As the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, Michael Phelps won his 19th gold medal this past Sunday at the 4x100 meter freestyle relay. Emerging from retirement to take on one final round of ...

For 20 years, Michael Phelps swam for five miles a day, six and seven days a week, trawling through resistant liquid, staring at a black line on the pool bottom. Phelps swam on Sundays and his ...

Motivational Monday: How Can Swimmers Benefit from Visualization? As many swimmers are currently in the throws of championship season, here is one way to rehearse a race without getting into the water ...

If you watched the Olympics like I did, you may be wondering what tricks you can learn from successful athletes to achieve extraordinary results. Outside of thousands of hours of practice, there is ...

Similarly to speakers, athletes must bring their ‘A’ game to very public arenas. Track-and-field star Allyson Felix ultra-focuses on the task at hand and blocks everything else out. Although ...