With the 10x100's Check Set on Monday I started to look at the value of said sets.  And other variations of Check Sets.  I decided to find out more so I could justify to myself why I should skip Monday's practice to avoid swimming the 10x100's.  Right off the bat I foun...

I'm a geek and I have geek friends and every so often we have a Wii Game Night. I hosted one about a year ago in which we played Sonic & Mario at The Olympic Games and everyone beat me in swimming.  Usually the parties pretty much revolve around Wii Sports as they are great party games...

Since I moved about two blocks from the 24 Hour Fitness in West Hollywood I figured I'd join and check it out.  Well after three weeks I've decided that I like it.  Like all gyms it has it's good parts and bad parts.  The outdoor pool isn't my favorite pool and I ra...

I'm skimming through the book "The New Science of Swimming" by swim coach legend James Counsilman and found a couple of pages discussing "Cruise Interval".  According to the book: Cruise Interval = the fastest departure interval at which an individdual can swim 5x100 re...

The CalTech Pentathlon is only about a week and a half away so I have a very short time to learn to swim breaststroke.  I find it a testimony to my laziness that I can swim butterfly, backstroke and freestyle with some good speed but flounder when it comes to breaststroke.  The stroke of...

Normally I don't like gym pools.  Too hot, the line and T in the middle of the lane is for decoration only, no backstroke flags, noodlers, pool temperature and a million other things to hate gym pools!  Since I joined the 24 Hour Fitness in West Hollywood I couldn't wait to try o...

My first run since before Halloween wasn't the longest run but it was a run.  I'm going to have to play around with my running routes to avoid pedestrians and traffic.  Of course it was pretty bad tonight as when I got up to Sunset Blvd. a whole section was closed for an post-Oscar bash.&n...

Yesterday was my day off from working out.  Considering how much pain I was in on Friday I so needed it.  I slept in, watched some television then headed out with my friend Amy to the Miracle Mile Art Walk.  We got to the walk a bit late but that was okay as we rushed to fit in as muc...

Well that was a let down. So FINA had the big pow wow to discuss the swim tech suits  and put forward proposed rules for tech suits.  We still have to wait about three weeks when FINA meets again to make any formal ruling but it looks like two restrictions will be put forward that will a...

While the Nintendo DSi isn't Wii Fit the DSi does have a bunch of fitness related games .  Just a few that I know of the top of my head are: My Weight Loss Coach My Fitness CoachLet's YogaLet's PilatesQuick Yoga Training And of course swimming gaming in Mario & Sonic At The Summer Olympic G...