Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — Health is your most precious gift. Fitness is the best medicine around. Do you have the right attitude about it? Here are a few examples of attitudes that might backfire in your long-term pursuit of fitness. Attitude #1: All or nothing attitude. You avoid all your favorite food. Depriving yourself […]

Attitude is everything with health and fitness

19 Aug, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — One of the aspects of swimming which is not often mentioned or emphasized in swim lessons, is how to keep a relaxed breathing. All good instructors will of course teach you how to breathe by turning your head, without lifting it, to stay as much as possible in alignment. As […]

Stay cool!, keep breathing!

18 Jul, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Breathing / Coaching / Fitness by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — You might have participated in a Try-Masters-Swimming week, your first triathlon, open water or a pool meet. It was fun and challenging but now what? How do I keep the motivation to continue swimming after the hype of the event has waned down, if the hours of the Masters swim […]

How to Keep Up Your Motivation

19 Jun, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — The American College of Sports Medicine recommends aerobic exercises like walking, jogging or swimming for 20 to 60 minutes, three to five times per week. Sounds straight-forward. Yes, but it does not take into account the one aspect to which everybody, trying to get back into shape should pay attention: […]

Work your way into a good workout? Get in the ...

16 Apr, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As a current avid swimmer, you probably do not remember when and how you learned how to swim, how hard or how easy it might have been. The younger you were, usually the easier it was, as you had not yet completely developed the notion of fear and risk linked […]

April is Adult Learn to Swim Month: Save a life: ...

17 Mar, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — February was dubbed the fitness month. For the experienced swimmers and triathletes, it was the critical month to build your base endurance work for the season ahead. For the New Year resolution swimmers, it was the critical month to make it a permanent habit to keep going to the pool […]

Breaststroke: easy or maybe the hardest?

18 Feb, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — After the season of reflections and resolutions often comes the season of failure and frustration. And we are just about at that critical time. As people who make health related New Year’s resolutions often make a big mistake, they look at them as an issue of willpower rather than ability. […]

Approach health resolutions as new skills to master

21 Jan, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — When you read this article, it will be time to set your resolutions for 2019 to make it your best year ever. But before you start writing down crazy, hard-to-keep goals, I want you to think about this motto; “Practice with Heart, Swim with Intelligence and Compete with Courage“. This […]

2019: Practice with Heart, Swim with Intelligence, Compete with Courage.

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — When you start any new fitness plan, it is always best to start slowly, and progressively ease into it to avoid injuries, quick burnout and quitting after a little while. However, most people I know are impatient and are looking for immediate results. It does not work that way. Improving […]

Progression, Progression, Progression = Improvement

24 Oct, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe