In this episode of SwimGym Breakdown, coach Johan works with Hari — a busy chef who swims to relax, on one of the most overlooked fundamentals in swimming: breathing.
Most swimmers focus on technique, speed or fitness. But if your breathing isn’t right, none of that will fall into place. Coach Johan breaks down how to fix your exhale, calm your mind and build a breathing pattern that actually works, starting from the very first lap of your warm-up.
Welcome back to the Swim Scribe Podcast, where It’s the start of September which isn’t always the fastest time of the year for swimming. It’s the transition out of long course season into short course season and for many the start of a new big block of training which means not that much fast swimming. BUT that’s no fun and thankfully some swimmers seem to agree with me because we actually have a selection of fast swimming to talk about from the Jose Finkel Trophy in Brazil to a high school meet in Japan. I also want to talk about the YouTube creator that went fishing for Caeleb Dressel and preview some meets to keep an eye out for at the end of the month as things get rolling.
In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Katie Hoff continues her Australian series, three and a half weeks postpartum, sitting down with world champion and Australian record holder Sam Short. He just swept the distance triple, the four hundred, eight hundred, and fifteen hundred free, at both Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs, and broke Grant Hackett’s twenty five year old Australian record in the fifteen hundred along the way. So what does it actually feel like to become the swimmer you grew up idolizing.
CBS News New York’s John Dias spoke to some people whose ordinary day on the water turned into an extraordinary encounter.
A child was bitten by an alligator while swimming in the Weeki Wachee Preserve on Monday afternoon, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office says.
This happened at Lake Carolina, one person has been hospitalized and multiple people were arrested.
Jeremy Wade investigates reports of massive Wels catfish attacking swimmers in Germany and tracks down 200-pound river monsters in Spain to uncover if these predatory fish are real man-eaters.
Mobile Baykeeper brings back swim water quality monitoring program
Black drowning rates have risen 28% since 2019. We look at the history behind the disparity and how local programs are helping people overcome barriers.
