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Students at the American universities of Columbia, Cornell and MIT have to pass a swimming test before they can graduate. The class of 2020 were allowed to achieve this with an online ‘conceptual swim’ class that involved no actual swimming.
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“Georgian swimming” is a swimming style where swimmer’s hand and feet are bound together. It was re-discovered in the 60es after a swimming enthusiast decided to fact-check a legend about ancient warriors training by swimming in this manner.
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There’s a new service out there that you need to take note of, right now!
Most of us will never be lucky enough to own a pool in our lifetime. Sure, public pools and neighborhood pools are great, but there’s just something about being in a secluded backyard all by yourself or with your friends and family and not having to deal with anyone else.
Now you can live that dream (at least for a few hours here and there) with Swimply, a new service that allows property owners to rent out their pools by the hour to anyone looking for a nice, relaxing dip.
The rates vary depending on the owner (just like Airbnb), and you can search until the cows come home for the perfect spot for you and whoever you wouldn’t mind spending some time with poolside.
The company is based in New York and currently operates in 20 states in the U.S., including pool-friendly places like California, Texas, and Florida. There are all kinds of options, including places with hot tubs, saltwater pools, and even grills and backyard fire pits.
On their website, the folks at Swimply say, “We want mini-escapes to be as ordinary as visiting a cafe or a good nap. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, it should only take a moment from the time you want to be somewhere happier until the time you actually are.”
Amen to that.
Not a bad way for pool owners to make some extra cash, and a great option for people who want to get away from it all and live the good life for an afternoon.
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2000 Olympics gold medal winner, swimmer Antony Ervin decided to retire at 22. It didn’t go so well, as he begun abusing drugs. However, in 2011 he got back into swimming, and at the 2016 Olympics became the oldest swimmer to win a gold medal.
At the age of 41, Jack LaLanne swam from Alcatraz to shore handcuffed. He repeated the feat at 60, this time towing a 1000 pound boat while shackled. 00
The British exclusively swam breaststroke in competition until the 19th century. In 1844, a Native American came to London and won a competition swimming front crawl, a stroke never seen by the Western world, who then regarded it as “un-European”.
MIT students must pass a swim test to graduate. The director of phys ed said swimming is “…a self-survival skill. Research shows that most drownings occur in families where parents don’t know how to swim.” The test requires you to swim 100 yards. It used to be 200 yards, the width of the Charles River, […]
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