Swimmer's Daily

  • Cold water swimming may protect the brain from degenerative diseases like dementia, researchers from Cambridge University have discovered.

    In a world first, a “cold-shock” protein has been found in the blood of regular winter swimmers at London’s Parliament Hill Lido.

    The protein has been shown to slow the onset of dementia and even repair some of the damage it causes in mice.

    Prof Giovanna Mallucci, who runs the UK Dementia Research Institute’s Centre at the University of Cambridge, says the discovery could point researchers towards new drug treatments which may help hold dementia at bay.

    The research – although promising – is at an early stage, but it centres on the hibernation ability that all mammals retain, which is prompted by exposure to cold.

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  • If you can’t make it to the pool then you are in for a treat. This complete routine is designed specifically for swimmers and adaptable for everybody. By the end of it you’re going to be well on your way to improving your core strength in the pool, burning calories, and carving a well-proportioned body.

    With this routine you are covering twenty exercises full of explosive and stability focus core movements.

  • I hope everyone is enjoying the ISL Season 2, we sure are, here’s a fun little skit we done!

  • This PURPOSE FULL PLAY activity helps develop: “Manatee”, “Treasure Hunter”, and “Flying Fish”.

    * This activity will help the student realize that sinking is a challenge, and helps to develop trust and confidence in their buoyancy.
    * To achieve full FLYING FISH status, the student must be an independent swimmer, fearless in any depth.
    * This is a fun way to begin learning to retrieve toys off the floor of the deep end of the pool.

  • Rookie and veteran surfers including Sallie Fitzgibbons, Caroline Marks, Tatiana Weston-Webb, and Courtney Conlogue fight to stay in the game, as the eliminations pile up in the ISA World Surfing Games women’s competition.

  • Dubai’s ‘merman’ ready to go the distance for 25km

  • On Sunday, police in Western Australia called off their search for the body of a 52-year-old surfer, two days after he was seen being attacked by a shark. This puts the year’s shark attack tally at six—the highest number of people killed in unprovoked attacks since 1934.

    This number is well above Australia’s 50-year average of 1.02 deaths a year. Yet while fatalities are at an 86-year high, the number of unprovoked shark bites, 17, is more or less in line with the average over the past decade: meaning it’s not the number but rather the nature of the attacks that’s contributing to the uptick in deaths.

    “In some of the cases this year it sounds like the shark hung around and bit more than once, which is unusual behaviour for great white sharks,” Dr Blake Chapman, a marine biologist who examined shark neuroscience for her PhD, told Guardian Australia. “[And] when they bite more than once it’s more likely to be fatal as there’s more blood loss.”

    Dr Chapman noted that multiple bites could suggest the apex predators are starting to treat humans as prey. Another factor could be the weather.

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  • I take my pick of the 5 events I think the world record will most likely be broken in at the upcoming ISL Season 2 that starts tomorrow in Budapest.