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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Parent Resources
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 Instead of a dryland routine, today we thought to drop ‘Some Good News’ on
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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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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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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 3
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s post contains the second dryland workout provided by Doug Markoff. This is a
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The ‘daily dryland’ -week 3 and news from USA Swimming
By Reach for the Wall Staff Since the announcement of closures of area facilities, many on March 13, others on
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 2
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s contribution comes from USA Swimming. Every Wednesday they are posting a #Workout Wednesday
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home- week 2
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s submission comes from a good friend, Robert Bellamy. Robert has an extensive background
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home- week 2
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s submission comes from Allison Boyle – RMSC Germantown. Thanks Allison!!! Dryland Exercises: Focus
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall Staff Happy Friday! Going into the weekend, we’re offering some resources we’ve seen posted on
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall Staff In our prior posts we have focused on abs, core, and strength exercises. Today’s
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall staff Today’s edition comes from All Star Aquatics coaches Drew Fisher and Mallory Remick. This
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Safe Sport Update
By Reach for the Wall Staff Update on Safe Sport Recognition within PVS: As of February, the list of clubs
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Fitter and Faster unveils their schedule for the DMV!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster As we approach the holiday training season, we would like to invite you all
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Summer Swim Parent Friendships: A League of Our Own
By Michelle Brafman The day before Thanksgiving, I ran into a former summer swim mom at a Giant where neither
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Interview with DC Trident General Manager, Kaitlin Sandeno
By Rich House With the ISL Derby meet fast approaching this weekend, I had a call with Kaitlin to talk
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How Does Chlorine in Pools Affect My Teeth?
Content provided by Thabet Orthodontics People spend countless hours swimming for various reasons: competition, fun and exercise. However, pools present
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ISL coming to Maryland for U.S. derby
Press Release provided by ISL After four matches featuring the Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ clubs facing one another, the inaugural
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USA Swimming Safe Sport developments
By: Reach for the Wall Staff Unfortunately, the topic of athlete abuse has dominated the headlines in our area (as
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SwimLabs Opens new Location Saturday, Nov 3!
Unique Swim School Opens First Maryland Facility, Saturday November 3
We offer private and semi private lessons throughout the day, adult learn to swim classes and we are the Official Swim Training center for Ironman!
2018-19 National Meet Standards
By: Reach fo the Wall Staff At Reach For The Wall, we are looking for ways to make swimming more
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Busy weekend at United States Aquatic Sports Convention!
By: Reach for the Wall staff This past weekend, USA Swimming held its annual convention in Jacksonville, Florida where elections
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National Water Safety Month
We are about a week away from all the neighborhood outdoor pools opening in the DMV and would like to
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Tech Suits- Is 12 too young?
By Guest Contributor: Gabi Meisel You’re on the blocks. You hear the crowd roaring. You fasten your goggles and get
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Your Swimming Career is like a River
Note from Reach for the Wall Editors: Many of you are at the tail-end of your holiday training period and
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99 Amazing Pre-Workout Snacks
Content provided by HealthListed.com. As a workout enthusiast, your main goal is to get your body in the absolute best
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The Ever Changing World of College Recruiting
Contributor Rick Paine is an expert on the college recruiting process. He is also the Director of Swimming at American College
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Water Safety on Vacation
By Reach for the Wall Staff The month of May is the official National Water Safety month, but as families head
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Maryland Region Meet Information
By Reach for the Wall staff. Despite some amazing swimming at Metros, Maryland swim fans have more championship meets left
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Swimming into College
By Reach for the Wall staff. To supplement the article, “Five Things to Consider about Swimming in College“, that we
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2017 Metros Qualifying Times
By Reach for the Wall staff. In a previous article, we talked about High School Championships Meets and asked if anyone
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Five Things to Consider about Swimming in College
By Michelle Lombana, College Swimming Guide. Do you want to swim in college? Does your child want to swim in
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Motivational Times
By Reach for the Wall staff. Have you ever noticed there are some letters (e.g., BB, A, AAA) below swimmers’
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10 Stay-In-The-Bag Snacks For A Healthy Athletes Diet
By P2Life Performance Nutrition. Snacks are an important part of an athlete’s training and a healthy athletes diet. Since not every
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IM Xtreme Games
By Reach for the Wall staff. Several years ago, USA Swimming developed a series of swim meets across the U.S.
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MCPS High School Swimming & Diving 101
By Reach for the Wall staff. This article is the first in a series of posts covering basic information about
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Tech Suits- At what age are they appropriate?
Editorial Opinion: Julie House A few days ago, SwimSwam came out with this article: When should your child wear a
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Racing Skills – The Start
By Rich House The start. Racers are coiled, ready to leap and unleash their fury of strokes. The crowd is
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PGC KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #2809 HOSTS THEIR 41st ANNUAL MINI MEET
By Noreen Burns On Sunday, July 17 , 2016, the PGC Knights of Columbus #2809 in College Park, hosted their 41st
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Swimmer Spotlight – MaiMai
Swimming is a sport for everyone. It’s not only about the swimmers going to Olympic Trials or setting records. It’s
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Top Tips for Fueling a Teenage Swimmer
Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD USA Swimming Many parents ask how they can help their teen swimmer optimize training when
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PWSL Week 3
Congrats on a great season thus far and yet again, some amazing updates! Dominion Valley Sharks vs. Old Bridge Breakers
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When is My Child Ready to Start Swim Lessons?
By Lizzy Bullock / Contributor. (Editor note). We are committed to making Reach For The Wall the go to source
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Prince William Swim League: Week 1 Updates
[Editor note]. The Prince William Swim League (PWSL) has 24 teams located in Prince William County, Virginia. The league is
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