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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...
10 Excuses Only a Swimmer Could Use to Get Out of Practice Maybe you have used a less than satisfactory excuse to get out of practice in the past. I know I have. Here are some of the typical excuses swimmers use to bow out of training. Swimmers are a lot of things, and creative is certainly one of them. Especially when it comes to ways to get out of practice or a set. After all, you can only use the “I have a tummy ache” line so...
Psych Sheet Available for Tuesday's PCL Meet with TYCC The Psych Sheet is now available for tomorrow night's PCL Duel Meet with the Tampa Yacht Club. Warm-ups for all CVST swimmers is at 4:30 pm and the meet will start at 5:30 pm. The entire event should be over by 8:00 pm barring any delays. Parents, remember we need to supply the timers for this meet, so please sign-up by tonight. We are using 9 lanes, sowe will need 18 timers in all. Click Here to go...
Good Luck to CVST's Matthew Davis in the Walk to Cure Arthritis Support CVST's Matthew Davis in the Walk to Cure Arthritis. Tampa Bay's Walk will take place on Saturday, May 7th, at Al Lopez Park, in Tampa. Matthew's team is called Matthew's Mission and you can follow his fundraising progress toward his Goal of $1000.00, and even donate to his team by Clicking Here. If you are interested in participating, you can register at http://walktocurearthritis.org/tampa. There will be fun, food & drinks, kid's activities, entertainment and more!...
How to be the Hardest Working Swimmer in the Pool Everybody wants to be great. Everybody wants the medals, the records and the glory. They just don’t want to have to work for it. It’s easier to settle for the thought that there is a shortcut somewhere, a sneaky way that gets us results with less effort. But there isn’t. Hard work is unavoidable, no matter how much our culture of insta-results likes to claim otherwise, or how talented your coach and parents tell you...
Bagby Named CVST April Swimmmer of the Month CVST has annnounced Talia Bagby (16) as the 2016 April CVST Swimmer of the Month. Talia went 7 out of 8 lifetime best times at the Boys & Girls Club National Championships and 3 out of four lifetime best times at CVST's Annual Blue/Green Meet and dropped over 90 seconds of time over those swims. Talia is new tot the Senior Group this year and is beginnig to see what she can do with a little more time and effort. ...
