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December 25, 2008 Swimming Pool News


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Shark jumps out of aquarium into swimming pool (Daily Telegraph)
A shark managed to jump out of its aquarium on to a water slide at a hotel swimming pool.

Swim Better By Training The Muscles That Help You Breath
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that swimmers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles. Subjects who followed a resistance-breathing...

St. Louis County suspends swimming pool drain regulation (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
The St. Louis County Council on Monday suspended until the end of next year a county regulation requiring operators of swimming pools and spas to install anti-suction covers on drains.

Weight Training on a Budget
The budget options for resistance training are numerous. If you do have to give up the gym, try some of these workouts that can easily substitute for many of the...

2008-2009 USA Swimming National Championship Meets
There are five swim meets on the 08-09 USA Swimming National Championships calendar:Short Course National Championships - DecemberShort Course Junior National Championships and Long Course Invitational - December2009 National...

Most public swimming pools out of compliance with new law (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Raleigh – Most public swimming pools in North Carolina will be illegal to operate until owners install new safety drains aimed at preventing people from drowning in accordance with a new federal standard that goes into effect today.

Mary DeScenza Breaks Two Championship Records on Final Night of the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships
Mary DeScenza set two Championship records Saturday on the final night of competition at the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course Nationals Championships. DeScenza won both the 200y back and...

To Kick or Not to Kick - That is a Swimming Question
Ruth Kazez gives some straight forward advice on freestyle kicking. Should a swimmer kick a lot, a little, or somewhere in-between? And why do some swimmers move backward when they...

Do You Have Advice for a Swimmer That Has Goggle Problems?
I have a real problem swimming with goggles underwater, so my technique is lacking that's for sure. I end up swimming with my head above the water all the...

Some public swimming pools may not meet new federal rules (The Mooresville Tribune)
Most public swimming pools in North Carolina could be illegal to operate until owners install new safety drains aimed at preventing people from drowning, according to a federal standard that went into effect Friday.

Federal rule forces St. Peters to close its swimming pools (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
FILE PHOTO: St. Peters Rec-Plex. (Don Adams Jr.) ST. PETERS • Susan Wildgrube and her children wanted to celebrate the start of Christmas break by splashing around in the St. Peters Rec-Plex heated indoor pool.

Shark jumps out of aquarium into swimming pool (San Diego 6)
A shark managed to jump out of its aquarium and onto a water slide at a hotel swimming pool used by guests.

Swim Workout: As The Number Of Swims Go Down, The Swimming Gets Faster
These workouts are designed to take between 75-minutes and 90-minutes. If that is too much time or distance, then cut things out, but do not always cut out the same...


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