Swimming for Life

Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — Whatever your level in swimming currently is, this strange pandemic time offers you your best opportunity to improve your technique and go to the next level. Learning the proper technique will go a long way in improving your stamina, your speed, and your level of fitness. In swimming, the resistance […]

Technique, Technique, Technique

October 16, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As September is here, the kids are back in school (at least virtually) and the pools in the tri-counties of the Portland area might finally reopen with some restrictions, it is time to reset the start button. If you have children at home and a full-time job, your schedule and […]

Quality over Quantity

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — By all standards, 2020 has not been the year any of us had in mind. Everything feels out of our individual control. A lot of swimming pools are still closed; the ones open have restrictions and might close again at any time and without much notice. For most of us, […]

How to adapt and set new goals

August 24, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As we all know, the COVID-19 virus is a tough enemy. It is still all around us; it is hard to beat, it is mutating but mostly it is very contagious. So, wear your mask, wash your hands, and keep your social distance. Some of the few consequences for most […]

How to shed that COVID layer?

July 17, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — Gyms and pools are closed. Open swims and races are cancelled. It is easy to understand why you may lose your motivation to work out. In this unprecedented time with more questions than answers, with no specific timeline, with no specific goals, with new protocols and requirements on pool openings […]

How and Why to Stay Motivated

June 12, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — During this very stressful time of the Covid19 worldwide pandemic, I want to wish you all to stay healthy and to keep everybody around you healthy. It is very important to be conscious of the difference between health and fitness. Your health is what keeps your body working smoothly, fighting […]

Health vs. Fitness

April 17, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As a lot of advertising and hypes on supplements, medications and specific diets are continuously bombarding us on TV, the internet, magazines and so on, it is becoming very confusing to know what to eat to stay healthy. Personally, I like to keep it very simple. EAT FOOD. Unless you […]

Fitness and Healthy Eating

March 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As we are getting thru the winter blues and our New Year Resolutions are slowly winding down, I just want to remind you of a few tidbits about fitness that may help you stay the course: our body is amazing and can adapt to almost everything. Movement creates energy: When […]

This amazing body of yours

February 19, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — In my last two articles I spoke about the 5 pillars on which your health is based and about the power of habits. As we launch into 2020, I would like you to bring your 20/20 vision and hindsight to learn from your past mistakes and resounding successes to create […]

Bring 20/20 Vision to Your 2020 Resolutions

January 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health by Colette Crabbe