Aquatics/Water Sports

Strong, powerful legs and glutes are the secret weapons of elite rowers. “A rowing workout is most closely related to a squat jump or dead lift,” says Jack Nunn, a former member of the USRowing national team and founder of Roworx…

When Juan Carlos Zarate entered his 50s, his knees started to yell: Stop running. The longtime marathoner and cardiologist completed his final 26.2-mile race four years ago, at age 55. Like many former runners, he turned to road…

LEGOLAND, DISNEYLAND or La La Land. Visitors who head north from sunny San Diego are often aiming at a theme park or bigger city. Unless they’re into surfing—in which case they’re probably exploring the area’s abundant breaks, which range…

Don’t write off the dog paddle as a swim stroke for little kids. At 52, Dean Jarvis, an above-knee amputee, uses the basic swim technique to log 20-plus miles a week in the pool. “I don’t zip up and down the lanes like…

AS SWIMMERS return to their local pools this summer after a very long dry spell, they’ll have their pick of new tracking and timing technology to improve their strokes. From heart-rate sensors that clip onto goggle…

Surfing will make its Olympic debut this summer, but the two members of the U.S. men’s team, John John Florence and Kolohe Andino, have been plagued by knee and ankle injuries. These types of injuries are extremely common in…