Water is Life
Ce sont environ 220’000 Suisses qui ont pris part aux duel amicaux qui ont eu lieu du 4 au 12 mai dans les différentes régions et qui ont cumulé presque 400’000 heures d’activité physique en tout. La ville de Vevey a atteint le total de 8’377 heures et 74 minutes.
Les membres du Vevey Natation et les supporters du VN étaient fort présents lors du concours inter-associatif, le jeudi 10 mai au Jardin du Rivage. Nos nageurs ont remplacé leur entraînement de piscine par la course à pied de 5km.
Interesting article on a project of the Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement involving swimming. Watch the video below to see the tool in action.
There was a lot of hype around Chris Ritter’s Surge Strength ebook. I just bought the book which at $4.99 I think is a steal. If you have read it or have experience with Chris’ strength training program please let me know in the comments about your experiences.
Last Saturday we took a team trip for some indoor rock climbing. Vevey Natation on the way to the top!
Great video by Yahoo! Sports with Natalie Coughlin showing some of her dryland work.
Coach Ben Titley was a recent guest on the Morning Swim Show and at the end talked about some details of the iPhone app he’s created to help coaches and swimmers with freestyle technique. Here’s the description in the iTunes store: “Welcome to the world’s premier freestyle swimming app by Ben Titley. Ben is the …
Speedo rolled out a new platform called Pace Club. It includes a mobile app for the iPhone that allows swimmers to sign up for training programs, log workouts, view professional athletes demonstrating proper technique and share their progress with friends through Pace Club’s virtual “Swim Team,” as well as on Facebook or Twitter.
Photos from our one day training trip to Saillons les Bains in the midst of a cold winter day in Switzerland.