Swimming category: 208 books
Get Wet, Get Fit
The Complete Guide to Getting a Swimmer's Body
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Megan Quann Jendrick and her husband and personal trainer offer a complete training regimen -- including a diet program -- that will enable everyone to achieve the body of their dreams through swimming.
Elite-level swimmers share a common trait -- their toned,...
Chasing Water
Elegy of an Olympian
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides are the recipients of the 2018 Buck Dawson Author Award presented by the Internationla Swimming Hall of Fame!
"Here Ervin and swim trainer and journalist Markides combine talents to create a biography that is part first-hand narrative by Ervin, with...
Swimming
Technique, Training, Competition Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better sportsperson whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport. Featured in Swimming - Crowood Sports Guides are information boxes containing...
Nutrition for Swimmers
For Junior and Age Group Swimmers
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
The big question asked by swimming parents around the world is : What food do I give my child to help them become a successful swimmer ? The answer is now available! You can go from being unsure of what to provide your child to eat before and after training or races, to knowing exactly what to offer...
Swimming for Total Fitness
A Progressive Aerobic Program
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Swimming is one of the best, most enjoyable, and most effective forms of exercise available, and this is the classic guide for beginners and expert swimmers alike, completely revised and updated for the '90s.
B & W line drawings throughout.
Chad le Clos
Road to Glory
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
‘Chad took a deep breath. He pulled on his goggles, pushed them up onto his forehead and slipped on his swimming cap. It was time for the men’s 200 meter butterfly final at the London Olympics of 2012. This was the moment he had been dreaming about for over a decade.’
This is the story...
The Pool Safety Resource
The Commonsense Approach to Keeping Children Safe Around Water
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
This book will help parents understand the unique risks of their own pool environment and how to build a robust system of protection.
When the Roisum family moved to Florida in 2005 they decided to install a new pool in their back yard. Everyone was excited about the aquatic fun they would...
by Chase Watson
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
The essential 'How To Swim' guide will take you from swimming novice to professional in a matter of weeks & from professional to master in the same time. Locate your current swimming level through this book - and catapult yourself to the next level.Get familiar with the drills that...
by H. Vizetelly
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
A detailed guide to a variety of aquatic sports, with information on and instructions for angling, swimming, rowing, sailing, skating, sliding, and curling. Detailed and profusely illustrated, "Aquatic Sports" is not to be missed by collectors of vintage sporting literature, and will be of utility...
The Swimmer's Workout Handbook
Improve Fitness with 100 Swim Workouts and Drills
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
100 of the best swim workouts for all experience levels: fitness, Masters level, or competition. Easy-to-follow pool workouts designed to make you a stronger, faster, and more proficient swimmer.
The Swimmer’s Workout Handbook is a complete guide to escaping the routine of pool swimming with...
by Diana Nyad
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton said that Find a Way would stay with her through the general election: “When you’re facing big challenges in your life, you can think about Diana Nyad getting attacked by the lethal sting of box jellyfishes. And nearly anything else seems doable in comparison.”
On September...
Mark Spitz
The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Mark Spitz is arguably the most famous and successful Olympic athlete of all time because of his legendary performances at the 1972 Olympics, where he won seven gold medals while breaking seven world records. His amazing life story is told for the first time in the authorized biography Mark Spitz:...
21 Miles
Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
'This book will help so many people' Positive Fertility
An Outdoor Swimming Society Book of the Year 2018
After a decade of trying and failing to become a mother, Jessica Hepburn knew it was time to do something different. So she decided to swim twenty-one miles across the English Channel...