on to win Olympic gold and set a new World Record in the 4×200 relay. In the years following her victory, she wrestled with the weight of others’ expectations, her own identity, and separating her results from her worth. In 2008 she found herself crushing under the pressure and completely missed qualifying for the Olympic team. Her disappointment prompted a journey towards wholeness that included serving internationally, investing in her own mental and emotional health, and seeking fulfillment outside of swimming.

    To date, Dana has won seven Olympic medals and welcomed two sons. Her movement, To The Power of Mom, aims to unite elite athlete moms for encouragement, motivation, and support.

    Learn more here: https://www.hopesports.org/finding-vi…

    See Hope Sports

  • Catch up on all the drama from Day 3 of the FINA Diving World Series 2019 in Sagamihara (JPN)!

    Day 3 – Sagamihara (JPN) | FINA/CNSG Diving World Series 2019 –

  • Catch up on all the drama from Day 2 of the FINA Diving World Series 2019 in Sagamihara (JPN)!

  • We were fortunate enough to host Coach Coley Stickels of Indiana University Men’s and Women’s swimming program featuring some of the best Athletes in the world Amanda Kendall, Margo Geer, Zane Grothe, Isabella Arcilla and Nikola Obravac at our training facility in Islamorada, The Florida Keys. In 1999 strength coach Tim Mclellan, swim coach Mike Bottom and Olympic champ Gary Hall Jr. began to implement Mixed Martial Art and Boxing Techniques in to their swim training program. While incorporating breathing techniques, stretchchord and resistance exercise, cold water therapy and more great strength coaches such as Keenan Robinson (Michael Phelps), Brian McKenzie (Laird Hamilton) and others have developed these training techniques that Coley Stickels and his Athletes demonstrate here. Get a sneak peak into some of the 30 exercises that we will explore in greater detail only in Lane 3 on our subscription service. Sign up for a lot more! http://theraceclub.com

    Strength Training for Swimmers – Indiana University Coach Coley Stickels

  • Catch up on all the drama from Day 1 of the FINA Diving World Series 2019 in Sagamihara (JPN)!

    Day 1 – Sagamihara (JPN) | FINA/CNSG Diving World Series 2019

  • Families of children with autism and other special needs will see changes at the animal interaction park Discovery Cove.

    Discovery Cove invites guests with autism to swim with dolphins

  • Stig Pryds is a Danish record holding freediver. He was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2008, which disabled him so much that he lost his business. After 5 years of intense pain and increasing dependency on drugs, he decided to quit all drugs cold turkey, and find alternative ways to deal with his disease. He began practising yoga daily, changed his diet, and started practising freediving. This caused drastic changes: within months he could walk without a cane, and he could play with his two young daughters again.

    It also taught him how good he actually was at freediving; within a year he started setting Danish records. He started traveling the world going to freediving competitions, where the warm weather and sun also improved his condition. He used his increased exposure from the Danish records to tell the story of his recovery and inspire people to live a healthy lifestyle. He started teaching others how to deal with auto-immune disorders.

    The downside of his new fame was that the insurance company, who paid his monthly disability check, noticed that he was doing things a healthy person does. Despite the argument that he’s only healthy because he can do these travels and trainings, the insurance company threatened to sue him for lying -he’d have to pay back all the disability checks plus a fee. With the help from his doctors Stig managed to convince them his disease is real, just that he manages it well, but the insurance company decided to stop paying him his disability. The stress this whole procedure caused was enormous and Stig relapsed into severe pain.

    We shot this video in January, the hardest month for Stig, where he had to figure out how to proceed. We talked about how life can keep dealing you blow after blow, and how you know that you’ll be ok anyway. But it still sucks that you have to deal with the blows, and have to go through that uncertainty of what comes next. Stig has decided to focus on his new breathing program, in which he teaches people how to breathe properly to deal with stress and disease, together with yoga and diet. He might not be able to compete much this year, but he’s getting back up and doing his best to be of use to others. Find out more about Stig here:

    https://www.stigpryds.com/