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Swimming for healthy weight loss Are you under the impression that certain kinds of swimming barely qualify as exercise, for example when silver-haired seniors glide up and down at a stately pace? If so, then you’re wrong! Swimming is a highly effective method of weight loss. Gliding through the water with even strokes and a [...] The post Swimming for Weight Loss appeared first...

When 16-year-old Angel More dives into the chilly Pacific for a solo marathon swim, she’s not thinking about the daunting number of miles ahead. She’s not thinking about the harsh currents, hypothermia, great white sharks or even how many strokes her Garmin fēnix multisport wearable is counting. One thing occupies her mind. One motivation: helping [...] The post 16-year-old Swimmer Breaks World Records for...

Interval training for the win Short intervals of working out at high intensity followed even shorter recovery periods. This is the basis for Tabata training, and more generally speaking for the wildly popular phenomenon of  HIT (or HIIT, High-Intensity Interval Training), which has been recommended by fitness experts for some years now as a tool [...] The post Tabata Training: Maximum Impact Interval Training...