{"id":129529,"date":"2015-04-03T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=129529"},"modified":"2015-11-30T07:57:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T14:57:36","slug":"3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr. G. John Mullen<\/i><\/p>\n

Core strength is an all-encompassing term. Many consider core strength as pure abdominal strength, while others consider core strength<\/a> as a whole-body kinetic system. Nonetheless, every swimmer (except for maybe\u00a0the zealot USRPT crew) perform copious crunches and core exercises. Unfortunately, most swimming core training is monotonous, repetitive movements, which don\u2019t translate to the pool. For a better swimming core training program, the swimming community must improve their knowledge base on the muscles at and around the core. Personally, whether I’m working with a college swimmer in a personal training session, a high school swimmer with low-back pain, or the group of 10-year-olds during our kids athletic development program, I’m systematically performing swimming core training at my gym COR<\/a>. Look at this list of muscles:
\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
\n<\/p>\n

Despite the constant chatter around swimming core training<\/a>, how many in the swimming community actually know all these muscles and their functions? I\u2019ll admit that you don\u2019t need to memorize this list to be able to develop core strength or train the core musculature. Also, isolating all these muscles isn\u2019t ideal for core training either. Nonetheless, typical swimming core training is outdated and it is not optimizing performance or preserving health. Michael Phelps\u2019 trainer Keenan Robinson<\/a> and swimming strength coach Tad Sayce<\/a> have both discussed issues with swimming core training in the past. Despite their best efforts, the same swimming core training problems exist!<\/p>\n

Here are 3 swimming core training mistakes I see on swim teams:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. One Plane, one contraction<\/strong>: If you are not familiar with the planes of motion or different types of muscular contraction, check out Swimming Science’s Glossary page<\/a><\/em>. Too often swim teams only strengthen the front of their core. Think about it: planks, sit-ups, leg lifts, flutter kicks, etc. These are the exercises many swimmers do for hours, but the core is a diverse group of muscles (see above) and for our sport, strength in every plane of motion is mandatory. On top of this, some teams only do planks, hoping on the anti-flexion movement. While not flexing the spine can reduce volume, the core must safely flex the spine, as well as stabilize the body as the arms and legs create force.<\/li>\n
  2. Too much volume<\/strong>: Although storied athletes have done millions of sit-ups with much success, we can’t confuse correlation with causation. Often, excessive volume results in overuse and improper form, which is a waste of time and risk of injury. Instead, lowering the volume and trying to maximize a core contraction creates more power, while being safer. As in swimming, the core shouldn’t be trained for just endurance! Mix up the intensity and provide core training of varying volume. Many teams neglect low-volume, high-intensity core training, which neglects our type II muscle fiber development.<\/li>\n
  3. Poor integration<\/strong>: The core muscles contract during every motion. Simply raising the arm overhead contracts the core, yet few think about developing strength for the core. During dryland, simply think about the core contraction and creating a stable core during strength training for enhanced core training. As stated, isolated training isn\u2019t the answer (as least for everyone), so work on strengthening the core during full-body movements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once again, swimming core training is an important aspect for improving coordination, increasing force production, and preventing injuries. Please don’t continue using core training methods from the 70’s and avoid these three swimming core training mistakes today.<\/p>\n

    If you are looking for more information on swimming core training, purchase swimming core training<\/a>! This complete system contains many core exercise videos, lectures, and training programs for maximizing your core strength. It also contains a testing system, helping track improvement and determines if you do have elite swimming core strength!<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Core<\/a>

    Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Dr. G. John Mullen Core strength is an all-encompassing term. Many consider core strength as pure abdominal strength, while others consider core strength as a whole-body kinetic system. Nonetheless,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":130171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[50605,50603,47856,50604,50602,50601,50606,28743,50600,6302,28155,37614,50599,43525],"class_list":["post-129529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaches-education","tag-adductor-magnus-muscle","tag-biceps-femoris-muscle","tag-gluteus-maximus-muscle","tag-gluteus-medius-muscle","tag-gluteus-minimus-muscle","tag-hip","tag-hip-extensors","tag-keenan-robinson","tag-linea-aspera","tag-michael-phelps","tag-muscular-system","tag-quadriceps-femoris-muscle","tag-semimembranosus-muscle","tag-tad-sayce"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the top three mistakes that swimmers and coaches make in their regular core training exercises!\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out the top three mistakes that swimmers and coaches make in their regular core training exercises!\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-03T13:00:06+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-30T14:57:36+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"796\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"G. John Mullen\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"G. John Mullen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"G. John Mullen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d0f617e309ad5e7b7ca8b9d4c3e48171\"},\"headline\":\"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-03T13:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-30T14:57:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\"},\"wordCount\":1084,\"commentCount\":10,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adductor magnus muscle\",\"Biceps femoris muscle\",\"Gluteus maximus muscle\",\"Gluteus medius muscle\",\"Gluteus minimus muscle\",\"Hip\",\"Hip extensors\",\"Keenan Robinson\",\"Linea aspera\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Muscular system\",\"Quadriceps femoris muscle\",\"Semimembranosus muscle\",\"Tad Sayce\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Coaches Education\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\",\"name\":\"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-03T13:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-30T14:57:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"Check out the top three mistakes that swimmers and coaches make in their regular core training exercises!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":796,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d0f617e309ad5e7b7ca8b9d4c3e48171\",\"name\":\"G. John Mullen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bdacd2c5fd93f0c314d686619e8cae15?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bdacd2c5fd93f0c314d686619e8cae15?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"G. John Mullen\"},\"description\":\"Dr. G. John Mullen received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science of Health from Purdue University. He is the owner of COR (www.trainingcor.com), strength and conditioning consultant, creator of the Swimmer's Shoulder System (http:\/\/www.corswimmershoulder.com), Dryland for Swimmers (http:\/\/www.drylandforswimmers.com), and is chief editor of Swimming Science (www.swimmingscience.net) and the Swimming Science Research Review.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/gjohn\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make","description":"Check out the top three mistakes that swimmers and coaches make in their regular core training exercises!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make","og_description":"Check out the top three mistakes that swimmers and coaches make in their regular core training exercises!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2015-04-03T13:00:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-30T14:57:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":796,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"G. John Mullen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"G. John Mullen","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/"},"author":{"name":"G. John Mullen","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d0f617e309ad5e7b7ca8b9d4c3e48171"},"headline":"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make","datePublished":"2015-04-03T13:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-30T14:57:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/"},"wordCount":1084,"commentCount":10,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg","keywords":["Adductor magnus muscle","Biceps femoris muscle","Gluteus maximus muscle","Gluteus medius muscle","Gluteus minimus muscle","Hip","Hip extensors","Keenan Robinson","Linea aspera","Michael Phelps","Muscular system","Quadriceps femoris muscle","Semimembranosus muscle","Tad Sayce"],"articleSection":["Coaches Education"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/","name":"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg","datePublished":"2015-04-03T13:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-30T14:57:36+00:00","description":"Check out the top three mistakes that swimmers and coaches make in their regular core training exercises!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg","width":1200,"height":796,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-core-training-mistakes-swimmers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3 Core Training Mistakes That Swimmers Make"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d0f617e309ad5e7b7ca8b9d4c3e48171","name":"G. John Mullen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bdacd2c5fd93f0c314d686619e8cae15?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bdacd2c5fd93f0c314d686619e8cae15?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"G. John Mullen"},"description":"Dr. G. John Mullen received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science of Health from Purdue University. He is the owner of COR (www.trainingcor.com), strength and conditioning consultant, creator of the Swimmer's Shoulder System (http:\/\/www.corswimmershoulder.com), Dryland for Swimmers (http:\/\/www.drylandforswimmers.com), and is chief editor of Swimming Science (www.swimmingscience.net) and the Swimming Science Research Review.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/gjohn\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-abs.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-xHb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}