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Kate before and after illness — You know what it is like because you live it every day. Work, kids, meals, homework, housework and it is a repeat cycle of “busy” until the weekend. Weekends are just as jam-packed until they are broken by Mondays and the start of the weekday cycle of activity all over […]

Kate—Terminal Prognosis Turns Into Tremendous Results

21 Jan, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Human Interest / Motivation / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Scott - Oct 24, 2006 — Scott Raphael, N.D. — Cures Type-2 Diabetes by Dr. Scott B. Raphael, N.D. My health problems started even before I was born. My paternal grandparents were grossly overweight. My grandfather, a butcher, always thought that animal protein was the way to good health. As a child, each meal was laden […]

Off the Block: January 2019

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Motivation by Aqua Master Editor

Virginia Phipps — Virginia R. PhippsNov. 2, 1924 – Aug. 7, 2018Virginia “Ginny” Phipps, 93 WRITTEN BY TIM WAUDOur beloved Virginia Phipps passed away on August 7, 2018. Virginia was an accomplished Oregon Masters swimmer and Tanker Towel award winner. In honor of Virginia, Oregon City Swim Team has created a scholarship in […]

In Memory—Virginia Phipps

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Obituary / Uncategorized by Aqua Master Editor

by Lex Higlett Our Ladies 120+ 4×50 Free team successfully defended our title from London, winning gold. Lex is on the right Back in Early September I jumped on a plane and traveled to Slovenia to meet up with my old teammates from my UK club London Otter, at the […]

2018 European Masters Swimming Championships

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Relays by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — (Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.) Crohn’s disease was something I had never heard of before. In 2006, I was 17 and still in high school. I remember when I started to feel sick. […]

McDougall Success Stories Star Christine: Cured Crohn’s Disease

24 Oct, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

September 26-30, 2018 Kerry O’Brien Coaching Award The U.S. Masters Swimming Coaches Committee initiated a new award in 2008 with the goal of recognizing USMS coaches who are building our membership in communities throughout our country. Originally named the Grassroots Coaching Award, it has been renamed to honor Coach Kerry […]

Volunteer Award Winners from OMS honored at USAS Convention in ...

24 Oct, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Awards / Awards / Events by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — by Dr. John McDougall (excerpted) For the entire article, see: https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/protein.htm Preface: Dr. John McDougall, M.D., teaches people to eat a plant based diet consisting of fruits, vegetable, grains, beans, nuts, seeds, unrefined foods, and low fat/low sugar. His emphasis is on complex carbohydrates. People loose weight on his all-you-want-to-eat […]

Where Do You Get Your Protein?

19 Sep, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — Claire Forrest went to her first swim meet at the age of eleven, on a whim. She fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Classified an S6 disabled swimmer for US Paralympics, Claire specialized in mid-distance freestyle and backstroke and made national and world rankings throughout her […]

Ten Female-Swimmer Problems

22 Aug, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — by Jenny Landreth Swell is already beloved in the UK: it’s been named the Sunday Times’ Sport Book of the Year, and the Daily Mail assures, “This book will delight you.” It is a funny and bold account of how women fought their way into the water, and of what […]

Swell—A Waterbiography

21 Jun, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Aqua Master Editor