Q. What sources have you read in the past month, to learn about health, exercise and diet issues?

Jim Steen, Head Coach, Kenyon College Swimming and Diving

A. Here is a partial list of journals, magazines, books, etc. that many of us in
swimming world tend to consult...fitness, diet, nutrition, biomechanics, energetics, etc.:

• Coaches Quarterly, The Science & Art of Coaching, by USA Swimming.
• Splash, bi-monthly by USA Swimming.
• Swimming Technique, quarterly by Sports Publications, Inc.
• Swimming World, monthly by Sports Publications, Inc.
• The Journal of Swimming Research, quarterly by the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) in cooperation with the US Swimming Sports Medicine Committee.
• American Swimming Magazine, bi-monthly by ASCA.
• ASCA Newsletter, monthly by ASCA

Link to selections of current ASCA articles.

Other Popular Magazines:

• Yoga Journal, monthly
• Muscle Media, monthly by Muscle Media Publishing
• Muscle & Fitness, monthly by Weider Publications, Inc.
• Shape, monthly by Weider Publications, Inc.

Books:

• Swimming Faster by Ernest W. Maglischo, Ph.D. Mayfield Publishing Company 1982. This is perhaps the most famous scholarly work on swimming energetics & biomechanics ever published; Ernie is a colleague and good friend.
• Swimming Even Faster by Ernest W. Maglischo, 1993.
• The Science of Winning: Planning, Periodizing and Optimizing Swim Training by Dr. Jan Olbrecht of Belgium 2000. Another outstanding & highly technical work on energy systems and blood lactate testing.
• Theory and Methodology of Training by Tudor O. Bompa. 4th Edition, 1999.
• Swimming by D.L.Costill, E.W. Maglischo & A.B. Richardson (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1992. [also by D.L. Costill, an e-book, Nutrition in Sport, 2000]