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Types Of Swimming Strokes - Articles
WHAT ARE THE STROKES IN SWIMMING?
by
CoachKennedy
Posted
Wed 28 Oct 2009 10:34pm
Freestyle – Is the fastest and most efficient swimming technique
Backstroke – Is the only stroke that is swum on the back, the swimmer looking up
Butterfly – Is powerful, graceful and fast
Breaststroke – Is one of the easiest and most relaxing strokes
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Critique My Swim Stroke
by
Jeff Irvin
Posted
Fri 21 Jan 2011 6:56pm
type of learner it makes it easier for me to make corrections if I can "see" my stroke for myself. So on Tuesday my buddy Dave took a couple videos of me doing a few lengths...
When I decided to do my first Triathlon in May of '09 I was an extremely poor swimmer and really had not even tried to swim a lap since I was a 7-year old kid trying
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Atrial Fibrosis, Not Afib Type, Linked to Atrial Fibrillation Strokes
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Mellanie H.
Posted
Wed 23 Feb 2011 4:29pm
fibrosis, and catheter ablation outcomes for many years. Now, they’ve applied their knowledge of quantifying atrial fibrosis to stroke risk assessment and found that the amount of atrial fibrosis, not type of afib, is independently associated with stroke.
Learn more: New Research Yields Insight into Stroke Mechanism for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
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Heart Attack & Stroke Risks Higher for Combative Types
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Anthony Cirillo
Posted
Fri 17 Sep 2010 6:00am
People who tend to be confrontational, especially those who are competitive and aggressive, run a higher risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study... of the arteries is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke, note the authors of the study which appeared in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Three years after
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Strokes or Cerebral-Vascular Accidents in Kids
by
Dr. Charlotte Thompson
Posted
Fri 22 Jan 2010 7:14am
and people had no idea children could have strokes. Having cared for children with disabilities in two large hospital programs, several of kids I saw had had strokes. The youngest... such a marked change when he was a boy with such promise.
Unfortunately today even adults are not always quickly diagnosed as having had a stroke. The editor of two of my books had
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Swim swim swim
by
Amy G.
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:15pm
I think I'm swimming in my sleep now. The little sleep I'm getting, that is. Last night's training swim took me an hour and 20 minutes to complete. Back and forth and back and forth and back and repeat. This morning in our coach's weekly email we were told that we should register for the 1 mile swim at the Aqua Challenge at Lake Del Valle
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Swim, swim, swim!
by
Kathy ..
Posted
Tue 22 Jul 2008 8:21pm
Today I got up and went to the gym to begin my new swim routine.
I picked up a great new bathing suit at TJ Maxx the other day. A Nike for just $20! It worked perfectly. I did half an hour.
I forgot how much I love to swim, and can you believe it is a great calorie burner? Not only that but after the brutality of running on my ankles, legs
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Just Keep Swimming, swimming, swimming...
by
Francine R.
Posted
Wed 20 Oct 2010 7:09pm
We roll merrily along as usual. Micah's birthday party has morphed - I got him to narrow his list to about 11 other kids, and I found a decently affordable magician, so we are having it at home. If he really really wants a pinata, it'll be out in the driveway, hanging from the bedroom window. No more dents in my walls, please.
Sofia started he ...
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Swimming Tips - Swim Technique
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WaterBound ..
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:33pm
swimming, your eyes should be focused on the bottom of the pool when you're not breathing.
Maximize DPS. Focus on maximizing your Distance Per Stroke by counting the number of strokes it takes you to get to the other side. Work on reducing it.
Reach. For freestyle swimming, make sure to really reach forward when you stroke, as if you're reaching
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