A few years ago, Kimberley Chambers was your average high-tech drone in the San Francisco Bay Area. By day she worked at a software company in Silicon Valley. In her meager spare time, she describes... Read more >>

The other day, I asked my youngest granddaughter if she wanted to learn how to swim this summer. She said she did, but was afraid she’d sink if she tried to lie in the water—which reminded... Read more >>

“Fear is faith that it won’t work out.” ~ Author unknown While watching a comedy sitcom in which a kid was trying to learn how to swim, I saw my daughter become pensive for a... Read more >>

(Update August 9th, 2008) Most of us know that Mikey, the kid who starred in Life cereal commercials, didn’t die by eating a Pop Rocks followed by a can of Coke. All it took to disprove this... Read more >>

When it comes to exercise’s effect on the body, not all workouts are the same. Different sports use different muscles; by doing them regularly, you can, to some extent, alter the shape of your... Read more >>

Adults love playing in the pool as much as kids do, but most of the pool accessories out there are geared toward those twelve and under. That doesn’t mean “adult swim” can’t... Read more >>

There’s no denying that my son’s an outdoorsman. At the tender age of two, the first words that come out of his mouth in the morning are, “I want to go outside and …... Read more >>

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s findings, about 339 million pool visits were made by people six years or older in 2006. Forty-one percent of kids ages seven to seventeen and 17.4 percent... Read more >>

The day after a long run or a grueling workout, all I want to do is kick back on my couch and catch up on my DVR. But in the workout world, we hear a lot about turning those days off into... Read more >>

So it’s finally official ... my mom is competing in the 2009 water ski nationals.  All 5'4", 100 pounds of her and two days shy of her sixtieth birthday. Her national rankings have her... Read more >>