Swim Season Is (Almost) Here! FINIS AquaPulse and Aqua Sphere Swimwear
When I started taking swimming classes a couple of years ago, I took to it like a duck takes to, well, swimming in water, I guess. I grew up swimming in lakes and pools, so the strength and lack of fear was there—I just had to learn the technique. Since then, I’ve learned a lot, [...]
Workout I Did: Alternating 100s
January 31, 2013 by Kristen
Filed under Blogs, From Kristen, Swimming, Workouts
Welcome to a new fun feature on the FBG blogs! Over the last year, we’ve heard from more and more readers that you’d like to know more about what workouts we do. A bit of it is just for curiosity’s sake, but a lot of it is so that when we do a good workout, [...]
★FitStars: Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard
January 28, 2013 by Jenn
Filed under Celebs, Hot Topics, Swimming
Amanda Beard is one of the most well-known Olympic American swimmers of all time. With seven Olympic medals to her name and the former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke, Beard also models, writes, is the face of Aqua Sphere swimwear and is a mom. Girlfriend is busy! We recently got to chat with her for [...]
And That’s How You Ring in a Birthday
Grab your party hats, folks—today is my birthday! I find birthdays to be a bit like New Year’s Eve. I look back on the past year and think about how I’m going to make the coming year even better. I’m all about celebrating. I mean, sure, I might be another year older, but that doesn’t [...]
Yes, Size Matters
October 4, 2012 by Kristen
Filed under Blogs, Endurance Events & Training, From Kristen, Running, Swimming
When you imagine the perfect race, do you picture yourself running through a huge chute with bleachers full of cheering fans on either side? Do you think of your name being called to step up and accept a medal? I love both of those things, but for me, it’s unlikely that both would happen in [...]
Putting Dry Dudz to the Test, the Jamaican Waters Test
Reviewing lots of new products is a seriously fun perk of this job. But when you get to review stuff that is best tested somewhere tropical—and then you actually get to go to Jamaica and have a legit place to review it? Well, that’s just perfection. And that’s what I got to do with Dry [...]
Swimming: Not As Easy As I Remember From Childhood
When I was young, I swam almost daily during the summers. My grandma’s condo had a pool that was almost 5-feet deep in the shallow end and 10 feet in the deep end. The depth made the water freezing on all but the most sweltering of days. But whether because of the cold or just luck, [...]
How Michael Phelps Trains Outside of the Pool (And a Giveaway to Get You Psyched!)
July 20, 2012 by Jenn
Filed under Celebs, Giveaways, Past Giveaways, Sponsored Posts, Swimming, Videos
We are blogging on behalf of the Visa Go World Olympic Campaign and receive compensation for our time, but the thoughts, words, and promotions on this page are FBG’s, not Visa’s. The gift card promotion is not sponsored by Visa in any way. We are simply fascinated by the workouts of different Olympians. So when Visa [...]
6 Athletic Swimsuits You Will Actually Want to Show Off
It’s hard enough to look confident in that one special bathing suit that you devote multiple shopping trips to picking out, let alone a sports swimsuit you got stuck with as an only option. Let’s be honest, a one-piece sports swimsuit made for laps around the pool, or worse, staying put while training for a triathlon, aren’t [...]
If You Need Me, I’ll Be Over Here, Watching the Olympics
June 28, 2012 by Kristen
Filed under Endurance Events & Training, From Kristen, Motivation
Like everyone else with a functioning brain and access to the outside world, I’ve been aware of the impending Olympics for quite some time. And I’ve been excited about it—I’ve always, always loved the Olympics, and that hasn’t changed with time. But I guess I was sort of passively excited (is that a thing? I [...]
