“London Swimming will welcome one of Britain’s most successful female swimmers, Melanie Marshall to deliver our Backstroke Master Class on Saturday 28th February.

Melanie achieved medals at World, European and Commonwealth Games level as well as making 2 Olympic Games Teams in 2004 & 2008.

The one day master class will offer a variety of 90 minute [...]

“To build muscle and lose fat, you need lots of healthy foods. Proteins to build & maintain muscle. Carbs for energy. Fruits & veggies for vitamins, minerals and fiber. Water for hydration & recovery. And healthy fats to help fat loss.

Unfortunately, the rising food prices make it hard to eat healthy. Your paycheck is most [...]

“Researchers say stretching, considered an important part of any athlete’s warm-up routine, can actually weaken muscles.

The habit of holding a stretch for 20 to 30 seconds, known as static stretching, has been considered benefitial for priming muscles. However, scientists from the University of Nevada Las Vegas say this should no longer be encouraged.”

(Via Stretching [...]

Clissold’s competition pool is 25 metres long and 17 metres wide. A lot of people nowadays think Pythagoras dreamt up a solution that helps us work out how far we swim if we swim corner to corner of the pool.

If we let c be the length of the hypoteneuse (the path of the [...]

“Get the technique right before talking tactics to kids, writes Steve Payne.”

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