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USA Swimming Club Development March Webinar - To Push or Not To Push - A Parent’s Dilemma Dear Swim Parent, David Benzel, Founder of Growing Champions for Life, presents in this Wednesday’s webinar: “To Push or Not To Push - A Parent’s Dilemma.” Discover the best approach for your family and take the guess work out of the most pivotal dilemma parents face today. Most parents admit to being confused about “pushing” their child to achieve, but all parents want to see their children succeed. This session exposes the...
USADA Update There are safety issues that exist with supplements so it is very important to educate yourself. Learn more at http://www.Supplement411.org Questions about the effects of performance-enhancing drugs? Watch and read and learn more here Download the Supplement 411 High Risk List App today from the App or Google play store. Google: Apple: go to app store and download supplement 411
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...
