Swim and shop…local!
By Contributor David Meisel Images courtesy Capital Sport and Swim Before Swim Outlet, before Amazon, there were local swim stores
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For Fun!
OCCS Innovates with Live Stream System!
By Contributor Nick Kulick With the current global pandemic closing swim meets to spectators, many parents are missing the opportunity
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The Lure of the Unknown
By Contributor Susan Kasimer I found my love for open water swimming on May 27th, 2001. I was a pool
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USA Swimming 18 & Under Champs: The Awards!
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a press release from Thursday 1/21, USA Swimming announced they will honor the
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The Swimwear Bug
By Contributor Susan Kasimer I have memories of shopping with Sport Fair dating back to 1989. A representative would come
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MCSL Record Progression: Coaches’ Long Course Invitational
By Contributor Jason Blanken and Reach for the Wall Staff This weekend would have been the annual All-Star meet (Relay
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MCSL History…the Records!
By Contributor Jason Blanken and Reach for the Wall Staff After reading our 5-part series detailing the top times achieved
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How To Create A Healthy Meal Plan To Complement Swim Training
By R. Miller; Exclusively written for reachforthewall.org A swimmer’s diet can be very tricky. After all, they require massive amounts
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MCSL Top Swims: The 15-18’s
By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributor Well here we are, the 5th installation of the series…the grand
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MCSL Top Swims: The 13-14’s
By Reach for the Wall staff and anonymous contributor This is the 4th of our series of posts containing the
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MCSL Top Swims: The 11-12’s
By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributor Every season the MCSL holds a showcase where the top 8
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MCSL Top Swims: The 9-10’s
By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributors As mentioned in the Top Swims by 8 & Unders, we
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MCSL Top Swims: The 8 & Unders
By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributors This past week we received an email from a contributor that
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To Our Graduates
By Contributor Emily Lilyestrom Stay with me on this one… The weather could not have been more cooperative. Sunny, hot,
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Creativity – At Its Best
By Contributor Emily Lilyestrom A virtual swim season. What does “virtual” mean? It’s something in practice; generated by computer; or
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Clarksburg Village Virtual Swim Team
Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) may be be cancelled for Summer 2020, but it hasn’t stopped the Clarksburg Village Vikings
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Ideas? Share your ideas!
By Reach for the Wall Staff As several areas of the DMV are able to (or will be able to
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout comes from USA Swimming National Team member and Breaststroker, Nic Fink. Nic
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Survey Says?
By Reach for the Wall Staff Through a variety of contacts, Reach for the Wall has become aware of a
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10
By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Today, Russell Mark, from USA Swimming is providing a 30 minute session to
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By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout is from Katie Hoff & her CG Sports Network IM Fit
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By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Looks like the longer we go with the home workouts, the more hashtags
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Fitter and Faster: Free Webcast Schedule through May 17!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8
By Reach for the Wall Staff Another Friday & another day where it looks like exercising indoors is the best
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s dryland session come from MySwimPro and as advertised is a low-impact full
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8
By Reach for the Wall Staff #Motivation Monday Many in the DMV were able to get outside Saturday and enjoy
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Fitter and Faster Schedule through May 8!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster All of Fitter and Faster’s Upcoming Live Broadcasts: https://fitterandfaster.com/live Replays of past free broadcasts:
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff Happy #MayDay Everyone!! Traditionally the 1st of May is ushered in with a dance
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff You’ve made to the end of April! In case you haven’t yet done your
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday The past few weeks we’ve highlighted workouts/routines performed by USA Swimming National team
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s dryland workout comes from the writers at SwimSwam, they have a daily post
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff #MotivationMonday Last week we provided some reminders for you to assess what you’ve done
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Fitter and Faster Live lineup for 4/27-5/2!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster his week we are producing 8 FREE live webcasts. This week’s programs are on valuable topics
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff For those of you who haven’t been exposed to Cody Miller and his VLog,
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Self Magazine by way of the Active Network website
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff CNN recently caught up with Caeleb Dressel to check in on what he’s doing
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Fitter and Faster Live Schedule through April 24!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster ICYMI FFT Live: Mindset Monday – Commitment Breaking Down the 500 Freestyle – Tuesday,
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff In normal times, the sixth week of a training cycle usually means you get
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff Hopefully you were able to follow our posted dryland sessions yesterday? We participated along
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Delta Aquatics & is called the ‘Minute Master’. One
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout is brought to you by CG Sports Network. We’ve done two of
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff As we begin week 5 of training outside the pool and look ahead to
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Fitter and Faster Schedule through April 18!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster Learning from Failure – Mental Skills Training: Monday, April 13: 4pm EST For Swimmers
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4
By Reach for the Wall Staff Two days in a row in the DMV where we see bright sunshine? Take
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday is here!!! We haven’t seen the weekly post from USA Swimming yet, so
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s exercises are provided by Caeleb Dressel. Now that our weather has turned a
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4
By Reach for the Wall Staff Here we go, week 4!!! Today’s suggested workout comes from a USA Swimming club:
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Fitter and Faster live schedule through April 10!
Content Provided by Fitter & Faster Fitter and Faster published their schedule for the week via their Insta story. They
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while a home-week 3
By Reach for the Wall Staff Another Friday, and yes, another day we are staying inside and getting our workout
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 3
By Reach for the Wall Staff Last week we posted a workout provided by Atiba Wade, where he spent an
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