About the Author: Lee Sommers is a strength and conditioning coach and consultant to Fitter and Faster Swim Tour as well as for Nations Capital and Rockville Municipal Swim Club. He trained [...]

Learning the Lingo Like any sport or activity, swimming has its own lexicon, some of which can be quite confusing. We’ve compiled a swim glossary with a list of terms that have tripped up many a [...]

By: Jayme Deerwester, FitterandFaster.com When it comes to putting a fright into swimmers, zombies and ghosts have nothing on these terrors: 1.  Your first 200 fly or 400 IM race. Practicing the [...]

About the Clinician: Connor Jaeger–2012 Olympian in the 1500 meter freestyle– shares his recap of the Santa Clara Grand Prix, his approach to setting goals, maintaining swim-life [...]

About the Author: Nick Folker is the Founder of Folker Aquatic Strength Camp; Speed Training (F.A.S.S.T). Located in Berkeley, CA, Folker has been the strength coach for several NCAA and the [...]