Listening to music not only helps you in terms of improving your mood during swimming practice, but it can also help aid in preparing your cardiovascular system for certain strokes. Every song promotes a different heart rate, allowing you to have the music cater to your specific strokes. This synchronization also leads to faster stroke […]
How To Start Swimming For Exercise
A day at the pool can be a good workout if you know how to make good use of your time. At most neighborhood pools there is usually a lane or two set aside for lap swimming. In order to lap swim you need a swim suit and goggles. A swim cap is a nice […]
The Things You Really Should Be Counting Instead of Calories
Counting calories is a great way to lose weight, but there are many other contributing factors that can result in adequate weight loss. For instance, counting the minutes that you engage in physical activity throughout the day has been shown to automatically help you refuse foods that are bad for you during the rest of […]
The New Breaststroke
Lily King and Adam Peatty have displayed a distinctive new “high octane” style of breaststroke, distinguished by strong pulls and kicks that enable both a fast tempo and a swift speed. The breaststroke is very dependent on precise timing, and without that timing, it is easy for the breaststroke to become inefficient and wasteful. The […]
Why is Hydrotherapy Good for You?
Hydrotherapy has a plethora of benefits that go beyond the improvement of circulation that the thermal temperatures induce. This form of water-based therapy also helps enhance stimulation in the lymphatic system while it works on flushing out toxins that are present within the system. The jets that are often present work by massaging the body, […]
Swimming Secrets for New Year Swimmers
If you’re thinking about joining a swimming program or even starting your own regimen in pursuit of a New Year’s resolution, there are a few pieces of advice that expert swimmers would like to offer. The first word of wisdom that avid swimmers want to pass on, is adequately familiarizing yourself with lane etiquette. Always […]
How to Swim Faster using New Technology
When determining how fast a swimmer is able to perform, coaches measure how much water they are able to hold. The specific amount of water that a swimmer holds is equivalent to how much pressure is put on each hand throughout each cycle of pulling. There is a new form of technology called the Pressure […]
Three ways to build motivation
Self-determination theory is often referred to as SDT, and it has been proven as a successful way to help people incite higher levels of motivation in human beings. There are three components to SDT, and they are: autonomy, competence, and being connected to others. Autonomy is important because it refers to your levels of power […]
The Benefits Of Hydrotherapy
Ancient civilizations have long known about the benefits surrounding hydrotherapy, but physicians did not recognize it as a legitimate medical approach until the 19th century. Hydrotherapy works by a patient immersing themselves in water that reads 33-36℃. These thermal temperatures end up opening up the small blood vessels that are present all over the body, […]
Swimming Butterfly Technique for a Faster Swim
Many people are under the impression that the breast stroke is not only the hardest swim stroke to teach, but also the most difficult to engage in. Surprisingly, the butterfly technique actually requires much more energy to complete, because the swimmer has to simultaneously integrate high speed and low speed movements within the same stroke. […]