For someone who is 155 pounds, 30 minutes of vigorous lap swimming can burn 360 calories, per Harvard Health. By comparison, ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: PARIS (AP) — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon ...

If you're not a triathlete or competitive swimmer, swimming laps may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of cardio. But jumping into a pool is definitely a worthwhile workout to ...

Today, we accept that there are four competitive strokes. But when the first rules for competitive swimming were written in the early 19th century, there was only one rule: Whoever swam the fastest ...

When taking the Navy Physical Screening Test -- the common fitness test for jobs in the Navy that require swimming and diving -- you get a few options on how to swim. For jobs on the special ...