The complete guide to swimming for overall fitness and health. Whether you swim competitively, to get fit, to stay healthy, or just swim for fun, The Swim Prescription is the all-in-one guide to everything this incredible sport has to offer. The Swim Prescription is the authoritative reference on all aspects of swimming for health, including: • Detailed explanations of how swimming benefits various health conditions • Step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate swimming into any lifestyle • Helpful tips on swimming equipment—what you should and shouldn’t buy • Three full 12-week workout courses designed for any skill level • Key points for advanced topics including nutrition, strength training and more Swimming is regenerative, beneficial and one of the easiest and most affordable way to rebuild and maintain your fitness. Do yourself a favor and write yourself a prescription for swimming! Perfect for all ages and fitness levels, The Swim Prescription unlocks the power of swimming and makes it accessible for everyone.

Natural swimming pools are the biggest news for gardeners since green roofs. The water is cleaned by aquatic plants instead of chlorine so it is gentle on the eyes and healthy for swimmers. These self-cleaning ecosystems are beautiful to look at and provide a valuable water source for dragonflies, honeybees and other beneficial insects. Wolfram Kircher has researched extensively into the low-nutrientdependent plants that are needed for the surrounds of natural swimming pools and the high-nutrient dependent plants that are required for the regeneration zone. In the book he demonstrates how to maintain the nutrient level in perfect balance to keep down the algae down and water sparkling. The authors have installed pools for decades and trialled different systems and plants to come up with the best possible designs.

Discusses the history and techniques of swimming and diving, safety rescue techniques, and skills for a variety of aquatic activities.

Updated and expanded paperback edition of Null's bestselling alternative health guide which has sold over 150,000 copies in hardback. Includes new chapters on: Addicition, Alzheimer's, Asthma, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cancer Treatments, Lupus and Parkinson's. 'Null demystifies sometimes-confusing alternative therapies with his clear language and straightforward recommendations. A must have reference for every healthy bookshelf.' - Vegetarian Times

Natural swimming pools are kept clean by plants, not chemicals and are healthy environments for both people and wildlife. David Pagan Butler takes you through two projects step by step. The first one is how to build a plunge pool, an ideal nature reserve that you can swim in too ... The second part shows you how to make a much larger natural swimming pool--Container.

A deep dive into the history of aquatics that exposes centuries-old tensions of race, gender, and power at the root of many contemporary swimming controversies. Shifting Currents is an original and comprehensive history of swimming. It examines the tension that arose when non-swimming northerners met African and Southeast Asian swimmers. Using archaeological, textual, and art-historical sources, Karen Eva Carr shows how the water simultaneously attracted and repelled these northerners—swimming seemed uncanny, related to witchcraft and sin. Europeans used Africans’ and Native Americans’ swimming skills to justify enslaving them, but northerners also wanted to claim water’s power for themselves. They imagined that swimming would bring them health and demonstrate their scientific modernity. As Carr reveals, this unresolved tension still sexualizes women’s swimming and marginalizes Black and Indigenous swimmers today. Thus, the history of swimming offers a new lens through which to gain a clearer view of race, gender, and power on a centuries-long scale.

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StarGuard: Best Practices for Lifeguards, Fifth Edition, assists lifeguard candidates in preventing, recognizing, and responding to water emergencies in pool, waterpark, and waterfront settings. Combined with hands-on, scenario-based training sessions taught by authorized StarGuard instructors, the updated text and accompanying web resource teach the essentials of lifeguarding: prevention, surveillance, response and rescue, emergency care, and workplace safety and professionalism. StarGuard: Best Practices for Lifeguards provides specific strategies for decision making. With this authoritative yet accessible guide you will learn the following: • Strategies for reducing risk at recreational aquatic venues • Essential skills for response and rescue, including how to perform land-based assists and water-based rescues • How to recognize indicators of and critical events that can lead to distress and drowning • Emergency care skills in the event of a drowning, injury, or illness, including suspected spinal injuries • Techniques for adapting lifesaving skills for special situations, such as single-guard facilities, inflatable play structures, special events, or lifeguarding individuals with disabilities • Proper techniques for dealing with bodily fluids and fecal contaminations to reduce the risk of recreational water illness The updated fifth edition contains the latest research on best practices in lifeguarding and emergency care, including the most current CPR/AED first aid content based on international guidelines. From surveillance to prevention and emergency care, StarGuard: Best Practices for Lifeguards, Fifth Edition, covers all aspects of lifeguarding in an easy-to-understand format. Together, the text, online resource, and hands-on training course prepare lifeguards with the decision-making, emergency response, and first aid skills necessary for preventing water emergencies and saving lives. Additionally, StarGuard: Best Practices for Lifeguards provides the foundation for the operational policies, procedures, and guidance delivered through the StarGuard Elite complete aquatic safety and risk management system available to aquatic facilities.

Learning To Swim Has Never Been THIS Easy! Can you swim well enough to save your life? Don't feel ashamed to answer this question with "no" - you're not alone. Around half of American adults don't have basic swimming skills. You may have heard that it's easier to learn how to swim when you're a child. So are you doomed now? Definitely not! This practical book will guide you through every phase of learning to swim. Here's a sneak peek of what you'll find inside: Actionable strategies for overcoming the fear of swimming Tips for reducing the health risks of public pools A guide to preparing yourself for swimming lessons Step-by-step descriptions of key swimming techniques And much more! When done right, swimming is fun and very safe - and it's a skill that can literally save your life. Are you ready to get started? Scroll up, click the "Buy Now with 1-Click" button and Get Your Copy Now!