Learn The Split Squat to Focus on Lower-Extremity Stability
The split squat will target the stabilizers, as well as the major lower-extremity muscle groups.
The 1 Thing Every College Freshman Swimmer Needs to Know
Many swimmers will be heading to collegiate programs for the first time this year. Here is something that every freshman swimmer needs to know.
Learn The Body Weight Squat to Develop Strength
The BW Squat is an excellent introduction to squat mobility and form. Work on developing strength by increasing repetitions.
How Freshmen College Swimmers Can Deal With Homesickness
Being away from home for the first time is an experience much like the recruiting process. You can go “nuts” or you can make the best of it. It is strictly up to you.
Q & A With Birthday Girl Elizabeth Beisel
Elizabeth Beisel turns 23 today and the birthday girl gives us the scoop on some of her favorite swimming memories.
Why The Squat Progression Matters in Swimming
The wall squat acts a foundation for developing the squat with a focus on form and stability. Wall support aids in form development, while time can be used as variable for increased difficulty.
Yoga for Swimmers – Release Tension in Your Hips, Quads and Glutes
In this intense 20 minute Vinyasa flow yoga practice, we focus on stretching these regions of the legs that tend to be tight in swimmers. (Featured image: Rebecca Soni)
Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #5 Katie Hoff Gets Married
Katie Hoff and husband Todd Anderson at Michigan State University, where they got married yesterday.
Photographers Covering Olympic Test Event Mugged In Rio
Safety and security remain a concern as a new mugging incident is being reported out of Rio.
It is time for a Women’s Olympic 1500 meter Freestyle
Katie Ledecky’s 15:25.48 in the 1500m free would be ranked 90th in the world for men…right now.
Swimming Isn’t Normal
Our Coaches Don’t Have A Clue: We all know somebody who can argue any point, who can take something absurd and rationalize it until it sounds reasonable. This is how coaches clung for decades to arguments against muscle mass in swimming
Four Things Unsaid in a Coach’s Goodbye
Stories from the Road: Four Things Unsaid in a Coach’s Goodbye
Why do we swim?
This question, that at first glance seems easy enough, actually proves to be a little harder to answer. Maybe you’ve never given it much thought.
What does Roddy “Rowdy” Piper have to do with swimming?
Roddy “Rowdy” Piper died this past week after gracing our world with 61 years. He was a wrestler that debuted in the national stage in 1975 but really gained national attention in the late 1980’s in the World Wrestling Federation.