Traditional clothing always rules.
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News Anchor Can’t Handle The Swimming Cat Story
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Weight loss by (extreme) ice bathing ?
Read the Wired
Cronise got the idea back in 2008 while watching a TV program about Michael Phelps. The coverage claimed that, while training, the Olympic swimmer ate 12,000 calories a day. At the time, Cronise was on a diet of 12,000 calories per week. (He was carrying 209 pounds on his 5’9″ frame and wanted to get back down to 180.) Something didn’t add up. Even if Phelps had an exceptionally high metabolism and swam three hours a day, he still should have turned into a blob. Then it hit Cronise: Phelps was spending hours every day in water, which was sucking heat from his body. He was burning extra calories just to maintain his core temperature of 98.6.
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CC photo #428: Another course completed
A bit tough to fit in a weekend course from Friday at 18 to Sunday at 17 into an already busy schedule, especially when I sort of have been through it before. But there is always something new to learn, and now there’s only one weekend left :-)
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Michael Phelps on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy and Michael talk about his quest to drastically lower his golf score and Jimmy talks about an incredible putt Michael sunk on TV.
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“Project X” Quadcopter might be just the thing for open water swimming
The “Project X” quad is Aquacopter‘s first waterproof design, specifically designed to meet the needs of any pilot, novice or expert. With an onboard GoPro camera skimming inches above the water, images are captured with more ease than ever before. Read RC Groups
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Ian Thorpe loses $100K Swimming Australia funding
Read The Herald Sun
Ian Thorpe has had $100,000 in funding cut by Swimming Australia while head coach Leigh Nugent has not heard from him since October.
The decision by Swimming Australia to sever all financial support for the five-time Olympic gold medallist has cast fresh doubt over whether he will compete again.
It has been suggested that Thorpe still has a desire to compete at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games next year, but there will be no financial support from Swimming Australia.
It’s also understood Thorpe does not want to endure the pressure of having to qualify and compete at a major championships this year and so has turned his focus to Glasgow.
The 30-year-old is not in race shape but is expected to resume training with Gennadi Touretski’s swim squad next month.
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CC photo #427: Kazan 2015 ad at Istanbul 2012
A Kazan 2015 World Championships advertising banner centrally placed at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. For some reason more visible than the upcoming 2012 Championships in Barcelona.
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Mantas Last Dance
“The time of the manta rays is over, lost to greed and exploitation by humans. Hannah is a wanderer, a sea gypsy, a manta ray reincarnate as person, lost to the world. Alone and searching for a time long past, she gives herself up to the sea, slowly walking into the waves and drifting into the dark abyss. In a dream-state, she awakens falling through water, bubbles and lights.”
Mantas Last Dance from Blue Sphere Media on Vimeo.