What Is a “heat” in Competitive Swimming? What You Need to Know!
A “heat” is considered a round/”wave” for each event during preliminaries (and sometimes semifinals) of a swimming event. How many heats there are in an event will depend on the number...
Tips to Prevent Tanning While Swimming! Protect Your Skin & Hair Against Sun & Water
Some practices one can take/put into place to prevent tanning while swimming as well as to protect one’s skin/hair from the water/any chemicals in the water include,
Do You Have to Know how to Swim to Join the Navy & Air Force? Branches for Non-Swimmers
The only two branches that require swimming (not just water safety/survival) as a mandatory skill prior to enlistment, during basic training, and throughout one’s military career are the U.S. ...
Can You Forget How To Swim & What to Do if You Did? Are Kids Natural Swimmers!
So, that leads one to ponder- ‘can you forget how to swim ?’ Once one has done enough swimming repetitions to learn the skill this knowledge is stored in the brain as what is known as procedural...
Why Are Swimming Tech Suits Expensive? Is It Faster Than A Tri-Suit!
For tech suits to be able to accomplish all of the aforementioned there is a lot of science and research required. And, science and research are both the opposite of cheap. So, this is what makes a...
How Long After Ear Piercing Before You Can Swim? Why & What Not To Do !
A now you’re wondering, how long after getting my ears pierced before I can swim? According to the National Health Service (NHS) based in England, one should ideally wait until the piercing site is...
