FUELING YOUR STROKE Six 200’s descending on five minutes. Twenty-five 50’s on :58. Whatever your “favorite,” every set during every workout and dryland session requires energy. Nutrients are the “chemicals” that supply the body with energy. Carbohydrate, protein and fat supply energy in the form of calories. These are your “Energy-Yielding Nutrients.” Vitamins, Minerals and Water don’t supply energy in the form of calories, but their presence is required in order for the body to access the energy provided by carbohydrate, protein and fat. During exercise, the body gets its...

  Just a short reminder that the new AAAA team suits, warm-ups, parkas and backpacks are now available in your team store.  We have put together a terrific team apparel package! To purchase these products on the Ad Astra Gear Page please click the link below. And don't forget to log into your account to receive the below price points. Ad Astra Area Aquatics Team Package  Women’s Team Suit:  $38.40 Men’s Team Suit:  $23.40 (Jammer) $19.80 (Racer) AAAA Team Parka:  $61.20 AAAA Team Warm-ups:  $54.00 Transition Backpack:  $39.60 For all...

At the Buchners House 8:00PM

    AAAA Members   This season I want to begin to stress the importance of eating a healthy diet while training.  Paying attention to what you put in your body can have a huge impact on how you feel before, during and after workouts.   Below is a brief synopsis on a company called Delicious Logic.  You can sign up to get a free 5 week trial below.  After 5 weeks, each weekly meal plan will be 1 dollar.  I would love to see some families try this out...

WHAT: The Splash Bash is a watch party that allows us to view the NBC coverage of the Pan Pacific Championship in Irvine from August 18th-22nd. For those of you who aren’t aware, the Pan Pacific Championship is the highest profile event that our national team swimmers will compete at in 2010. All of our elite swimmers will be competing including Michael Phelps, Ryan Locthe and Natalie Coughlin. We will also use this time to kick off the new swim season, mingle, play games, win prizes, eat, bowl and just...

August 12, 2010 - 6:45 at the Buchners House

These are from D2 Champs

Here is a recap of Ad Astra Area Aquatics season one.... in pictures.  Please send more pictures to patrick@adastraareaaquatics.org if you have them. This picture is a little older, but did not get enough mention. Emma places top 3 at Junior Nationals (December) in the 100 Breaststroke. Ned makes his debut at the Beach Bash and then makes his way to our Sectional t-shirt.  Ned was a huge supporter all season. Freddy's Frozen Custard opened this summer... so we took a team trip after Saturday practice.  It was great and...

This past weekend, five members of Ad Astra Area Aquatics traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska to compete against the best swimmers from Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Lake Erie, Midwestern, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ozark, and South Dakota at the Central Zones Championships.  Claire Campbell, Cierra Campbell, Canaan Campbell, Valentina Rivera and Gretchen Frick were all part of the winning team. Claire Campbell had finishes of 6th (50 Freestyle), 6th (100 Freestyle), 7th (200 Freestyle), 10th (50 Backstroke), 6th (100 Backstroke) and 9th (50 Butterfly). Cierra Campbell had finishes of 22nd (50 Freestyle), 16th...

At Division 1 Championships we had some great swims in the hot sun.  As a team we placed 3rd in our Division (50 swimmers and under).  The highlights included our 11-12 relays which placed 1st in the 200 Medley and 4th in the 200 Freestyle.  See all the results here. Way to go AAAA!