Took 32 Years to Get to the Olympics
It's been a very long road and it's always tough to describe to people that you're an Olympian... but have never actually BEEN to the Olympics. Thanks to Rachel and Lia, that changed this summer.
It's been a very long road and it's always tough to describe to people that you're an Olympian... but have never actually BEEN to the Olympics. Thanks to Rachel and Lia, that changed this summer.
6 X 50 (25 freestyle + 25 backstroke); minimum of two underwater dolphin kicks off each wall
Today's set keeps everyone on the same sendoff, and asks you to spend some time on each stroke. Plus some Olympic fun at the end.
If you're feeling swim deprived this week, check out how our favorite swimmers did in London, then go get a subscription to www.goswimtv.com and find out how they do what they do.
Our set of the week is all about adding some fun and Games to your team workouts, as we celebrate the athletes taking part in the 2012 London Olympics.
Go Swim would like to honor and salute all swimmers, worldwide, who strive to represent their countries in the Olympics. Over the years, we've been lucky enough to work with many of these swimmers, capturing them at the height of their form so that other swimemrs can learn from what they do.
This week (or next), I'll be speaking to an Olympic breaststroker, and I want to know what you'd like to know.
I was recently involved in an interview process with a group of students from La Mesa, California. They were putting together a presentation based on the 1980 Olympic Boycott for the National History Day Competition.
There was a bit too much travel last week, but it was incredibly inspiring.
No doubt about it. There are some pretty cool events in the Winter Olympics. If you held a Winter Olympics at your pool, using the real WO events as your model, what would be some of your events?
Great interview by Garrett featuring my good friend Craig Beardsley.
I just received my copy of the Topping Point (short film) on DVD. Knowing that the money goes to support Husky Swimming Foundation certainly helps put us to order the video, I can tell you, this looks to be a very interesting movie.
While we were filming our video with Margaret Hoelzer, we had a chance to meet Svetlana Karpeeva, one of Margaret's training partners.
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.