Year: 2019
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Why You Should Try USRPT (Ultra Short Race Pace Training)
USRPT stands for “Ultra Short Race Pace Trainingâ€. The premise for this training methodology is that race-specific high-intensity swimming will yield the optimal performance results and fastest times in competition. The overall goal is to simulate a racing situation in a workout to better prepare an athlete’s body for the actual race. 🏁
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Swimming Training in Ice-Cold Waters in Dnipro
Ice dipping season is now open! A new educational course for swimming in ice-cold waters has set up shop for winter in the city of Dnipro. Instructors are inviting young and old alike to take part in what they’re calling a quick way to stay healthy and alert.
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The oceans absorbed an unfathomable amount of heat this decade
The quantity of heat the oceans have absorbed in the last decade is difficult to describe, if not imagine. The ocean’s heat content is measured in the most standard unit of energy, joules (using a 100-watt lightbulb for three hours eats up 1,080,000 joules). Between 2010 and 2019, the seas absorbed roughly 110,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules of energy. To help…
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Sheepdogs swim through flood water to round up 80 sheep in danger of drowning | SWNS TV
This is the moment five fearless sheepdogs waded through flood water to save nearly 80 sheep from drowning. A video shows four tough border collies and one New Zealand huntaway swimming through strong currents to round-up the flock. The sheepdogs – Bee, Ghost, Blaze, Jack, and Kea – worked tirelessly for 40 minutes to bring…
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The Biggest Swim Training Mistakes Athletes Make
In this episode we tap into our resident fast man in the pool, Tyler, taking us through his thoughts on the common mistakes he is seeing in athletes swim training. From incorrect use of assisting tools like fins and paddles, overdoing the volume and doing drills with no purpose. A must listen to help you…
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Does Bone-Conducted Music Improve Swimming Performance?
When it comes to sports and athletics you will often see athletes of all kinds with their headphones on at the start line. The same applies to recreational athletes. The reason for this is simple – the effect of music on motivation is well-known. Also, according to some studies music improves the endurance results by…
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Olympic manifesto breaks record for most expensive sports memorabilia
The original Olympic manifesto outlining the foundation of the modern Games shattered the world record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia sold at auction, fetching $8.8 million on Wednesday. Experts had expected the item to sell for up to $1 million, but the artifact climbed in price after a more than 12 minute-long…