Sports Performance

How to Acclimatize to Cold Water Swimming

Cold water swimming is making a splash in the mainstream right now, with celebrities and fitness experts endorsing the many benefits it can offer. But for newcomers to this invigorating pastime, there are plenty of things to keep in mind

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4 Bad Habits Affecting Your Workouts

Knowing how to prevent injuries in sports and exercise is vital to staying healthy and active. CNN’s feature on avoiding workout injuries highlights how common soft tissue injuries are while exercising or playing sports. Injuries such as hamstring strains, tennis

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Get Started with Masters Swimming

What are the benefits of organized sports? Participation in organized sports provides several benefits beyond improving your physical fitness. Joining a team or league instills a sense of community and belonging. Knowing that someone is expecting you to show up

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Marathon Taper: Trust Your Instincts

With only a few weeks left before a marathon, many runners get excited. The big day is around the corner and more importantly they have made it through the toughest part of the training. For some there have been some

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3 Swimming Interval Workouts to Try

One of the most challenging parts of being a self-coached swimmer is figuring out what to do in your workouts. Because most people don’t have a background in coaching and set design, they revert to the simplest thing they know

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How to Prepare for Open Water Swimming

Even though I have been teaching the art of swimming to children, teens, and adults for over 30 years, I still derive enormous satisfaction from seeing the look of enlightenment when one of my athletes accomplishes something in swimming that

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What to Eat for Your Pre-Workout Snack

When you reach the 30-year mark as a coach, you compile a list of most asked questions. Some of my greatest hits include, how often should I workout each week if I want to lose weight, and if I start

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