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Improving Swim Stroke After Age 50 Using Swim Speed Secrets by Sheila Taormina – Part 2

Part 1 I have discovered back muscles that I didn’t know I could activate!  Although all my clothes still fit and I don’t see anything monstrous when I look in the mirror,  just moving my shoulders in every day activities I am aware of my upper back muscles being stronger and more at my command. [...]

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Improving Swim Stroke After Age 50 Using Swim Speed Secrets by Sheila Taormina – Part 1

Having never been a competitive swimmer, I don’t have the discouragement of feeling like I’ve already reached my peak with swimming.  Maybe I’ve already passed my optimum age for fullest potential compared to others, but I have not given up on personal goals and the enjoyment that comes with getting better at something.  Hence, I [...]

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Time Efficient Triathlon Training Book Review

Time-Saving Training for Multisport Athletes, by Rick Niles, is my favorite triathlon training book.  Indeed, it would be excellent to read for understanding training in any sport, but especially for the three it covers for triathlons:  swimming, biking, and running. Information is concise, yet distinctly descriptive. The book’s page count and size is on the [...]

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Skonieczny Book is Basic Clear Introduction to the Stock Market

There are as many approaches to making money in the stock market as there are fad diets. And like these nutritionally questionable and unnecessarily expensive diets, most advice about the stock market is designed to keep the individual investor beholden to those who would like to make money from supplying a service that is really [...]

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Simplifying the Basics of Financial Statements for Stock Market Investments

With all the TONS of information out there, you’d think someone would be saying something comprehensible about the stock market!  Yes, a few of them do, but it often seems like they are spouting details to me in secret code, intending to be helpful, but sending my brain into a cascading meltdown.  Then there is [...]

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