http://www.vaswim.org Official Website of the Virginia LMSC of US Masters Swimming Wed, 15 May 2013 10:53:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.vaswim.org/2013/04/weak-side-breathing/ http://www.vaswim.org/2013/04/weak-side-breathing/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:13:28 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=4200 Feel For the Water blog entries recently addressed this issue.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2013/04/weak-side-breathing/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2013/03/strengthening-exercise-for-breaststroke-pull/ http://www.vaswim.org/2013/03/strengthening-exercise-for-breaststroke-pull/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:58:45 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=4125 Swimming World TV is an interesting breaststroke strengthening exercise.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2013/03/strengthening-exercise-for-breaststroke-pull/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/12/new-years-eve-challenge/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/12/new-years-eve-challenge/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:36:14 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=3544 like to share with the rest of the LMSC?]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/12/new-years-eve-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/11/learning-to-fly/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/11/learning-to-fly/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:43:58 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=3546 provide some tips and drills on how to master it.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/11/learning-to-fly/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/09/taking-time-off/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/09/taking-time-off/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:31:26 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=3300 Swimming Science takes a look at some possible physiological and neurological reasons behind performance degradation due to time away from the water.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/09/taking-time-off/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/08/shoulders-an-ounce-of-prevention/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/08/shoulders-an-ounce-of-prevention/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:55:04 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=3486 FINA Sport Medicine Committee, which includes VMST Coach Dr. Jim Miller as a member, has released an excellent video of exercises to help prevent shoulder problems.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/08/shoulders-an-ounce-of-prevention/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/08/training-for-longer-swims/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/08/training-for-longer-swims/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:12:08 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=3339 Red Mist Set, combined with regular monitoring of your threshold speed, can be used to improve your swimming endurance.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/08/training-for-longer-swims/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/06/the-building-blocks-of-swimming-fast/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/06/the-building-blocks-of-swimming-fast/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:32:02 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=3147 Balancing High Volume: Building Blocks of Performance."]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/06/the-building-blocks-of-swimming-fast/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/02/non-specific-dryland-training/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/02/non-specific-dryland-training/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:01:14 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=2503 Richard Abrahams shares his philosophy for dryland training in an article he wrote in 2009, Dryland Training: A Nonspecific Approach.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/02/non-specific-dryland-training/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/01/block-training/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/01/block-training/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:50:24 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=2171 block training, where several hard days of training are followed by several easy days of recovery.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/01/block-training/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2012/01/online-workouts-at-usms/ http://www.vaswim.org/2012/01/online-workouts-at-usms/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:50:04 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=2665 USMS Workout Discussion forums.]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2012/01/online-workouts-at-usms/feed/ 0 http://www.vaswim.org/2011/12/why-swim-in-championship-meets/ http://www.vaswim.org/2011/12/why-swim-in-championship-meets/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:50:19 +0000 vawebmaster http://www.vaswim.org/?p=2270 Should you go to one?]]> http://www.vaswim.org/2011/12/why-swim-in-championship-meets/feed/ 0