Keep reading to learn more about each stroke and how they're swam, plus which muscles are worked. This powerful stroke requires a swimmer to move up out of the water and back down in a smooth, almost ...

When an amateur swimmer tries to learn the butterfly, a couple of questions might come to mind in between gasps for air: Who invented this flummoxing stroke, and why? Professionals such as Michael ...

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 ...

EVANSTON, Illinois, September 12. WHILE Richard Kramer (57:13) and Erica Rosa (58:25) laid claim to the fastest swims in their respective categories of the Big Shoulders 5K held in Chicago, Ill., on ...