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The naturally produced hormone irisin helps enable weight loss by converting normal white fat into calorie-burning brown fat in a process called thermogenesis (see research here). Named after the svelte Greek goddess Iris, it is naturally produced during a workout. Jonathan Keats of Wired Magazine writes, “A purified form of irisin could soon become the […]
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During the 2008 Olympic quadrennial, Russian gold medalist Larisa Ilchenko was unbeatable. The Russian superstar, who will be inducted in the 2012 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame this September 22nd on the Queen Mary, was open water swimming royalty. Ilchenko always won her races dramatically. In anything from 5 km to 10 km in
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Youth Day Swim, part of the Freedom Swim Series, will be held at Camps Bay in Cape Town, South Africa on June 16th. The event has 2 distances: 1 or 2 mile races with the funds going to the SEAL Open Water Swimming Development Trust whose trustees include include Ram Barkai, Theodore Yach, Andrew Chin,
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According to the various sources and knowledgeable individuals, some of the most venomous creatures in the world live in the oceans. It can be very scary…and deadly. The Environmental Graffiti ranks the box jellyfish as #1 on the world’s most venomous animal list, followed by the Brazilian wandering spider, Inland Taipan (snake), blue-ringed octopus, and
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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announced there are no more tickets left for the marathon swimming races on August 9th (women) and August 10th (men) in Hyde Park. Despite the sold-out seating near the start and finish of the 10km marathon swim, fortunately tens of thousands of lower-cost (i.e., free)
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Experienced open water swimming coaches are observant. In order to understand precisely what is going on in order to make reasonable decisions, good coaches listen carefully to their athletes, constantly observe their stroke count and stroke technique, and monitor their facial expressions. They understand what they mean when they use specific words, phrases and body
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After reading today’s article on protective swimwear (see here about the dangers of swimming in waters with box jellyfish), marathon swimmer Bob Needham asked the following profound questions: What amount of risk to a swimmer is acceptable in the sport? When does exposing yourself to a certain level of risk considered “foolish”? These are questions
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Sarangani Bay Invasion is a 15 km open water relay swim from Kamanga Beach in Maasim to Glan as part of the Sarangani Bay Festival in the Philippines. The professional race was formerly known as the Swim-Across-the-Bay or the Across-the-Bay Open Ocean Swimming Competition where each team consists of 5 swimmers rotating legs across the
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Marathon swimmers love facing and overcoming everything the ocean can throw at them. And there are few places like the desolate Farallon Islands. 30 miles (48 km) west of San Francisco, the stretch of misery throws up barriers like few other places on Earth: rough water, cold water, jellyfish, tides, currents, the darkness of night
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers can be expressive in a variety of ways: verbally or artistically. Some view their skin as part of that public expression. Below are numerous examples of open water swimmers from Boston to Brazil, Germany to Geneva – many of whom have marine animal-themed or ocean-specific tattoos
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