Happy #ThrowBackThursday #CVST   Hey #CVST Happy  #TBT - Remember this crew in Tallahassee with former Governor Bush?  

7 Reasons to Keep a Food Journal Courtesy of AthleticFoodieTM, a sports performance company that helps athletes unlock their potential Written by Garrett Weber-Gale   Being a great athlete is about constant improvement, no matter how small those improvements are. One of the most critical aspects of continuing to improve is keeping track of where you were, so you can plan how to get faster, stronger, or more refined in the future. Keeping a food journal is one of the most beneficial things you can do to improve your nutrition,...

CVST to be Represented in the Pool and On Deck at All-Star Meet   CVST will be represented at the 2016 Florida Swimming vs. Florida Gold Coast All Star Dual Meet, both in the water and on deck this year.  Jayden Repak (10) qualified for the team at last week's  Florida Swimming Age Group Championships (FLAGS), where he qualified for the team by placing in the top six in the 100 Breaststroke.  Jayden will be traveling to Ft. Pierce and Indian River State College for  the All-Star Meet.  Jayden will...

42 Swimmer Thoughts at the Announcement of Taper By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent   The beginning of Taper Season is synonymous with Christmas Morning, The Last Day of School, and Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s. The world becomes a happier place: Birds greet you with happy little chirps, bunnies whistle Disney tunes, teammates greet each other with carefree and jolly Salutations, cold pools magically morph into semi-lukewarm pools, and, thankfully, at long last, practices become less intense.    Predicting the beginning of Taper Season can be a difficult endeavor (like...

Michael Phelps Returns for One Last Swim in Under Armour's Haunting New Ad Bearded Champion Preps for Rio By Tim Nudd, AdWeek.com, March 8, 2016 Michael Phelps has been an Under Armour endorser since 2010, but of course, he's only truly in the spotlight quadrennially, during the Olympics. Now 30 years old, the world's greatest-ever swimmer is making one final Olympic push—for the Rio Games this August. Under Armour is celebrating its hero's last stand with a beautiful and brooding ad from Droga5 that focuses on Phelps's intense training regimen—in...

Why You Should Go to Practice Today   Sure, it may seem like “one” missed practice isn’t a big deal, but here is why consistency and showing up matters more than you realize. It’s 2:30pm, and with a morning practice, a day full of classes and relentless eating and snacking already behind you, another swim practice looms ahead. Taking stock of your day you begin to think that maybe you are better off taking the rest of the day to yourself. In these moments it can be tempting to pull...

Happy #ThrowBackThursday #CVST   Happy #TBT #CVST - Remember this CVST Swimming Official from back in 1999? He's still at it today! #FunnestSport  

Katie Ledecky Spends 72 Hours Coming Up Short, Intentionally   For one weekend only, Ledecky, the 18-year-old freestyle phenom, got to experience life as a very good sprinter, not the all-time-great distance specialist she has become. Her program for the Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando event, held at the aging but oddly charming YMCA Aquatic Center, featured none of the events she has come to dominate internationally, with world records in each: the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyles.    Full Story

6 Things I've Learnes as a Swim Parent   My kids started swimming with our club team when they were five and seven years old. Looking back, I am not the same swim parent that I was back then—and thank goodness for that! We began our swim adventure in a “mommy and me” class when the kids were infants. Our main concern was water safety because we live in an area with lots of backyard pools. After exposing them to a variety of sports and activities, both chose swimming. Here...

Where to Look When Swimming Seems Cruel By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer   The 400 IM is a race I only had to swim once to decide it was not my calling. Now when I watch people race it, and love all 16 laps of it, I cannot relate, but I certainly can respect.   One such swimmer was shooting for his sectionals cut this past weekend. He missed it by four tenths of a second in prelims and came back on a mission in finals. His teammates...