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BEST TRAINING TOOL YET
My focus was on the advanced swimmer when I reviewed my new Speedo Nemesis fins for SwimOutlet.com. The fins help you find the 2-beat kick and use your whole body correctly. Even my hand/arm placement improved when doing the crawl…
CommentHolding your breath
The Mer-Palooza workshop on breath holding was extremely interesting. It’s more about what you do throughout the day to prepare yourself for when you are in the water. You need to practice breath holds periodically. It was suggested to hold…
CommentMer-palooza Pool Time
Had a blast at Mer-palooza! Check out the Mertail Fitness Facebook photos for more from Mer-Palooza.
CommentMer-palooza here we come!
Swimming over to the Mer-palooza in Tampa, Florida! Hope to arrive in time for the big pool party!
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Live out that childhood dream in style. Join the former mermaids from Weeki Wachee Springs for a dress-up and mermaid training weekend throughout the summer. It was the cover feature for Southwest Airlines’ in flight magazine this past summer so…
CommentChristopher Columbus wrote of mermaids in his diary
The day before, when the Admiral was going to the Rio del Oro, he said he saw three mermaids who came quite high out of the water but were not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the…
CommentEasier Mermaid
Ankle Stretch
The ankle stretch is a mermaid must. If it’s too much for you to do it on a hard surface, start by holding your ankles while floating in the water or even better, while floating with some noodles like…
CommentMermaid Ankle Stretch
The ankle stretch is a mermaid must. This will prevent cramps in your calves. If it’s too much for you to do it on a hard surface, start by holding your ankles while floating in the water, and floating with…
CommentThe Little Mermaid was adapted for a symphony orchestra long before Broadway
Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid was adapted by Alexander Zemlinsky, an Austrian composer, in 1903 as a large-scale symphonic poem titled Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid). It premiered in Vienna in 1905 to poor reviews and Zemlinsky withdrew the score. Nonetheless,…
CommentMerfolk are in the Nuremburg Bible
A mermaid, merman, and merdog are pictured swimming by Noah’s ark in the Nuremburg Bible of 1483. You can see it for yourself at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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