Water: A 'Vertical' and 'Horizontal' Fitness Tool
from Health News Digest
 Water is an incredible resource for fitness because it simultaneously provides buoyancy and resistance. Water exercise works for everyone, every body and every ability level. Whether or not you are flexible, conditioned or unconditioned, in or out of shape, overweight or right on target, workouts adapted to water can accommodate your needs. More 
Swine Flu: Top 20 Answers You Need to Know
from Infection Control Today
With more outbreaks of the new strain of swine flu come outbreaks of misinformation and rumor. This article has 20 questions answered by infectious disease expert Charles Ericsson, MD, professor of internal medicine and director of travel medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Also, Robert Emery, DrPH, vice president for safety, health, environment and risk management at UT Health Science Center and associate professor in the UT School of Public Health explains common sense preparedness and prevention of illness. More
How Swimming Can Help Slimming, by Olympic Champ Rebecca Adlington
from MSN
Rebecca Adlington, 20, who swims four miles every morning, is eager to share the benefits of swimming just a few times a week. “Swimming does everything,” the Mirror quoted her as saying. More
Weight Lifting for Healthier and Stronger Muscles
from Daily Monitor
The reason why many men women today go to gyms and struggle under the straining load of innumerable weights is to develop healthier and stronger bodies or muscles. Lifting weights will not only help you create a bulging mount of flesh on your arms but will develop all your other muscles as well. Mr Nasser Emmer, a gym instructor, says that the different ways of lifting different weights will work on the different muscles in the body, save for the fingers, toes, and face. More
May is an Active Month for Coaching Clinics
from ASCA
Opportunities to listen to Olympic coaches, world class athletes, and take in an ASCA School abound. Listen to Richard Shoulberg and swimming sensation Dagny Knutson at the Dakota Coaches Clinic on May 1-3. Attend USA Swimming / ASCA regional clinics in Wytheville Va., May 1-3, Boise, Idaho, May 8-10, and Charleston, W. Va., on May 15-17. Take the ASCA Level 2 School in Boise, on May 1 or the ASCA Level 3 Physiology School at the Central States Clinic on May 15. Speaking of central states…the May 14-17 clinic in Oakbrook, Ill., features Bob Bowman, Frank Busch, Dave Salo, Sean Hutchison and Olympians Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen.
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Chasson Steps Down at Arizona State
from CollegeSwimming.com
Dawn Rogers, Senior Associate Athletic Director at Arizona State University, announced the resignation of men’s and women’s swimming head coach Michael Chasson. A national search for his replacement will begin immediately. For the time being, fourth year assistant coach Simon Percy will serve as the interim head coach. More
Weight Loss Competitions Produce Encouraging Results
from Science Daily
Statewide weight loss competitions appear to be a potentially successful weapon in the battle against obesity. These programs can produce weight loss in large numbers of people at minimal cost, according to a new study from The Miriam Hospital and Brown University. More
The 10 Nutrition Rules to Live By
from SuperPrep.com
Nutrition is something that affects everyone. Everyone needs fuel and everyone needs nutrients. Yet everyone eats for completely different reasons. As an athlete on the field putting thought behind what goes into your mouth can do wonders for health, but most importantly performance. The thought process behind choosing the right foods or combinations of foods seems to be the most paralyzing for most athletes. There are so many different opinions, ways of doing things, answers to weight loss, answers to weight gain everywhere you turn that it can become confusing to a point where acting on good intentions seems to halt. More
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