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5 of Our Favorite Nutrition Tips from Masters Swimmers

Paying attention to your nutrition is hard work, but after eating all of the right carbohydrates and proteins, sometimes you wonder if that attention to your diet really pays off? If you've recentl...

Where Does Vitamin B12 Come From?

Staying on top of your nutrition plan is important, like making sure you're getting enough of the key vitamins and minerals to fuel your swim workouts and subsequent recovery. Vitamin B12, magnesiu...

5 Things to Look for in a Private Swim Instructor

How Swimmers Can Use Zinc to Help Them Recover

There are many vitamins and minerals that swimmers should use to optimize their performance, both in the pool and outside of the pool. In past blog posts about nutrition for swimmers, we've talked ...

How to Choose the Best Swim Team for Your Child

Participating in a sport at a young age can be a positive part of your child's development. There are the physical benefits, helping them to avoid being part of the childhood obesity epidemic here ...

Meet Laura Val: One of the Best Masters Swimmers in the World!

Laura Val is simply one of the best Masters swimmers in the world. Beyond holding records in almost every category, she's been voted by Swimming World magazine as one of the top swimmers in the wor...

What are Adaptogens and Why Do They Matter?

As competitive swimmers, we put our bodies through rigorous training. There's countless hours at the pool, tiring sessions at the gym, along with the necessity of keeping a healthy diet and sleep r...

The Banned Substance List Every Swimmer Should Know About

As a swimmer, you spend hours in the pool training, time planning nutritious meals, and in between all of that, try to meet the demands of work or school. But hard work does pay off. Think of how h...

3 Ingredients in Protein Shakes that Aren't the Best for Swimmers

Maintaining the right diet for optimal swimming performance isn't easy. There's the ideal amount of carbohydrates to eat, recommended levels of hydration, and different types of vitamins and minera...

Meet Marty Hendrick: Coach for the Championship Swim Team - Swim Ft. Lauderdale!

In his tenure coaching Masters Swimmers, Marty has coached 63 USMS Individual All- Americans, 170 USMS Relay All-Americans with over 230 Individual National Championship swims.  His teams have also...