Types Of Swimming Strokes - Articles

Sort by: Newest Most Comments Relevance

Swim Swam Swum & January is done by JenniferLeah Posted Tue 01 Feb 2011 12:00am and gave me some good feedback on my stroke and elbow position. I love to watch her swim. She is so smooth and graceful in the water. I feel like a water buffalo splishing... The last several days I (water)logged a lot of time in the pool. I struggle with my swim-mentally, mostly. I don't feel confidant with my swimming technique Read on »

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 Read on »

Critique My Swim Stroke by Jeff Irvin Patient Expert

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 Read on »

Atrial Fibrosis, Not Afib Type, Linked to Atrial Fibrillation Strokes by Mellanie H. Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

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 Read on »

Heart Attack & Stroke Risks Higher for Combative Types by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

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 Read on »

Strokes or Cerebral-Vascular Accidents in Kids by Dr. Charlotte Thompson Medical Doctor

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 Read on »

Swim swim swim by Amy G. Patient Expert

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 Read on »

Swim, swim, swim! by Kathy .. Healthy Living Professional

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 Read on »

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming... by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 06 Apr 2011 11:00am Life has been somewhat 'normal' for the Rothkopf clan this past week. Last week I spent a lot of time sewing Sam's tallis for school. Micah had his class Wax Museum on Thursday. He was JFK. He came downstairs in his suit the night before...with no shirt. "You need a shirt." So he went upstairs, and came back...with a t-shirt. "You need a c ... Read on »

Just Keep Swimming, swimming, swimming... by Francine R. Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »