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What Makes the Perfect Swimmer's Body? Although swimmers with a wide variety of body types have found success in the sport, most at the international level tend to look similar, sporting tall and muscular bodies - typically with long torsos, long arms and short legs. This begs the question: If you c...

Strong Women are Beautiful Women: Growing Up in a Swimmer’s Body By Lillian Nelson (From the Archive) Whether you are 13 years old and just growing into your body, or 20 years old and reshaping your body with college swimming, this sport really forces you to be aware of your own presence. I cannot s...

Soreness and Recovery Tips That Can Benefit the Body By Daniel Zeng, Swimming World Intern Discomfort is not an uncommon feeling. We use it to motivate ourselves to be better, or as a sign that we are actively trying to get out of our comfort zone, literally and figuratively. One thing swimmers know...

2020s Vision: Swimming Culture. On a day when Denmark apologised to its swimmers for the harm caused by practices including weigh-ins at which girls and young women athletes were called fat and humiliated in front of their teammates, including boys and men, we take the moment to reflect on lessons l...

There Is No Right Form: Don't Let Anyone Knock Your Body Image “Your body is a temple, don’t knock it down.” “Beauty is pain.” “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” It’s no secret that we, as a society and as a human race, have put a huge emphasis on the physical body and what is considered “beaut...

Be Proud of Your Build By Maggie Lasto, Swimming World College Intern. If you’re a female swimmer, chances are you aren’t as lean as Kendall Jenner or as short as Ariana Grande. In fact, you probably don’t look like most girls who come across your Instagram feed or your TV screen. It’s hard for you ...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern Ah, the "swimmer body" -- broad shoulders, narrow hips, pronounced musculature -- immediately recognizable and generally admired by those who do not have it. I've heard people describe swimmers as looking like they were carved by Michelangelo, a tinge of...

By Mark McCluskey, Swimming World College Intern While it may seem a bit early to be thinking about conference championships and the end of the season, it really is right around the corner. At this time, most teams’ championship meets are about a month away. While you may feeling a bit burnt out fro...

Challenging 9 Swimming Myths That Have Run Rampant By Gigi Picard, Swimming World College Intern For whatever reason, myths just pop to the surface when non-competitive swimmers comment on swimmers and swimming in general. I know I’ve encountered some wild theories like swimmers shouldn’t go on land...

By Lillian Nelson, Swimming World College Intern All across the country, college and club swim teams have begun their training seasons for the year after taking the tiny, yet well-deserved break that swimmers get once a year. At this point, you’ve more or less been out of the water for a few weeks. ...

Student-Athletes: Keep Your Balance On and Off the Blocks Since the school year has started, high school and college student-athletes have been asking themselves the same question: How do I balance maintaining good grades, going to daily practice, and nurturing my social life?  Here are a few steps ...