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CVST Throw Back Thursday - #TBT Anyone remember back when Lazy Days was one of our CVST Sponsors and the Seniors traveled in motorhomes to away meets and on Senior Trips?
Vitamin C and Colds By Chris Rosenbloom, Contributor A few years ago, I talked with an athlete who complained of nausea, diarrhea and intestinal cramping. His doctor had performed tests for the usual suspects: irritable bowel, Crohn’s disease, ulcer, and food poisoning but found no medical reason for his symptoms. A detailed diet history did not show any food culprits (like an allergy, very high fiber or sugar alcohol intake) but he did take supplements of vitamin C to “prevent” colds. He was taking 10 grams a day. To put...
Walz Named CVST September SOM The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Henry Walz as the September 2015 Swimmer of the Month. Swimming in two meets, the September 4th, CVST Friday Night at the Races and the Total Team Wares Invitational, September 18-21, in St. Petersburg, Henry swam to best times in eleven of his fifteen events. Henry’s biggest time drop came at the Total Team Wares invite in the 500 yard Freestyle where he dropped a total of 44.95 seconds. Henry also had a huge time drop of...
Are You Swimming to Win or are You Swimming Not to Lose? (And Why the Difference Matters.) When we are kids the world seems like it is at our beck-and-call. There is no dream too large to consider and no goal too unrealistic. With time in our favor, and the strong wind of youthful ignorance at our backs, we feel like the world is ours to conquer. But as we get older, the more and more people tell us that something cannot be done. That it shouldn’t be...
5 Mental Hacks to Get You Through Your Next Swim Practice We all have those workouts where we feel like the wall of resistance is going to completely collapse on us. Whether it’s because coach has drawn up a set with a cascading and never-ending series of brackets, our stroke feels off, or we had a lousy day, there will be moments where that workout looks flat-out impossible and pointless. Here are 5 tactics to push past those feelings of resistance and get the absolute most of your...
What to Say to Disappointment By Mike Gustafson / Correspondent In sports, clichés are common, but sometimes, they serve a good purpose. Like before your teammate is about to step onto the blocks: You want to offer a cheer, and clichés come to mind. “You can do this.” “I believe in you.” “Just do this.” “Let’s go.” These are what I call “good clichés” -- clichés that do no harm, clichés that motivate clichés that cheer. These good clichés are useful – they’re easy to remember, they’re positive,...
Katie Ledecky Leads 2015 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards Nominees Click here to cast your vote. After winning five gold medals last month at the 2015 FINA World Championships, Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) leads the way with five nominations for the 2015 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards, set for Sunday, Nov. 22, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. The nation’s top swimmers and coaches are nominated in eight categories for the 12th Golden Goggle Awards, the annual celebration honoring the sport’s top performances of the year....
10 Things Swimmers Say to Each Other They Can't Say to Thier "Normal" Friends Swimmers have a language unto themselves. The way we talk to each other is different from the way we talk to our non-swimmer friends. Here are ten examples: 1. “Oh! I didn’t recognize you with your clothes on!” Swimmers spend somewhere between 20-30 hours a week nearly naked. We get so used to seeing each other with wet hair, wet skin, and bare midriffs that we don’t always recognize each other when fully clothed......
