Water Polo Fundamentals
Cross-Training Drills to Enhance Your Swimming Strength
by Cav Cavanaugh, Michael Heather >>> Photos by Peter Bick

Besides being an invigorating Olympic sport, water polo is viewed as effective crosstraining for swimming, and often provides a relief from routine team workouts. The moves with water polo use a wide variety of muscle groups, making the sport a valuable workout alternative for Masters swimmers of all types.

Speed and Grace read>>
Charlotte Davis is a Master of Synchro and Racing
by Raena Alexis Latina-Lawson >>> Photos by David Balch

Most of us are happy to splash around to some degree in just one of the four main aquatic sports. But Seattle native Charlotte Davis excels at two: synchronized swimming and racing. SWIMMER profiles this USMS member's life of coaching, competition and community service.

Don't Go Head-to-Head With a Sailfish read>>
What are the Fastest Swimmers on Earth?
by Jim W. Harper

"You swim like a fish" seems the right thing to say to natural-born swimmers, but with 30,000 species of fish, the compliment leaves much to the imagination. Some fish are fast; some are not. So if you really want to compliment a swimmer, tell her she swims like a sailfish.

From the Editor

SWIMMER is for Swimmers by Bill Volckening

Letters

Executive Address

Trends for Our Future by Rob Copeland

Swimming Life

One-Mile Open Water Championships

Swimmers Shine in USMS 5K Open Water Championships at Fort Myers Beach, Fla.

Torres Breaks American Record

Swimming Together to Make a Difference

10K open water Championships

LumberJax Toast Teammate's 80th

Selden Sets USMS 2-Mile Cable Record

All in the Family

Training & Technique

Five Fast Facts -- 100 Freestyle

Pace Yourself

Keep Your Goggles On!

Slippery Situation

Readers Ask: When to Hit the Gym

Training Boost

Web Workout by Roma Hunter read>>

My Favorite Practice by Margie Hutinger

Healthy Swimmer read>>

Perfect Protein

Reader Recipe: Black Bean Hummus

Bathroom Scale vs. Tape Measure

Combat Headaches with Exercise, Relaxation

Back-to-School Cleaning

Join the USMS Health Network

Swim Bag

In-Pool Training

Inside USMS

USMS Holds Strategic Planning Workshop

Anziano Named USMS Fitness Chair

SWIMMER Holds Annual Planning Meeting

Columbus Sharks Win NIKE Grant

On Deck

Splashback

Fleishhacker Pool: An Extravagant History by Melissa Minetola read>>