Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #7.

One of the lead stories on our local radio station this morning was about how a local school board of a major metropolitan area had finally reached a decision to send the students to school an additional day, to make up for a snow day. Of course, they also announced that this would be only a half day, so the students shouldn't be too upset.

Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #6.

Last weekend I traveled to Roscoe, NY, to do something I've needed to do for a long time: take a fly-casting lesson. After twenty-plus years of fly-fishing, you'd think I would have found time to take a lesson, but there you are. If you can catch fish, I thought, why take a lesson? Like, if you can swim freestyle, why take a swim lesson?

This adventure began six years ago, when Glenn Mills introduced me to a different way of training. At that time I also met Art Aungst, who coached his girls' high school swim team to the New York State High School Championship two years in a row, off a daily training base of just 3000-4000 yards.

Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #5.

Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #4.

Finally... I'm done traveling for a month. At times I thought it was not going to end, but what an ending it was.

Nothing says "springtime" like the return of Major League Baseball, and nothing seems more predictable than the headlines that have been issuing this year from the Grapefruit League and the Cactus League.

Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #3.

Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #1.

ho really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #2.

This past weekend I had the rough task of being a helpless observer.
I'll start with my son's basketball game. You'd have to know my son to understand "effort." He got an award last year called something like "Most Likely to Run Through a Wall To Win."

For the past few weeks, I've been flying all over the country, filming many incredible athletes for upcoming projects. Last weekend, I ended up at Stanford University. In many ways, Stanford has one of the best reputations in the world of swimming.

Who really wants to work harder? I mean, sure, you do have to work hard to get rewards. But who wants to? Then again, who wants to swim faster? I do. Everyone I know does. But is there only one way to get faster? Is working harder and putting in more yardage the absolute answer to speed? Nope. While you do have to do those things, I've put together ten ways to get faster without working any harder. It's every swimmers dream. Here's Idea #1.