Swimming for Life

Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As we are heading into February, this is the time of year to hang tough and keep those resolutions and your fitness program alive. Here are a few thoughts: 1. Your health is your only asset which matters. If you are not healthy, you will not be able to enjoy all […]

Your Health is Your Biggest Asset

January 31, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As 2022 is coming to an end, the hoopla of the holidays are almost behind us, I want to wish you a very healthy 2023. Your health and fitness are your most precious assets, so make sure to preserve them and focus your resolutions towards them. Fitness encompasses many components, […]

Fitness Center – The Best Resolutions for 2023

January 5, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — If only we were taught these basic adult skills alongside spelling and math! Most of us pick up basic adult skills along life’s way, like doing laundry, basic cooking, basic financial skills. Some of us even master the finer points of table manners, changing a tire, taking care of children. […]

Things we rarely learn until we get injured

October 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — Although this is not officially a new year, September is, for most of us, the best time to start anew. Kids are back in school, crazy summer schedules and activities are over, the weather is still good. September means change, it is the time to get used to the new […]

September is the Best Time to Start Anew

September 17, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — After reading the last two articles about creating fun and meaningful workouts, I am sure you have experience with various sets, and maybe you have changed your routine of strictly swimming a certain number of laps, without stopping and without looking at the clock. If you have designed a very […]

How to Design Your Own Workout – Part 3

August 26, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — In this article, we will try to be a little more specific about the principles we highlighted in our previous month’s article and give you some examples on how to be creative and adapt your workouts just for you. If you are working out by yourself, there are pros and […]

How To Design Your Own Workout – Part 2

July 23, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Following his reputation, coach Bob Bruce organized his famous pentathlon on June 14 in Bend. Although you can pick and choose your races, Bob designs this meet with the courageous swim warriors in mind. There is the long-distance freestyle pentathlon which includes all the freestyle races from the 50 to […]

COMA Long Course Meters Pentathlon and Juniper Open water Festival

June 13, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Records / Relays / Results by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — Most of us do not have the luxury to have a coach on deck due to schedule, locale, or simply that there is no Master swim team available in your area. In this article and the next, I will try to give you tips for designing your own workout based […]

How to Design Your Own Workout

June 13, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — A key component of any fitness program is nutrition. Nutrition is a broad subject and should not mean the same for everybody. With nutrition, “one size fits all” will not work. We all have different needs based on our genetics, our allergies, our exercise levels, our likes and dislikes, our […]

Nutrition is key

April 28, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe