At the risk of sounding like a shameless self-promoter, which I suppose I am, there is an article in the Winter 2004 edition of Men's Health--Best Life magazine (the guy from CSI is on the cover) that I wrote about masters swimming. It's set at the Rutgers meet last summer and profiles a couple guys in my age group along with Bill Volckening, the editor of Swim and a super nice guy.
If you have any friends who are sitting on the fence about possibly returning to the water, the people I profiled might help inspire them to check out our sport's considerable benefits.
Best Life is a trial magazine of sorts that Rodale (publisher of Men's Health, Runners World, etc.) is currently selling only on the newsstand, four times a year, but is considering "launching" as a monthly. It goes against the current grain of men's magazines a la Maxim and its ilk, concentrating less on babes and beer than thoughtful analysis of subjects of interest to a somewhat older more reflective audience (40ish+) as opposed to youth oriented (18-34) demographics. I would sincerely appreciate anyone who has a bit of spare change grabbing a copy on the newstand near you!
For what it's worth, I do think you might enjoy my article--and lots of the other pieces in this issue. Thanks.
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Well, what's it with you middle age men that are able to swim times from college. Us women have more problems doing those old times. Maybe, its easier in freestyle. Anyway, I swim freestyle at about the same speed I swam breaststroke as a kid and breaststroke about 13 seconds slower in the 100 meter. Maybe, its because women even lose more upper body strength than men do as they age, and the best 45 plus woman to do those old times is L Val who has been working out since her early 30's.
Well, what's it with you middle age men that are able to swim times from college. Us women have more problems doing those old times. Maybe, its easier in freestyle. Anyway, I swim freestyle at about the same speed I swam breaststroke as a kid and breaststroke about 13 seconds slower in the 100 meter. Maybe, its because women even lose more upper body strength than men do as they age, and the best 45 plus woman to do those old times is L Val who has been working out since her early 30's.
