February is American Heart Month so let’s take a brief moment to reflect on how swimming helps our hearts. Most of us may know swimming is a wonderful form of exercise, helping to increase muscle tone and build strength, but perhaps the greatest benefit swimming has on the body is the positive effects on the heart. The heart is one of the most important muscles in our body and, like any other muscle, requires exercise in order to work more efficiently....
Come and Join the Swim Strong Foundation! For the new year, we wish you all can follow the steps of the horse to chase your new goals! Just join us and jump in the pool to be a more powerful and confident "horse"! Happy Chinese New Year! - By Yiwei "Vivi" Dong Swim Strong Coach, Swimmer on the Chinese National Swim Team
When you watch an Olympic swimmer surface post-race to learn he or she has broken a record, sometimes it is hard to reconcile the sheer joy of the moment with the knowledge that a mere hundredth of a second - or less! - separates the new time from the old one. How hard can it be to knock off a second, you may ask? The answer is - as any seasoned swimmer will tell you in a blink of an eye (three- to four-tenths of...
Although it may seem cold enough to walk on ice, you can never be sure about how thick it really is. Check out the full article at Today.com Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
After Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on much of the NYC region and displaced 75 Swim Strong families, we set an ambitious goal to help revive the region: to help 1,000 people learn to swim and to provide 350 scholarships to those in need. The good news is we have exceeded both goals. We helped 1189 people learn to swim and gave 413 scholarships! Now we need your help to finish the year STRONG by realizing our fundraising goals...
by Vedana (Nani) Vaidhyanathan Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. It is the form where your body ignores the insulin you have created. Insulin is necessary for your cells to utilize the energy from the food you consume. Insulin takes that fuel into the cells. When the fuel builds up in the bloodstream (in the form of sugar) instead of going into cells two things can happen: first your cells may starve and secondly the high levels...
