Learning how to swim for triathlon can be a daunting task, it is by far the most technical and challenging to learn later in life. But fear not, we’re here to help guide you through the water. As part ...

We’re wrapping up Swim Week on NBC 5 Today, NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen teams with the local YMCA to help prevent childhood drowning deaths this summer. But it's not just kids. According to the Red Cross, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --Many adults can't swim well enough to save themselves. WDRB's Keith Kaiser learns how Central Adult Learn-to-Swim, Inc. (ALTS) is trying to change all that. The ALTS ...

Swimming takes pressure off joints, builds muscle strength and cardiovascular health, boosts mental health, and can improve ...

While awaiting news of the fate of the Titan submersible recently, it occurred to me that the men on board were volunteers. Nobody had to be in that situation. I sure wouldn’t. Under water is not ...

HEMPSTEAD, New York -- For Paulana Lamonier, taking a dip in the pool is an act of joy. She took swimming lessons growing up and developed a love for the sport. But it was as a college swimmer that ...

A little over two years ago, in a fit of what I now see was post-retirement mania, I did something that had been kicking around my head for a while: I got my Red Cross lifeguard certification, ...

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. A supportive mom kept her eye on the clock while the Makos ...

When I was 5 years old, I nearly drowned while visiting a Pennsylvania amusement park. I spent 30 seconds underwater not knowing what to do. Luckily, I was rescued by a lifeguard and resuscitated, but ...