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PRELIMS Flashcards

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Exercise can reduce the effects:

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  • stress
  • stimulate brain activity
  • regulate some health concerns
  • gives us an overall appearance well-being
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“The ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue and with ample energy to enjoy leisure pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies.” Presidents Council of Fitness and Sports, 1971.

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Fitness

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What are the 5 health-related components of Physical fitness?

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  1. Cardiovascular endurance
  2. Muscular strength
    3, Muscular Endurance
  3. Flexibility
  4. Body composition
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it is the ability to exercise continuously for extended periods without tiring

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Cardiovascular/Endurance

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dependent upon the amount of oxygen which can be transported by the body to the working muscles, and the efficiency of the muscles to use that oxygen

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Aerobic fitness level

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Examples of Cardiovascular Endurance activity/ies:

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Biking

Walking

Jogging

Basketball

Swimming

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how much weight can be lifted one time

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Muscular strength

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how long you can lift the weight over time

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muscular endurance

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is usually how people build their overall muscular strength.

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power lifting

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is utilized by doing as many push-ups, or sit-ups you can do without a time period for the fitness testing.

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muscular strength

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Examples of Muscular endurance test:

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Bench Jump

Modified dip (men)

Modified push up (women)

Abdominal crunch

Abdominal curl-up

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The range of motion that is possible around a joint or joints.

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Flexibility

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The relative amount of muscle, fat, bone, and other vital body parts.

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Body composition

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Positive effects of Physical Fitness:

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  • Reduces the risk of premature death
  • Reduces the risk of developing and /or dying from heart disease.
  • Reduces high blood pressure or the risk of developing high cholesterol
  • Reduces the risk of developing diabetes
  • Reduces or maintains your body weight or body fat.
  • Builds and maintains healthy muscles, bones and joints
  • Reduces depression and anxiety
  • Improves psychological well-being
  • Enhances work, recreation and sport performance.
  • Reduces fatigue
  • Helps you relax and sleep better
  • Enjoy your family
  • Live healthier and longer
  • Live longer to enjoy your retirement
  • Look and feel better
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a condition in which an individual has sufficient energy to avoid fatigue and enjoy life.

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Fitness

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What are the 6 components of Skill-related fitness

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  1. Agility
  2. Balance
  3. Coordination
  4. Speed
  5. Power
  6. Reaction time
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  • the ability to change and control the direction and position of the body while maintaining a constant, rapid motion.
  • For example, changing directions to hit a tennis ball.
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Agility

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  • the ability to control or stabilize the body when a person is standing still or moving.
  • in-line skating
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Balance

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the ability to use the senses together with body parts during movement. For example, dribbling a basketball. Using hands and eyes together is called hand-eye coordination.

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Coordination

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the ability to move your body or parts of your body swiftly. For example, a basketball player making a fast break to perform a layup, a tennis player moving forward to get to a drop shot, a football player out running the defense to receive a pass.

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Speed

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  • the ability to move the body parts swiftly while applying the maximum force of the muscles.
  • a combination of both speed and muscular strength.
  • For example, fullbacks in football muscling their way through other players and speeding to advance the ball and volleyball players getting up to the net and lifting their bodies high into the air.
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Power

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  • the ability to reach or respond quickly to what you hear, see, or feel.
  • For example, an athlete quickly coming off the blocks early in a swimming or track relay, or stealing a base in baseball.
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Reaction time

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23
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  • is an integral part of the educational program
  • promotes the optimum development of an individual
  • Performed through properly selected physical activities
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Physical eduation

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  • focus is on the acquisition and development of physical skills
  • attained through regular exercises and participation in varied vigorous activities
  • Regular physical activity and good physical fitness help enhance the quality of life in many ways.
  • Physical fitness exercise can help keep body fat levels in normal ranges
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Physical development

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  • Learners acquire knowledge and understanding of rules and strategies of the games, sports and dance instructions.
  • Varied activities in physical education help students develop their ability to analyze body movements, skills and game situations
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Mental development

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  • P.E activities provide opportunities for self expression and emotional mastery.
  • Positive feeling toward physical activities is to have more positive balance of feelings (self-confidence, self reliance, self control)
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Emotional development

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  • Physical activities promote the opportunity to be with other people.
  • Develop positive and desirable traits like cooperation, sportsmanship, friendliness, good leadership, respect for others and honesty in group competition.
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Social development

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  • P.E. activities provide the development of inner self and soul.
  • Experience helps students discover a personal meaning and purpose in life.
  • Leads to the appreciation of what is good and beautiful.
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Spiritual development

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-an individual or team sport that uses arms and legs to move the body through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake).

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Swimming

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30
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one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.

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competitive swimming

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are fibrous cords of collagen that serve as flexible anchors in and around the joints of the body.

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Tendons

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most often caused by the over use of tendon in the course of work, athletics, or daily activities. It is most often associated with repetitive movements such as that caused by assembly line work or sports like golf or tennis where an action is repeated excessively

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Tendonitis

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Involving the tendon between the calf muscle and heel.

