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The squat is a popular dry-land exercise for swimming. This is likely due to the numerous muscles involved and the common belief this motion mimics a flip turn (despite contradictory research). However, the effect the depth and load on the squat are unknown. Muscle force is hard to measure, therefore motion analysis techniques combined with the equations to solve for …
Providing feedback during practice and competitions is common in all sports. Despite the difficulty of providing feedback during swimming, coaches and teammates commonly provide numerous visual and auditory cues. Sensory substitution is the skill of the nervous system to receive input from one sensory system and transmit this information to another sensory system. For example, in swimming the sensory system …
Resistance training is a common mode in dry-land to enhance out of water strength. Despite the lack of correlation between out of water strength and in water strength, many programs have found anecdotal success with resistance training. This is likely due to poor methods correlating in water strength and poor resistance training programs. Moreover, most studies comparing resistance training have …
1. Please introduce yourself to the readers (how you started in the profession, education, credentials, experience, etc.). I am coming from Ljubljana, Slovenia. I’m an Assistant Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport. I spent most of my childhood in competitive swimming. My swimming career was ended during the third year of study at the University of Ljubljana, …
Core stability and strength are thought to improve performance in various sports. In handball, the thrower is believed to use their core during maximal throwing performances. This study looked at the results of core training on throwing velocity performance. What was done Twenty-four female high-school handball players (16.6 years) were divided into a sling exercise training (ST) or a control …
Smart technology is on the verge of dramatically enhancing swimming performance, be ready for the revolution. Swimming is one of the most biomechanically difficult sports. Unlike other sports, swimming works against water while in a horizontal position. The unfamiliar horizontal position makes all stroke corrections more difficult. Water also creates resistance during any motion, making improvements harder! This motion creates …
1. Please introduce yourself to the readers (how you started in the profession, education, credentials, experience, etc.). I am the co-founder and CEO of Kuaiwear, and I am an experienced marathoner, triathlete, Ironman, master diver, and rescue diver. I earned an international business and international marketing degree from the University of Gloucestershire and have worked extensively to develop new, exciting …
1. Please introduce yourself to the readers (how you started in the profession, education, credentials, experience, etc.). My name is Kristen Cochrane and I received a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Sciences from the University of California, Irvine in 2008 and a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from California State University, Fullerton in 2012. I am a member of the American College of …
Background on the Barbell Deadlift Dryland Training has become a quintessential aspect of swimming. Not only does dryland provide the opportunity for athletes to become stronger but it also provides an avenue for the body to create improved physiological adaptations resulting in more functional strength and faster times in the water. The barbell deadlift is an exercise that requires …
Blood flow resistance training has been suggested to improve muscle strength and size at lower loads due to similar hormonal releases compared to resistance training. This acute hypoxia has stemmed research on systemic hypoxia. Training in systemic hypoxic conditions is also suggested to improve growth hormone (GH) release. However, the effects of systemic hypoxic conditions have yet to be determined. …