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  • Physical Performance Depends on Sleep – Fit to Succeed Episode 52 With Dr. Michael Grandner

    Jan 20, 2021

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    in Health, Training

    No doubt, you are well aware that a bad night’s sleep can leave you struggling for energy and the ability to remain alert. But did you know that sleep loss and exercise performance also have a strong connection! Even small amounts of lost sleep that become a regular habit can have a significant negative impact on your sporting performance, your exercise and, ultimately, your fitness results. Episode 52, with a global leader in the field sleep research, Dr Michael Grandner, will help unfold the details and give you actionable tips to help restore your sleep today!

  • Periodization? Rest Week? What? | Ask A Coach | Mind Right Endurance

    Jan 20, 2021

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    rokur
    in Training, Triathlon

    When you are training should you use a traditional periodization schedule? A progressive training schedule? What about rest days for swimmers, cyclists, runners, and triathletes?

  • Body of 14-Year-Old Missing Swimmer Found in Lake

    Jan 20, 2021

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    rokur
    in Safety

  • Nets to Protect Swimmers in South Africa Are Killing Sharks | Money Talks

    Jan 20, 2021

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    rokur
    in Nature

    The province of KwaZulu-Natal is one of South Africa’s main destinations for divers and beach lovers. But its waters are also home to sharks. To protect tourists from shark attacks, officials are pursuing a policy environmentalists say is killing the predators. Adesewa Josh reports

  • Teenager Drowns While Swimming With Friends at a Popular Sydney Spot

    Jan 20, 2021

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Tragedy has struck at a popular swimming hole near Campbelltown with the body of a teenage swimmer pulled from the water. The 15-year-old boy went missing at Kentlyn Basin on the Georges River while swimming with three others this afternoon.

  • Serbia: Orthodox athletes celebrate Epiphany with winter swim in Belgrade

    Jan 20, 2021

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    Twelve Orthodox Christian athletes took part in a traditional Epiphany swim in Belgrade’s Ada Ciganlija icy lake on Tuesday.

    Due to COVID-19 restrictions, fewer swimmers than usual were allowed to take part, and the race was not competitive.

    The 33-meter-swim, symbolising Jesus Christ’s 33 years, was followed by the release of seven pigeons symbolising God.

    Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin attended the event, which is held under the patronage of the Serbian Gendarmerie and six of the 12 swimmers taking part were police officers.

    Due to coronavirus restrictions, no audience was allowed were not allowed on the quay, though onlookers watched the swim from behind a fence.

  • Russia’s Putin takes traditional Epiphany dip in icy waters

    Jan 19, 2021

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    Dozens of Russians, including President Vladimir Putin, braved freezing cold waters in the Moscow region, participating in an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany.

  • Boys Swim Season Restarts

    Jan 19, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Area schools restarted practice for boys swimming Monday

    Boys Swim Season Restarts
  • The Woman Swimming in Frozen Lakes For Lockdown Exercise | This Morning

    Jan 19, 2021

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    When most of us get out-and-about for our daily exercise we go for a walk, or even a run, but Fay Preene likes to get even closer to nature by jumping in a freezing cold lake! Weโ€™ll be joining Fay on her morning swim in Lake Windermere today, as she tells us about the various benefits, and why sheโ€™s willing to hack-through ice to get out in the water.

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