SWIM Magazine July 2001

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Editor’s Note

 

Your Views

 

Just Add Water

 

USMS News

 

Health Waves

 

Swim for Fitness

 

Fins Buyer’s Guide

 

Working Out

 

3000/6000 Entry Form

 

Calendar

 

On the Market

 

MasterSpeak

 

Increasing Shoulder Strength

By Wendy Weil. Masters and fitness swimmers can help prevent swimmer’s shoulder—one of the most common ailments in swimming—through strength training exercises that emphasize the scapular stabilizers and posterior shoulder muscles.

 

Survivor

By Shelley Hanna. Masters swimmer Shelley Hanna of New Zealand survived a bilateral mastectomy plus the resulting chemotherapy, and is now back in the water, swimming faster than ever and appreciating life as never before.

 

Santa Clara Revisited 

By Bill Volckening. There was plenty of fast swimming at the USMS Short Course Nationals in Santa Clara, Calif. The competition produced a total of 119 record breaking performances in 99 events.

 

The Best of Both Worlds

By Mary Jo Ferris. Take swimming, mix it with hockey and, voila, you get un- derwater hockey—a great way to change your aquatic routine. The benefits of hypoxic training, fin swimming and team play will definitely make your pool practice time more fun and creative.