#SwimUnited With Us!   Help cheer on Team USA by using the hashtag #SwimUnited! Use the hashtag throughout the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to show the world why we love the sport of swimming! The swimming portion of the Olympic Games will be August 6-13. Click here to see how Katie Ledecky, Missy Franklin and Michael Phelps got their start in swimming.

Meet #TeamUSA and the U.S. Swim Team Captains   Get to know your U.S. swim team before they compete in Rio! Read all about the 47 members of Team USA here. You can also watch video biosof the Olympians to learn fun facts and how they got their start in the sport. Meet the captains of the 2016 Olympic Team:   Women: Cammile Adams Elizabeth Beisel Allison Schmitt Men: Nathan Adrian Anthony Ervin Michael Phelps

Psych Sheets for Area 3 Champ's Available   The Psych Sheets for next weekend's Area 3 Championships, being held at Northshore Pool, in St. Petersburg are now available.  Be sure to check them out and see where you stack up against the competition!   We will also post the Heat Sheets and Estimated Timelines as soon as they are made available.   Click Here  to go to the Event Page for access.

Happy #ThrowBackThursday CVST   Happy #TBT #CVST - Anyone remember these "Macho Men" from way back in CVST History?

This Rare Compound Found in Watermelon Improves Endurance, Reduces Fatigue and Makes You a Better Overall Athlete STACK Watermelon is a nutritional powerhouse, chock full of nutrients and compounds that help the human body function at a high level. It also contains a rare type of amino acid that's been shown to have spectacular benefits on athletic performance and body composition. Here's why every athlete needs to make room on his or her plate for watermelon.   Read More

A New Way to Prevent Muscle Cramps The Wall Street Journal   For decades, physicians and other experts in sports medicine have theorized that a cramp was the result of a muscle that was dehydrated, or starved of electrolytes, or suffering tears in its microfibers and cell membranes. These caused pain and spasms that could only be alleviated with water and electrolytes, conventional wisdom held. Now, more experts are beginning to believe we may have been thinking wrongly about cramps all along. A shot of spicy liquid — think wasabi...

Fats vs. Carbs: What's the Best Fuel for Athletes? Men's Journal In a recent review of 61 studies, the vast majority showed that diets relying on more calories from carbs than from fats were optimal for performance. None found that carb-rich diets hurt performance.    Read More  

Top Nutrition Tips Get You Through a Hard Morning Workout Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD   “A spoonful of peanut butter,” “16 ounces of water,” and “a slice of American cheese.” The common thread among these three things is that they are breakfast choices of three different teen swimmers who complained they didn’t have enough energy to get through an early-morning workout. When asked why these choices, the response was not what I expected to hear. I thought they would say they had no time to eat, or they weren’t...

Watch Inspirational Video For Katy Perry’s Olympic Song ‘Rise’   NBC Olympics released a motivational video to accompany the song, which Perry says “has been brewing inside her for years and finally came to the surface.” (billboard.com) Making cameos in the montage of incredible athletic feats are swimmers Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky.   About the song’s message, Perry states, “I know that together we can rise above the fear – in our country, and around the world. I can’t think of a better example than the Olympic athletes, as they gather...

CVST "Name" Caps Are In   The CVST "Name" Cap Order has arrived!  For those who placed an order with the CVST Swim Shop, your caps have been placed in your CVST Mail Boxes at the pool and are now available.  If you are swimming at FLAGS this week and placed an order, Coach Randy will have your caps at the meet..   Additional CVST caps, without the names are also available in the following colors and materials:   Silicone (Thicker Caps) - Navy Blue & Kelly Green Latex (Thinnner...