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Achilles tendonitis

34
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Sometimes referred to as jumper’s knees

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Patellar tendonitis

35
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commonly known as tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow

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elbow tendonitis

36
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Involving the tendon between the bicep and shoulder

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biceps tendonitis

37
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known as pitcher’s shoulder or swimmer’s shoulder

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rotator cuff tendonitis

38
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sometimes called bowler’s wrist

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wrist tendonitis

39
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The treatment of tendonitis involves three elements:

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  1. Restriction of movement of the affected tendon
  2. Reduction of inflammation
  3. Rehabilitation of the injured tendon, joint, and muscle
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Advantages of Swimming:

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  • Swimming is a kind of sport and effective exercise for good health
  • Swimming helps to reduce weight by burning calories when you get into the water. It is good exercise to lose weight and eliminate obesity
  • Swimming helps to boost your mood by reducing tension
  • Swimming helps reduces heart disease, as it is a great cardiovascular exercise
  • Swimming is also good for strengthening muscles
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Advantages of swimming (1)

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  • Swimming is a fun activity, which keeps exercising your heart
  • disabled persons can also use swimming as part of their normal
  • therapy or rehabilitating activity
  • both men and women can enjoy swimming during summer to keep body cool
  • swimmers or athlete can often swims daily for fitness and to remain healthy
  • it is one of the effective exercise and great for the heart and lungs
  • regular swimming improves mood state and keeps you fresh
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Advantages of swimming (2)

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  • Any person of any age can swim.
  • Swimming is one of the best workout for whole body.
  • It also helps to relax your body and mind.
  • Swimming is not only a wonderful aerobic and resistance workout or a fabulous experience but also an activity, which provides a lot of health, benefits to the human body.
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Disadvantages and Risk of Swimming

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  1. Pools have chlorine
  2. Common injuries
  3. Undesired weight gain
  4. Risk of drowning
  5. Dehydration
  6. Fungal infections
  7. Bacterial infections
  8. Polluted water
  9. People pee in the pools
  10. Winter swimming
  11. Cramps
  12. Bumping into foreign objects
  13. Sun exposure
44
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A common type of fungal infection amongst swimmers is a___ f___; it is highly contagious, and it can spread quickly.

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athlete’s foot

45
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A common bacterial infection is the ____. It usually develops when water stays in the ear canal for a long time. This gives bacteria a chance of developing, and as a result, infecting the skin of your ears.

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swimmer’s ear

46
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front crawl stroke used more commonly at a competitive level.

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freestyle

47
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Simultaneous leg kick used in Butterfly

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dolphin kick

48
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these are underwater somersaults used in backstroke and freestyle that allow swimmers to push off from the wall for the next length.

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tumble turns

49
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refers to the rotation of your body from side to side.

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roll

50
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used in the freestyle stroke and involves breathing on both sides of the body.

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bilateral breathing

51
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This is swimming terminology for simple exercises focusing on a particular part of your technique.

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swimming drills

52
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is when you are coasting along with a pause in your stroke.

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glide

53
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Underwater body position after diving or pushing off the wall which maximizes swim speed and efficiency

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streamline

54
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Legs only (no pulling)

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kick

55
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A flat float used for doing kick

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kickboard

56
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Back crawl

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backstroke

57
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Longer distance, moderate intensity, short rest period swimming sets that focus on building endurance

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aerobic

58
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Shorter distance, high intensity, long rest period swimming sets that focus on building power

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anaerobic

59
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50m pool (term used for describing competitions)

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Long course

60
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Arms only (no kicking)

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Pull

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25m pool (term used for describing competitions)

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short course

62
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block water from entering the ear canal while they are swimming.

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earplugs

63
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prevents water from entering their nose while they’re swimming

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nose clips

64
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Inflammation of the canal in the outer ear that is characterized by itching, redness, swelling, pain, and discharge and that typically occurs when water trapped in the outer ear during swimming becomes infected usually with a bacterium.

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Swimmer’s ear aka Otitis externa

65
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allow you to see while your head is immersed in the water, without having to worry about chlorine irritation.

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goggles

66
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  • a piece of equipment that provides multiple benefits
  • reduce drag to increase speed in the water.
  • also keep hair out of the face, help reduce the effects of chlorine on the hair and help swimmers retain body heat when they are swimming in colder water.
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swim caps

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  • are foam flotation devices that can be placed between the legs and used to strengthen and place focus on arm technique.
  • forces swimmers to rely less on their legs to push through the water and more on the arms.
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pull buoys

68
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develop arm strength by increasing resistance in the water, and they also help develop proper stroke mechanics.

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swim paddles

69
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switch the majority of work onto the legs when swimming to strengthen the legs as well as help develop proper kicking technique

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kickboards

70
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develop both arm and leg strength.

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stretch cords and resistance bands

71
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simply makes you work your lower half. The less buoyant the kickboard, the more you have to engage your core.

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kickboard

72
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isolates your upper body while you swim. If the weakest part of your swimming is your upper body, _____ are a great way to bring focus to that area.

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pull buoys

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  • work really well with pull buoys, as you isolate your upper body and then increase both the strength of your pulls and their resistance.
  • a terrific shoulder workout that are guaranteed to leave you sore getting out of the pool.
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paddles

74
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  • will have you flying through the water, but will wear out your legs quickly due to their weight.
  • If you’re not a great kicker, then using it is a great way to build up your strength.
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fins/flippers

75
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adds resistance while you swim, it will eliminate all the inefficient parts of your stroke out as you struggle to keep your speed up.

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parachute

76
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  • works oppositely with fins though they produce same result.
  • A little easier than adding a full parachute to your swim, _____ are a brutal addition to your kicking workouts.
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resistance socks

77
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can fit right on your goggle strap or in your cap and will beep every interval you set. They’re generally used to help swimmers establish a stroke rhythm — for a long swim, every second; for a sprint, every half second.

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Tempo trainers

78
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one of the best ways to limit breathing, or to work on your stroke without the breath breaking it up.

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snorkel

79
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A good swim workout is predominantly interval-based, meaning you swim a certain amount of yards in a certain amount of time, rinse, and repeat.

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pace clock

80
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FINA or __ is the international federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competition in water sports.

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Fédération internationale de natation

English: International Swimming Federation

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IOC stands for?

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International Olympic Committee

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