Swimming is a comprehensive exercise that boosts both physical and mental health. Discover the main benefits of swimming, ...

By Malak Khaled Mariam Saleh Bin Laden has made history as the first Arab woman to swim from Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to Bahrain ...

Incorporating swimming into your training routine can improve endurance, strengthen key muscles, and even speed up recovery ...

Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing ...

qmw.ac.uk Objectives—To assess precautions needed to avoid dangerous hypothermia in endurance sports swims in water below 11°C, using rectal temperature, anthropometric measurements, and voluntary ...

The key is to combine strength and endurance training, researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University say. Cycling, running or swimming is recommended for all-round fitness. But climbing ...

Background Recent reports from triathlon and competitive open-water swimming indicate that these events have higher rates of death compared with other forms of endurance sport. The potential causal ...

An endurance swimmer has finished the first swim under the Antarctic ice to demonstrate the "very rapid changes" caused by climate change. Lewis Pugh, from Plymouth, braved the freezing waters of ...