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Originally posted by creekster View PostAlways the cheerful thought!"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
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WSJ has an interesting article about rising popularity of masters swim groups:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-u-s-m...ace-1438622826
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But for athletes who—because of injury or a been-there-done-that sense of ennui—have crossed their final finish line, U.S. Masters Swimming offers a way to stay race-day fit in the absence of competition. The group doesn’t pressure its members to compete and reassures prospective members that only 25% of its swimmers do compete. That strategy helps explain why Masters Swimming membership grew about 50% in the 10 years ended in 2014, to more than 62,000, says executive director Rob Butcher. “We want people to swim for health and fitness,” he says.
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Masters swimming would seem to have all the makings of a fitness fad. It builds muscle, expands aerobic capacity and enhances flexibility. And it shares with CrossFit workouts and marathon running an elite aura, giving its members a certain cachet.
Yet its steady growth notwithstanding, Masters Swimming has never become the fitness world’s latest big thing. That’s surprising, in part because almost no recreational sport is hotter than triathlon—and the biggest challenge most would-be triathletes face is becoming an endurance swimmer. Yet triathlon, which didn’t exist at the time of the 1970 birth of U.S. Masters Swimming, now boasts three times as many U.S. participants.
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Masters groups in the U.S. number more than 1,500, and Masters swimmers range in age from 18 to older than 100. Membership in the national organization costs $39 a year. The cost of pool time and coaching varies by group, ranging from $25 to $100 a month per person. That’s much lower than the cost of private swim lessons, which have exploded in popularity along with the rise of triathlon.
The sudden ubiquity of triathlon swim coaches irks Mr. Evans, the Southern California Masters coach. “Everyone is hanging out their shingle as a swim coach, and many of them have never swum a swim meet in their lives,” Mr. Evans says. Triathlon coaches might very well retort that their sport’s competitions take place in lakes, rivers and oceans—environments wilder than the pool. To attract triathletes, Masters Swimming has begun staging more so-called open-water swims.
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Originally posted by Armenag View PostWSJ has an interesting article about rising popularity of masters swim groups:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-u-s-m...ace-1438622826
Some highlights:
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