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Fitness & Wellness

Can You Swim With Contacts, and What Are the Risks?

If you wear contact lenses, you might wonder, “Can you swim with contacts?” The FDA makes it clear that you should not expose contact lenses to any type of water, …

Written by: Harrison Howarth 18 May '22 0

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Training & Technique

The Essential Core Exercises for Swimmers

All swimming strokes are designed to propel you in a straight line, whether that be forward with freestyle or backward with backstroke. Learning how to swim without any of your …

Written by: Thomas Board 13 May '22 0

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Swim Tech

Types of Swimming Caps and How to Choose One

Once you put on a swim cap for the first time and feel the added glide in your streamline and throughout your stroke, it’s hard to imagine how you ever …

Written by: Harrison Howarth 4 May '22 0

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Swim Tech

Find Your Swimming Edge With a Women’s Competition Suit

On race day, every competitive edge counts, and that’s why choosing a quality women’s competition suit is essential. The best competition swimsuits will provide glide and compression, features that help …

Written by: Harrison Howarth 20 April '22 0

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Training & Technique

Going the Distance: Long Course Swimming Workouts

How you train matters. There’s no point aimlessly doing laps in the pool and hoping that quantity will equal quality when you enter a long-distance event. For swimmers who are …

Written by: Thomas Board 18 April '22 0

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Swim Tech

Girls’ Competition Swimsuits: Race Suits for Young Swimmers

Swimming is a highly competitive sport, even for the younger swimmers out there. Experiencing high levels of competition starts early for young girls, so selecting a quality competition swimsuit is …

Written by: Harrison Howarth 6 April '22 0

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Training & Technique

Stretching for Swimmers to Help Avoid Injury

A good stretch before a workout will do your body wonders in any physical activity. Even though swimming is a low-impact sport, there is still a risk of injury, especially …

Written by: Thomas Board 17 March '22 0

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Swim Tech

A Guide to Choosing the Best Swimsuit for Lap Swimming

Lap swimming makes for a fantastic full-body workout that is low impact and will improve your overall health. The best part about lap swimming is that you don’t need too …

Written by: Harrison Howarth 9 March '22 0

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Fitness & Wellness

Don’t Let Swimmer’s Headache Slow You Down

For most of us, swimming is a hobby, and for some of us, it’s a serious exertional sport that becomes a full-time career. If you swim for fun or for …

Written by: Thomas Board 4 March '22 0

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Triathlon & Open Water

Swim Workouts for Triathlons: Be Prepared to Go the Distance

Triathletes have a different nut to crack when it comes to their swim training. Triathlons and Ironmans are not easy swims, and they force swimmers into open water with hundreds …

Written by: Thomas Board 18 February '22 0

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