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The Head Game: Getting swimmers to think

For many swimmers, practice is just about putting in the yards. But for University of Virginia Head Coach Todd DeSorbo, there is much more to it than that. His coaching …

Written by: Michael Coiner 10 May '18

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Fitness & Wellness

5 Hidden Health Benefits of Swimming

If you have a competitive swimmer in the family, you may have spent hours at the pool and even contemplated dipping your own toes in the water. You’ll be encouraged …

Written by: Christin Lee 3 May '18

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Training & Technique

3 tips on how to plan an effective workout even if you don’t have much time

For amateur and master-swimmers: How to make your workout more effective. Useful tips on how to optimize a workout program. Despite the training season already started a few weeks ago, …

Written by: arena coaches 27 March '18

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A Swimmer's life

3 Top Swimmer facepalm Moments

In the vocabulary of real-everyday-normal-people lingo, a ‘facepalm’ refers to those moments in life where the only plausible reaction you have is to bring the palm of your hand to …

Written by: Rebecca Gillis 23 March '18

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Fitness & Wellness

Outdoor Training: It’s Good for You!

Spring is here, and that means it’s time to get outside and move! It may not be warm enough to hit the outdoor pool yet, but adding some open-air training …

Written by: Arena 20 March '18

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Fitness & Wellness

Rock-hard glutes thanks to swimming

Plenty of scientific research has confirmed that the top 5 “first things you look at in a woman or a man” include…. their butt! The glutes are actually a group …

Written by: Marco Borreca 15 March '18

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Swim Tech

The Racing Cap – An Underestimated Necessity

As swimmers, swim caps are our constant companions. After wearing them during practice day after day, you wonder why any sane person would go in the water without one? But …

Written by: Michael Coiner 15 March '18

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Just for Women

5 things only female swimmers can understand

There is nothing better than giving a positive twist to your tiring daily routine with our favorite training session in the pool. But when you don’t have much time and …

Written by: Arena 8 March '18

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Training & Technique

Training to get active again

We have already seen that dry-land training can be useful when resuming swimming after a break, particularly when the pool is not available (Dryland training to get active again – …

Written by: arena coaches 27 February '18

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Training & Technique

Morning training, how to go about it

“Aurora aurum in ore habet “ or, as we often hear people say, “the early bird gets the worm.” But is that what you think when the alarm goes off and …

Written by: arena coaches 22 February '18

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