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Diana Smith's Web Dispatches swimming balance | General | Tuesday August 17, 2010 | By Diana Smith

Often aspired to, rarely achieved...some thoughtful words from Dave Samuelsohn, coach and founder of the Westchester Masters in Larchmont, New York. http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=277

Swimming on the web General | Saturday August 14, 2010 | By Lindsay

The famous “fat-burning zone” is a seductive concept. Keep your workout nice and easy to maximize fat-burning, it argues – no need to waste time and effort by pushing hard. Unfortunately, this concept suffers from flaws of logic and physiology. But...

Coaches' Corner General | Tuesday August 10, 2010 | By Lindsay

A swimmer's anaerobic threshold is a useful tool for setting interval times for training swimmers, and the MSC 1km Challenge can be used to test aerobic capacity and determine a swimmer's anaerobic threshold.  Repeating the 1km Challenge at a later date...

Masters Swimming News General | Monday August 02, 2010 | By Lindsay

Attention: Masters Swimming Coaches From Across Canada For the past five years a swim camp for masters swimmers has been organized on Margarita Island in Venezuela. The camps are currently organized by Kelvin Landolt of Oannes Athletics and Kelvin is...

Masters Swimming News General | Monday June 28, 2010 | By Lindsay

Wendy Buckner, who swam with Technosport, passed away suddenly on June 19th: Wendy Louise Buckner, Dec. 16, 1959 - June 19, 2010 Suddenly, in her 51st year, during a visit to her brother Brent in Grand Cayman, on Saturday, June 19th, 2010. Beloved...

MSC Ops Blog suits fina | General | Thursday June 17, 2010 | By Lindsay

FINA has issued a clarification of the suit rules, which conforms to the MSC interpretation, i.e. that Masters may wear suits that aren't on the FINA approved suit list and don't have the FINA approval label, as long as the suits conform to the FINA rules with...

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Tuesday June 15, 2010 | By Diana Smith

Just came across this cool little website authored by Ruth Talman Kazez, artist, triathlete, swimmer - some interesting and helpful resources geared towards the novice adult athlete. http://ruthkazez.com/50swimworkouts.html Here is her main...

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Saturday June 12, 2010 | By Diana Smith

Check it out...new online magazine that describes itself as, "a cutting edge outlook on water sports and human achievements." Beautifully designed, relevant content, and international in focus (but you'll see Canadian content, and a few familiar...

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Sunday May 30, 2010 | By Diana Smith

Great tips courtesy of swimmers Bonnie Adair and Clay Evans from Southern California Aquatic Masters.  http://www.active.com/swimming/Articles/Open_water_101__Training__racing_and_safety_tips_for_swimmers_and_triathletes.htm As the article first...

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Monday May 24, 2010 | By Diana Smith

"It is 200 years since the poet Lord Byron swam the Hellespont, commemorating the feat in a poem and setting off a mania for swimming throughout Europe. He said it was his proudest moment...Swimming gave Byron, lame as he was, some of the most...

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Saturday May 08, 2010 | By Diana Smith

"Success in life is a matter not so much of talent as of concentration and perseverance." (C.W. Wendte) Two excellent collections of sports psychology articles, for swimmers: http://www.competitivedge.com/sports_article_swim_main.htm  ...

Masters Swimming News General | Friday May 07, 2010 | By Lindsay

A message from the organizing committee of the FINA Masters World Championships: DO NOT FORGET THE WORLDS BIGGEST SWIMMING EVENT!!! I hope you notice the deadline to entry the Championships later this year. FINA, the Swedish Swimming Federation and...

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Tuesday May 04, 2010 | By Diana Smith

Exercise and fitness researcher Steven Blair looks at what swimming can do for us...and tries to explain all the variables. http://www.usmsswimmer.com/201005/pagesfromusms_050610_wads.pdf *Note: This article is in PDF and you need Adobe Reader to open it....

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Saturday May 01, 2010 | By Diana Smith

Check out the following drills to improve lung capacity on your turns. Because..."The easiest way to drop time during your race is to correct the technique and improve efficiency at the wall." (Susan Ingraham, Masters of South Texas). ...

Minutes General | Wednesday April 28, 2010 | By Lindsay

Minutes of the March 7th, 2010 Board of Directors teleconference.

Minutes General | Wednesday April 28, 2010 | By Lindsay

Minutes of the February 7th, 2010 Board of Directors teleconference.

Diana Smith's Web Dispatches General | Sunday April 25, 2010 | By Diana Smith

If swimming makes you hungry, read on...   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18exercise-t.html?scp=1&sq=exercise%20and%20appetite&st=cse  

Swimming on the web General | Wednesday March 17, 2010 | By Lindsay

In a recent updated "Jockology" article on the Globe & Mail web site, Alex Hutchinson reviews the effect of antioxidants on exercise and health. Recent studies suggest that antioxidants may reduce post-workout muscle soreness but may also slow...

Swimming on the web General | Friday March 12, 2010 | By Lindsay

This article discusses a study that looked at the effect of time of day on athletic performance, specifically time to swim 200m. The performance gap between worst time of day (2am-8am) and best time of day (11pm) was a whopping 5.84s! Although not studied...

Swimming on the web General | Thursday March 04, 2010 | By Lindsay

  The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article looking at the possible benefit of exercising at levels beyond the minimum levels often recommended by government health guidelines, guidelines often set to encourage people who don't exercise at all...

Masters Swimming News General | Tuesday March 02, 2010 | By Lindsay

A pioneer of masters swimming in BC, Jock Noble, left us this past December in his 87th year. As a young man, Jock was a member of the British SAS and was awarded many decorations for his valor during the Second World War, serving behind the lines in both...

Swimming on the web science | General | Monday February 15, 2010 | By Lindsay

Two scientific studies have addressed the question of whether it is better to keep one's fingers together while pulling, or allow slight separation.  One study used computational fluid dynamics: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j3m844150606v846/ ...

Swimming on the web drills | General | Friday February 12, 2010 | By Lindsay

Mountain View Masters' web site has a useful list of common drills: http://www.mvm.org/workouts-drills.php

Masters Swimming News General | Thursday February 04, 2010 | By Lindsay

This news was received from Carole Gair, coach of White Rock Wave: White Rock WAVE masters swim, a club of about 35 members have donated over $700 to buy the torches that will be carried by two brothers whose 9 year old sister passed away from liver cancer...