Essential Medical Needs for Masters Swimmers sports-masters March 5, 2021 Featured, Health, Sports, Swimming 75 What medical treatments every Masters Athlete should be undertaking By John Post, MD We don’t think about it much, the hidden inner workings of the athlete’s body. It’s just sort of there. It’s always don...
Craig Walker: A Decorated Swimmer sports-masters November 25, 2020 Featured, Sports, Swimming 466 Craig Walker is a dedicated and decorated 80 year old Masters Swimmer from Redlands, California who is preparing for the upcoming USA Masters Games in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After the 2020 Games were postpone...
Swim Team Brings African American Women to the Pool sports-masters November 15, 2020 Breaking News, Featured, Health, Swimming 457 Mahogany Mermaids is a swim team based in Charlotte, NC and is geared toward adult African American swimmers. For most of her life, Tara Johnson-Drayton stayed on the pool deck, watching others play in the ...
What Athletes Over 60 Should Know About Working Out sports-masters July 7, 2020 Featured, Sports, Swimming 703 By Jim Miller, MD Is improvement in performance and conditioning possible after you turn 60? Yes! What are the keys to this seemingly daunting task? This answer is complex. First, the Basics The fir...
How You Should Approach Getting Back in the Pool sports-masters May 23, 2020 Featured, Health, Swimming 584 A perspective shift might be needed as you transition back to swimming regularly By Scott Bay It seems like with every news report, things are getting worse. That constant messaging makes it hard to see w...
How to Spend Your Time Away from the Water sports-masters March 24, 2020 Featured, Health, Swimming 530 Can’t swim right now? Try doing these things! By Terry Heggy, U.S. Masters Swimming Being denied access to water workouts feels like condemnation to the pit of despair. Yet whether it’s because of a public he...
Masters Swim group in Washington swims for exercise and fun sports-masters December 28, 2018 Featured, Swimming 1006 By Evan Caldwell Steve Fogg hadn’t swam competitively for 50 years. That changed in November when the 68-year-old Camano Island, Washington resident joined a handful of local aquanauts in the Stanwood Caman...
The One Thing You Should Do Before Early Morning Swim Practice sports-masters October 6, 2018 Featured, Health, Swimming 1184 By Steph Saullo Many Masters swimmers spend their early-morning hours before work in the pool. Some skip a preworkout meal, others take a few minutes to gobble something when they wake up. So, which is best...
Embrace Racing in Practice sports-masters October 3, 2018 Featured, Swimming 1107 By Mark Johnston Racing in practice is an important training tool to prepare you for meets The touch pads are in and the scoreboard is lit. After our typical meet warm-up, Rich Abrahams and I are ready to r...
