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I'll admit it. I've been racing triathlon for 10 years and never really, truly, deeply understood what a "high elbow catch" is. This includes going to clinics with Olympians, several times. Several times I was told Michael Phelps describes the motion as "swimming over a bar...

It's ironic... That the fittest and most athletic people are also often the most injured and infirm of people. Athletes injure themselves so often precisely because they push so hard. Read more

Beginner Swim Workout 1200 Intermediate Swim Workout 2500 Warm Up: 400 as 75 free/25 drill choice Main Set: 40x50's as 16 every 4th all out....

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You and I both know that trying going to the gym or just trying to keep fit can result in pain. “No pain, no gain” was a big fitness cliché of the 1980s but it has some truth to it – inevitably, where there are attempts at being athletic or fit,...

You may return from a strenuous workout feeling like death warmed up, but you certainly don’t go to gym wanting to get sick. Unfortunately, gyms are right up there with the worst when it comes to the amount of bacteria in them. Read more

If you think eucalyptus you think of koalas or saunas, you're not wrong in either case. The leaf from the eucalyptus tree has a wide variety of uses, including feeding koalas. For people however it has a great number of useful compounds. Euca...

When you think of oranges do you think of orange juice? Or do you think of the smell of freshly cleaned floors? The orange is a super versatile fruit along with much of the citrus fruit family. Which is why we wanted to use it in our shield series products to get you the be...

Our goal around here is to use as many plant based ingredients as possible. So when we decided to work on the problem of fungus and bacteria plaguing athletes, tea tree oil came to mind. Tea tree oil has a lot of benefits, not all of which are widely known. Take a journey w...

Do you know what's in your skincare? From time to time we like to highlight some of the ingredients we use in our skincare products. Lime essential oil is a part of our Shield Series of soaps. Soap focused on washing away fungus and bacteria. So I want to share with you what'...