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Yoga for Swimming?

  • Post author:Mark Fromberg
  • Post published:March 27, 2018
  • Post category:Open Water/Physiology/Useful Tips
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Open water swimming skills can definitely be enhanced with regular yoga practice, and at any age-- as described below, yoga can develop both the mental and the physical aspects of…

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Does Just Thinking About Open Water Swimming Overwhelm You?

  • Post author:Mark Fromberg
  • Post published:March 17, 2018
  • Post category:Cold Water Effects/Open Water Anxiety/Surviving in Open Water/Useful Tips
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Feeling overwhelmed happens at times to all of us, and in a wide variety of circumstances.  Remember the first time you got into a car with the intent of driving…

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Why Talk about Swimming in Open Water?

  • Post author:Mark Fromberg
  • Post published:March 10, 2018
  • Post category:Learning to Swim/Open Water/Useful Tips
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You would think that, with water covering 70% of the earth's surface, with most human populations living nearby a body of water, and human evolution suggesting that most life forms today evolved…

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Three Epiphanies I Needed Before I Could Learn How to Swim

  • Post author:Mark Fromberg
  • Post published:March 10, 2018
  • Post category:Learning to Swim
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On a logical level, going to a public pool to get adult swimming lessons made perfect sense for me--I was 50, after all---I felt a need to better engage with…

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Top 16 Reasons Why Pool Swimmers Often Find Themselves Out Of Their Element In Open Water

  • Post author:Mark Fromberg
  • Post published:March 8, 2018
  • Post category:Open Water/Surviving in Open Water
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A public pool is an ideal setting to learn how to swim, because so many variables are well controlled and support and supervision are generally close at hand.  And yet,…

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My “watershed” moment

  • Post author:Mark Fromberg
  • Post published:March 7, 2018
  • Post category:Surviving in Open Water/Useful Tips
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Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 1980. As a 25-year-old on an extended trip Down Under, I loved visiting the beautiful beaches there as much as the next guy. Shortly after…

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