by Molly Huggins | Nov 1, 2017 | Swimming Science
Humans are neat. Especially tiny ones. How old were you when you first hit the water? Infant swim lessons? My mother had us in the water before we could walk. Our firstborn was in before she was three months old. (It was an indoor pool, because Alaska, but it...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 28, 2017 | Swimming Science
What happens to your brain when you swim? One with the Water isn’t just our name. It’s a way of life, a love of movement. It means time spent at peace with the world and away from the chaos of our everyday moments. So what is it about swimming that transports us? We’d...
by Molly Huggins | Feb 5, 2017 | Swimming Science
We are one month into 2017, and it’s been a wild ride so far. Let’s do a quick check in on our New Year’s resolutions. (Everybody knows what the gym looks like on January 2!) Except – I don’t DO New Year’s resolutions. I have a widely shared tendency not to keep...
by Kenny | Sep 5, 2016 | Swimming Science, Swimming Therapy
I love being underwater because the world is so loud. When I submerge myself, the silent stillness encompasses my weightless body and reality shifts. The chaos of everyday life drowns out, and I finally feel in harmony with the Earth. I have been drawn to water my...
by Kenny | May 27, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Coaching, Swim Coach, Swimming Cross Training, Swimming Science
I just read the Training and Technique article in the most recent issue of Swimmer magazine (May – June 2015, Vol. 11, No. 3. Page 12.), “The Dryland Difference, Should I Lift Weights Before or After Swimming? Optimal timing for drylands and swim...
by Kenny | Dec 15, 2014 | Coaching, Personal Coaching, Swim Coach, Swimming Science
Our Swim Coaches Reverse the Pareto Principle and Apply it to Swimming The Pareto Principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the...
