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Proper Push Up Form: How To Do A Push Up 1 Push ups offer a ton of great benefits including: 1) Perform Push Ups Anywhere – You can do push ups anywhere because they only require your body weight. No fancy or expensive equipment required. 2) Increase Pushing Strength – Push ups engage your chest, shoulders, triceps, and core for a complete pushing exercise. If you are benching, you won’t get the same core activation. 3) Variations – Pushups are a very dynamic exercise with many different variations to satisfy...
TRADEWINDS TRIATHLON PST SWIMMERS HAVE GREAT SHOWING Pictured - Meagan Abad, Fernando Abad, Sophia Abad SOPHIA OLIVA triathlon 1st place 15-19 years category , time 1:08:40.9, swim part 500 yards 3rd place overall female out of 107,swim time 5:48 (PST swim) MEAGAN ABAD triathlon 1st place 10-14 years category, time 1:17:56.1, swim part 500 yards 4th place overall female female out of 107, swim time 5:49 (PST swim) DENNIS VOITENKO triathlon 3rd place 30-34 years category, time 00:53:34.96, swim part 500 yards 2nd place in category and 25th overall male...
Mental Training: Swimming Fast and Unburdened for Yourself By Dr. Alan Goldberg, Sport Psychologist Let me ask you what may seem like a really silly question. How fast do you think you’d swim if you went into your best events with a 150-pound weight strapped to your back? Obvious answer: You’d be so weighed down that you wouldn’t be able to get off the blocks. Believe it or not, this is exactly what a lot of swimmers unknowingly do at many of their big meets. They consistently go into their...
Bilateral Breathing Terry Laughlin, head coach of Total Immersion Swimming and coaching director of the Hawks Swimming Association in New Paltz, NY. Laughlin offers some advice on bilateral breathing. Laughlin’s Tip: My first practical coaching lesson came on my second day on the job. I started my coaching career at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at age 21 in September 1972. On Day 1, I noticed that virtually my entire team of 16 college men had lopsided freestyle strokes, rolling more to one side or the other, crossing under the...
Simple Guidelines for Hydration Losing as little as 2% of your body weight due to dehydration can negatively impact athletic performance. Unsure of what, or how much to drink? Here are some simple guidelines to follow: * Drink 10 to 16 ounces of cold fluid about 15 to 30 minutes before workouts. * Sports drinks are fine, particularly for intense activities that are at least 45-60 minutes in duration. * Shoot for a sports drink that contains anywhere from a 6% to 8% carbohydrate concentration (most will list this on...
Warm-Up Tips Warm-up. A proper warm-up may do more than just increase body temperature, which makes the muscles more pliable, and brings more blood (and therefore oxygen and nutrients) to the muscles when swimming. It also appears that warming up helps improve the efficiency of the nerves that control your muscles. A study compared a group of swimmers who warmed up by actively swimming (active warm-up) compared to a group that warmed up by using a heated room, hot tub or hot shower (passive warm-up). The active warm-up group performed...
Warming Down BY KELSEY SAVAGE HAYS with Kristin Hill, Head Coach of Boise State Swimming Warm down gives hard-worked muscles the chance to prepare for the next practice or race. Swimmers should aim to get their heart rate under 100 beats per minute before exiting the warm-down pool. While a 200-300 yard set with some drills and easy swimming is usually enough recovery after practice, races require a little extra strategy. Here are five tips for getting the most out of warm down: 1. After a race, warming down should...
