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Zika Concerns Prompt USA Swimming To Move Pre-Olympic Camp To Georgia USA Swimming has reportedly made the decision to move the Olympic swimming squad’s training camp from Puerto Rico to a stateside location... Full Story
USA Swimming Teams Up with Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Dory” for Collaborative Marketing Campaign to “Just Keep Swimming” Combining the timing of the theatrical release of “Finding Dory” with the biggest swimming summer in four years, USA Swimming is joining forces with Disney and Pixar to encourage families around the country to not only find Dory, but to find a swim team through the SwimToday program. The collaboration will be the centerpiece of the SwimToday campaign’s first phase, where 10 industry partners band together to show non-swimmers and their parents why...
Heat Sheets & More Available for CYC Meet The Host Team, CYC Swim Team, has released the Heat Sheets and more information for this weekend's meet at the Long Center, in Clearwater. Please be sure to download your heat sheets prior to going to the meet as they may not be avaialble for sale at the pool. If you have any other questions, be sure to see Coach Randy at the pool today at practice. Click Here to go to the Event Page for all of the...
Macro…what? A Swimmer’s Cheat Sheet to Proteins, Fats and Carbohydrates At some point, we’ve all heard from friends, parents, or even thought ourselves that it doesn’t matter what you eat when you’re a swimmer training at high volume, because you’ll just burn it off, right? So why do we need to talk about nutrition? Michael Phelps eats 12k calories a day worth of McDonald’s burgers and fries and can still win 8 golds at one Olympics, right? WRONG. First of all, Phelps doesn’t do that, and if he did,...
Psych Sheets & Timelines for CYC Meet Available The Psych Sheets and Estimated Timelines forthis weekend's PCL CYC Invite at the Long Center, in Clearwater are now available.for download Links to this weekend's Heat Sheets will be posted as soon as they are released by the Host Club. Click Here to go to the Event Page.
10 Swim Safety Tips fromOlympians and the USA Swimming Foundation ith the swimming season here, theUSA Swimming Foundation kicks off National Water Safety Month with personal water safety tips from six Olympic gold medalists. These tips will help parents and guardians keep their children safer in the water this season. Drowning claims the lives of approximately 3,500 people per year, with nearly 25 percent being children under the age of 14. The problem is particularly daunting in ethnically-diverse communities, where the drowning rate is almost three times the...
What Is A Swim Mom? By Donna Hale First she is the grocery shopper, towel washer, swimsuit buyer, carpool driver and everything in between. She’s the conductor swimmers who make this crazy journey work behind the scenes. Thank her! Second she is the cheerleader, shoulder to cry on, and one who knows your times better than your coach. Need to know a cut? No problem. Text your mommy. She can not only recite your best times but also when you swam them. Thank her. Third, she...
How Low Can You Go—Considerations for Low-Carbohydrate Diets By Debra Wein MS, RD, LDN, CSSD, NSCA-CPT,*D and Esther Bustamante RD, NSCA-CPT Recent research has developed new ways of approaching macronutrient ratios that challenge the conventional way of thinking. This article takes a look at what is usually recommended for athletes, as well as different lower carbohydrate variations. Full Article: This article provided courtesy of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
Build Better Bones in the Swimmer By Jill Castle, MS, RDN As the mom of a swimmer and a childhood nutritionist with a special focus on young athletes, I’ve often wondered about the bone health of young athletes. Certainly, a healthy diet and exercise contributes to healthy bones… but is it enough? Childhood and adolescence are when bones are built. If bone health is not established during this time, the risk of future osteoporosis (weak, brittle bones) is real. In fact, it is estimated that by 2020, 50% of Americans...
