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Candy Angle, Swimming ON 12/14/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

CAAN Sports Swim Clinic

Key to improve swim technique: Head position- should be in a neutral with slight extended position of the neck. Don't move head as body goes where head does. Breathing: Relax!! When you go to breathe should only see the water. If you see READ MORE

STUART SHELDON, Swimming ON 12/1/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

Dynamo Finishes 7th @ Orlando Halloween Invitational

Dynamo Water Polo Club either went 1-3 or 2-2 against a tough field at the 2011 Halloween Invitational hosted by Orlando Water Polo.  Why "or"?  Well, it depends on your "Trick or Treat" priorities.  We'll come back to that READ MORE

Candy Angle, Swimming ON 11/16/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

staying focused

I alwasy see with my master's swim group that this time of the year can be more difficult for one to bring themselves to the pool.  It is the end of triathlon season and the start of the colder months here in New England.  Yes, it is READ MORE

Nicholas Brunelli, Swimming ON 11/15/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

Pan American Games… NO. Pro Swim League… YES. Duel in the Pool… YES

The months of  September and  October were filled with extremely hard training! I achieved many training goals in and out of the pool that will move me into position for a great year of racing.  I wanted to tell you a little about why these two READ MORE

Nicholas Brunelli, Swimming ON 11/14/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

Reblog: Professional Swim League

Reblogged from: Russell Payne: Check this out: Professional Swimming League A pro swimming dual, East vs West, with money on the line. Obviously this includes only professional swimmers, so you won’t be seeing college or high school standouts READ MORE

Nicholas Brunelli, Swimming ON 11/8/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

A New Masters World Record!

last weekend I competed at a local masters swim meet along with some of Swim MAC Team Elite. Every year we like to compete at this meet because meets in  October are normally hard to find and we also get to go after masters world records.  This meet READ MORE

STUART SHELDON, Swimming ON 10/26/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

Busy 2011 Season Wraps @ Orlando Halloween Invitational This Weekend

Dynamo Water Polo Club travels to the Halloween Invitational tournament this weekend @ the recently renovated International YMCA.DWPC has first-round games with overall #1 seed Miami Beach and the Gainesville (FL) Great Whites.  What happens READ MORE

Nicholas Brunelli, Swimming ON 10/24/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

Thank You Merck

I just wanted to send out a quick thank you to Merck and all its employees for the support they have given me the last two years! Today, Merck ran an article about me on their internal website that reaches employees all over the globe. I have READ MORE

Nicholas Brunelli, Swimming ON 10/11/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

Update from SportsRDpro

SportsRDpro has a new blog post up. Check it out and see what she has been up to the last few months. SportsRDpro is my nutrition expert who keeps me on track every day with what I eat.  She makes sure I am fueled properly to get the most out of READ MORE

Nicholas Brunelli, Swimming ON 10/3/2011 | 0 COMMENTS

September Water Training Update

This weekend I put together a few sets we have done  start out the season in September.   Like I said in a recent post [Filling The “Bank”], we are really pushing our legs in every practice. Many of these sets are for kicking and getting your legs READ MORE

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