SM-VolXV-4-JulAug-1999

SWIM Magazine July 1999

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Editor’s Note

 

Your Views

 

Just Add Water

 

Minding Masters

 

Health Waves

 

Swim for Fitness

 

Swimming the Net

 

On Deck Coaches

 

Working Out

 

Ask the Coach

 

Calendar

 

On the Market

 

Splashes

 

A Meet for the Ages

By Phillip Whitten. The USMS Short Course Nationals was an “organized, frenzied, friendly chaos,” as 2,059 swimmers and 190 teams, including squads from Germany, Mexico, Canada, Ukraine and Switzerland, – competed at the May 13-16 meet in Santa Clara.

 

Overtraining? Listen to Your Body

By Jane Moore, M.D. Ideally, swimmers train to improve conditioning, perform as well as possible and peak at just the right moment. But many find themselves training hard in order to train even harder. It is important to understand what overtraining is and how to prevent it.

 

On the Road Again

By Bill Wygant and Renate Olaisen. When you’re on a business trip or on vacation and you want to get in your workouts, don’t worry – it can still be done… even in those tiny “Olympic size” hotel pools!

 

Plyometrics

By Norman Meltzer. Plyometrics are drills and/or exercises involve both speed and strength to improve explosive power capabilities. Three of these exercises are described—We box jump, stair blaster and medicine ball throw.

 

Kicking the Habit

By Karen Chase. Changing the way you think about your own body is not easy, but for this swimmer, a foot injury changed her Philosophy on kicking, which resulted in a smoother stroke and faster times.

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