Congratulations to USA Swimming’s First Three Olympic Team Members   Congratulations to Jordan Wilimovsky, Sean Ryan and Haley Anderson. They qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the 10 K Open Water Race at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Learn more about these three here: Haley Jordan Sean

25 Fun Things To Do While Tapering By Tera Bradham, Swimming World Intern   The magical, two-syllable word that brings more excitement to a swimmer than any other: taper. It’s the only time of the year when swimmers get to experience the energy level of a normal human being; yet we aren’t allowed to utilize any of that pizzazz to which we are so unaccustomed.   Most of the time we find ourselves pulling our chlorinated hair out from boredom and pent up energy. Here are 25 things you can...

6 Healthy Foods That Fool Young Swimmers By Jill Castle, MS, RDN   Jake was drinking a sports drink at lunch. Shelley ate 5 or 6 handfuls of nuts for her after-school snack. Graham guzzled OJ in the morning.    What do these young swimmers have in common? They all thought they were healthy eaters.  Being a healthy eater means knowing which foods promote health and how much to eat. Some foods have the appearance of being healthy, but when you look at the ingredients and analyze their nutrition, they...

You Don't Have to be an American President to Swim By Phillip Whitten, Guest Blogger In the first three articles of this series, we recounted how many American presidents – from John Quincy Adams to Teddy Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan – have swum on a regular basis to enhance and maintain their good health and to relieve the tremendous stress under which they must work every day. But, of course, you don’t have to be a president to be a swimmer. This article, the fourth and final one in this...

Study Says Rude Teens Become Rude Adults By Amy Morin, Teens Expert Whether it’s eye-rolling or backtalk, parents often excuse disrespectful behavior by saying, “Well you know, he is at that age.” And unfortunately, many teens get a free pass to be rude. But new evidence shows that rude behavior during adolescence might not be a passing phase. A rude teenager is at high risk of becoming a rude adult. Rude Teens Don’t Outgrow Their Behavior A 10-year study from the University of Virginia found that teenagers who are especially...

Top Tips for Fighting Fatigue By Chris Rosenbloom//PHD, RDN, CSSD A teen swimmer recently asked about fatigue, and if her diet could be contributing to poor recovery. She swims about nine practices a week. She eats 20 grams of protein after each practice, but is having a hard time recovering for the next swim practice. Protein is important after workouts, but carbohydrate is equally, if not more, important. I hear too many swimmers say they are shunning carbs after reading a story in a magazine or on the Internet that...

Parents Of World-Class Athletes Reveal Secrets To Raising A Superstar By Jeff Eisenberg, The Turnstile, Yahoo Sports, June 22, 2015 At the height of his pursuit of a spot on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, the boy who would one day become the world's most decorated swimmer approached his mom with an impractical idea. Michael Phelps wanted to take a sabbatical from swimming to try out for his high school's football team. Chasing swimming glory sometimes became a lonely quest for Phelps in those days because it required sacrifices other...

CVST FLAGS Team Video Here's a video completely created by the CVST swimmers at lunch on Saturday (7/18/2015) at FLAGS.  Click the link below to watch the video and please be patient it takes about 15-20 seconds to load. /flscvst/UserFiles/Image/Event%20Pictures/FLAGSLC15-LunchVideo(1).mov

Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out By Julie Lythcott-Haims, Slate.com Recent studies suggests that kids with overinvolved parents and rigidly structured childhoods suffer psychological blowback in college. Excerpted from How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims, out now from Henry Holt and Co. Academically overbearing parents are doing great harm. So says Bill Deresiewicz in his groundbreaking 2014 manifesto Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. “[For students]...

Swimming Presidents: Kennedy, Ford, Reagan By Phillip Whitten, Guest Blogger Nearly a century passed after the first swimming president, John Quincy Adams, took his final stroke in the Potomac as president and the next fitness swimmer, Teddy Roosevelt, moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But in the last 80 years, there has been a deluge of swimming presidents. In fact, at least seven of the 13 American presidents since 1935 could swim and most of these did swim to relieve stress, and, more generally, for fitness and health. In chronological order,...