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Swimming and Running Help Each Other
Did you know there are aquathletes - swim/run athletes? If your body allows you to run, this is a great way to cross train, adding some extra variety, training gains,...
What is Considered to be Good Lung Capacity?
"Good" lung capacity is a general term used to describe an individual's breathing in relation to many factors specific to that person, such as weight, sex, age, and activity. (Stacey...
USA Swimming Water Safety Campaign for Children and Families
Janet Evans and Olympic silver medalist Maritza Correia, the first black woman to make a U.S. Olympic swim team (2004), are encouraging families to learn how to swim together in...
Stress and Its Relationship to Swimming
Burned-out, Stressed-out, Over-worked, Over-trained and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are some of the designer terminologies used to describe the chronically exhausted athlete. Are they signs of an emerging illness or are...
Swimming and The Fear of Losing - Leisel Jones
Australian Olympic star swimmer Leisel Jones talks about her inner demon, the fear of losing, and how it almost made her quit swimming prior to the Athens Olympic Games. (Ainsley...
Staying Fit When Stressed: Tools and Tips For Staying Fit When Stressed
When stressed, many people tend to put on more weight for various reasons. Fortunately, there is something you can do to curtail weight gain and even get more fit...
Plan Your Warm-up Session Carefully
What do you do if you get to a swim meete and the pool is packed full of swimmers for the warm-up session? Barbara Hummel (GoSwim) has some suggestions for...
Swimming pools worth Dhs47 million at four sports clubs in Dubai (AME Info)
Dubai Municipality will soon begin works of a Dhs47 million project to build semi-Olympic swimming pools in four sports clubs of Dubai.
City council approves swimming pool RFP (Redwood Falls Gazette)
Redwood Falls City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night at their regularly scheduled meeting to have written proposals be provided by architectural, en-gineering and consulting ser-vice firms to develop concepts and budgets for remodeling/construction of the city's outdoor swimming pool.
Swimming pool task force closes in on $1.5 million goal (The Derrick)
More than half the needed money is pledged or in hand. The fund-raising effort for Oil City's proposed new swimming pool is closing in on its goal with more than half the needed money pledged or in hand.
Simulation of Water Circulation Improves Safety of Swimming Pools (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LEBANON, N.H.----April 27, 2006--Since the 1980's there have been at least 147 incidents documented of suction entrapment in swimming pools, including 36 deaths. Suction entrapment occurs when a swimmer, usually a small child, is trapped by the suction forces created by the water rushing out of the drain at the bottom of the pool.
Temburong District to get new swimming pool (BruDirect.com)
Residents of the Temburong District will soon be able to use a new facility near the Mini Stadium Sports Complex in Kg Batu Apoi after the construction work of the Phase II of the swimming pool complex ends.
Kincorth Swimming Pool to close early tonight (Aberdeen City Council News)
Kincorth Swimming Pool is to close at 7.30pm due to problems with lighting in the male changing rooms. 2006/04/25 16:46:59
KUALA LUMPUR: An 11-year-old resident of Rumah Kanak-Kanak Tengku Budriah in Cheras drowned in a swimming pool on (Malay Mail)
The body of Chan Tack Fook was found floating in the pool at a condominium in Wangsa Maju by three of his friends about 4pm. Tack Fook and his friends aged between eight and 11 had earlier gone to a condominium in Selayang to have lunch prepared by one of the boys’ mother.
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