Seven Familiar Reasons Why Swimmers Leave the Sport Swimmers are renowned for their dedication to their sport. We train long hours at ridiculous times and spend all day at meets only to spend a few minutes actually racing in the pool. However, all swimmers reach a point in their careers when they question why they’re still doing it. Although many relocate their love for the water, there are several factors which can stop a swimmer returning to the sport, especially in the early years. Here are seven reasons young swimmers stop swimming and how we can combat them to make the sport we love even more popular: |
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Kickstart Your Yoga with SwimOutlet's Yoga for Swimmers Who among elite swimmers doesn’t do yoga these days for the flexibility training, core muscle strength — and most importantly, meditative qualities? Recognizing that yoga has become a popular cross-training activity for many competitive swimmers, SwimOutlet.com has launched its own Yoga for Swimmers category this week in-time for the holidays and winter, indoor training season.
SwimOutlet even enlisted three-time Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni to work with them on the Practyce online site getting her feedback and tips. |
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 | Despite COVID, Tampa Company Changing Competitive Swim Industry as Olympians Flock To Use Their New Trainer A revolutionary new device manufactured by St. Petersburg-based GMX7 is allowing competitive swimmers across the world to add resistance to their swim training regimen in a safe, effective, portable and easy-to-use manner. From reigning 100-meter butterfly world-record holder and 2-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel, to 6-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte, who holds the world record for the 200-meter individual medley, the X1-PRO, assembled in the USA by GMX7, is quickly becoming the favorite new competitive swimming training device on the market today. |
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 | The 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Spot a Swim Parent Many people have no problem spotting swimmers from a mile away with these telltale features: a bulky bag, messy bun filled with dead hair (for the girls), dry skin, tired eyes, goggle and cap tan lines, and the wide-eyed fear whenever the word “butterfly” is used, no matter the context. Swim parents, however, can be more difficult to spot. They wear a camouflage much like any other parent, but a few distinct characteristics sets swim parents apart. |
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 | Special Sets: A Really Special Set - Mike Bruner's 100 X 100 on 1:00! About eight months before he set a world record in the 200 meter butterfly (1:59.23) and won a second gold medal in the 800 freestyle relay at the 1976 Olympics, Mike Bruner completed an aquatic first, swimming 10,000 yards in under 100 minutes! |
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The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide The holiday season is coming soon! Find gifts for all of the people on your list who love the water! With the annual Swimming World Holiday Gift Guide you can find the coolest swimming tech gadgets, swimming t-shirts, training gear, swimwear, and more! You will find something for that swimmer or coach in your life. |
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Imaging Brain Health in Athletes; Former NCAA Swimmers Needed for Johns Hopkins Study Compared to contact sports like American football, swimming poses less risk for traumatic brain injury, including concussion. Concussive hits are a concern in football, because the repeated concussive and subconcussive hits may contribute to the development and/or exacerbation of mental health conditions like depression and memory loss. While low-contact sports like swimming may be relatively spared of brain injury, the emerging, research breakthroughs that are furthering our understanding of brain health and injury promise to benefit high- and low-contact athletes. Specifically, researchers are focusing on understanding the brain’s immune response to injury.  With state-of-the-art brain imaging technology, The Brain Health Program at the Johns Hopkins University has found ways to pinpoint and study inflammation in the brain using a combination of brain scans and complementary blood tests.
Johns Hopkins is looking for former NCAA swimmers between ages of 23-40 for their study. Get more info. |
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 | 5 Difficult Decisions Swimmers Make Life is full of difficult decisions. There is an inexplicable pressure to make the right one. But whether the choice was right or wrong, the decisions that we make help to shape us into the person we are today. Both in their personal and athletic lives, swimmers are constantly faced with tough choices common to the collegiate swimming experience. Here are five common issues that competitive swimmers face and must choose what is best for themselves. |
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