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Health & Fitness | Health News
7 Easy Exercises That Are Key to Good Health
Exercising can help prevent heart disease and other high-risk health conditions as it relieves back pain and stress.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Parkinson's researchers warn of possible swimming hazards connected to deep brain stimulation
Neurologists specializing in Parkinson's disease are concerned about the possible risk of drowning for patients with deep brain stimulation implants following a recent study.
Health & Fitness | Health News
10 Health Benefits of Swimming - MySwimPro
Swimming is an amazing form of fitness for people of all ages. If you already know how to swim, it can be easy and inexpensive. You can go at their own pace. Swimming helps not only with your physical health to stay in shape, but the benefits also extend
Science & Technology | Tech News
New Service Lets You Rent a Stranger’s Swimming Pool for an Afternoon | Mental Floss
Desperate to take a dip but want to avoid the chaos of the public pool? With Swimply, you can rent an entire backyard swimming pool for $25 to $150 an hour.
Family & Parenting | Kids
What the CDC Thinks You Need to Know about Crypto & Swimming Pools
Don't drink the pool water.
Family & Parenting | Kids
Water Safety Tips Every Parent Needs to Know
Before you head out into the water this summer, be sure and read up on the top ways to prevent drowning and injury in the water.
Family & Parenting | Kids
Best Community Pools for Los Angeles Families
When your backyard splash pool just doesn’t cut it anymore, check out these clean, local, convenient LA Community pools to take a plunge.
Health & Fitness | Health News
Try This 30-Minute Swimming Workout That Burns Big Calories
Looking for a way to burn calories, but hot yoga in the summertime just doesn’t sound appealing? One word: swimming. Swimming looks relaxing, but looks can be deceiving. Many athletes in great shape from other sports are shocked to find out how exhausti
Health & Fitness | Health News
Try This 30-Minute Swimming Workout That Burns Big Calories
Looking for a way to burn calories, but hot yoga in the summertime just doesn’t sound appealing? One word: swimming. Swimming looks relaxing, but looks can be deceiving. Many athletes in great shape from other sports are shocked to find out how exhausti
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
An unspoken barrier to getting more black girls in the pool: the hair factor
Olympian Simone Manuel’s first-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle last week was more than a personal accomplishment: It was a cultural milestone. When she finished the race in 52.7 seconds, an Olympic record, she became the first African American t
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Anthony Ervin, 35, wins 50-meter freestyle gold in stunning fashion
Anthony Ervin won his second gold in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday. Anthony Ervin, the oldest man to swim for the United States at the Olympics in more than a century, earned a gold medal in the Rio Games’ 50-meter freestyle race Friday night. France
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Katie Ledecky sets world record in 800 freestyle, wins fourth gold medal
Katie Ledecky completed her Olympic freestyle tour de force Friday night with another annihilation of the field, and another world record in the 800-meter free. Ledecky, the defending champion in the event that first put her on the international radar, re
Sports | Sports
Here's a young Michael Phelps hoping to 'get faster' in the pool
Back then he was just an exceptionally talented teenager hoping to win a medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Michael Phelps wins yet another Olympic gold medal in 200-meter IM
Michael Phelps bested rival and friend Ryan Lochte one last time Thursday. RIO DE JANEIRO – For the fourth consecutive and final time, Michael Phelps won Olympic gold in the 200-meter individual medley. The two men had dominated the event for 12 years i
Sports | 2016 Olympics
American Ryan Murphy wins 200 backstroke for another gold medal
American dominance in the 200-meter backstroke continued Thursday at the Rio Games, where Ryan Murphy won Team USA’s sixth consecutive gold in the event.
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Katie Ledecky continues to crush the Olympics
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Sports | My Sporting News
Why Michael Phelps' latest Olympic masterpiece may have been his most impressive yet
At the end of one of the best nights of the best Olympic career ever, Michael Phelps literally ran off an interview podium in bare feet with a white towel wrapped around his waist, three containers of food in his hands. What had just transpired was the N
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Katie Ledecky wins close, thrilling 200m freestyle to take home gold - CBSSports.com
Ledecky gave us an exciting finish as she barely picked up her third medal
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Michael Phelps dusts rival to win 200 butterfly for second gold of Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO – Michael Phelps regained his Olympic 200-meter butterfly title Tuesday night by beating the man who took it away from him four years earlier.
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Katie Ledecky shatters 400 freestyle world record, nabs first U.S. swimming gold
United States’ gold medal winner Katie Ledecky celebrates during the medal ceremony after setting a new world record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de
Sports | 2016 Olympics
Michael Phelps gets 19th gold medal as U.S. wins 4x100 freestyle relay
Full Coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Yahoo Sports. Get the schedule, medal count and the latest results.
Sports | 2016 Olympics
'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu shatters world record in 400 IM, American Maya DiRado takes second
The “Iron Lady” now owns some precious metal. Four years after missing the medal podium entirely in a bitterly disappointing London Olympics, Hungarian star Katinka Hosszu opened a redemptive Rio Games by dominating the 400-meter individual medley and
Family & Parenting | Kids
Best Outdoor Swimming Holes in Los Angeles
From the Rock Pool in Malibu to Eaton Canyon Falls, Los Angeles has plenty of swimming water-holes to help you beat the heat this summer.
Family & Parenting | Kids
Best Community Pools for Los Angeles Families
When your backyard splash pool just doesn’t cut it anymore, check out these clean, local, convenient LA Community pools to take a plunge.
Health & Fitness | Health News
Is the Fish Kick the Fastest Swim Stroke Yet?
I tug my black swim cap over my hair, strap on my pink goggles, and keep a focused calm, like Michael Phelps before a race. It’s…
Health & Fitness | Health News
The Simple, One-Word Secret for Adding Years to Your Life
Move more, live longer.
Sports | Mixed Bag
Japanese centenarian notches up world swim record - Yahoo News
From Yahoo News: A 100-year-old Japanese woman has become the world's first centenarian to complete a 1,500-metre freestyle swim, 20 years after she took up the sport. Mieko Nagaoka took just under an hour and 16 minutes to finish the race as the sole com
Miscellaneous | Local Flavor
Public Swimming Pools in Los Angeles
History buff, aspiring athlete, or desert rat? There's a public swimming pool out there that will suit your preferences.
Pets & Animals | Animals!
And Then Here’s an Owl Going for a Swim in Lake Michigan | TIME
Silly owl, your primary mode of transit is supposed to be flying, not swimming! But alas, here you are, doing what is essentially the butterfly stroke in the cold waters of Lake Michigan.
Family & Parenting | Kids
Swim with the Best at Lenny K Swim Academy
LEARN TO SWIM WITH THE BEST You are back in school but, stay in the pool! Come learn to swim at one of the best and most progressive learn to swim programs in the country!.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
The surge in hidden swimming pools
From Yahoo Homes: Now you see it, now you don’t. With the click of a button, you can make your pool disappear.
