The Secrets of Synchronized Swimming

Do you think it's a sissy sport? Think again. A look at the arduous training, high-tech speakers and super-strong hair paste needed to keep swimmers peak 

Inside we'll explain what the sport has in common with the war on terror and why every swimmer worth remains its bow hair horse power cartilage. Go ahead, check it out. No one is watching, and we will not tell.

 
The Cheat Sheet 
We are doing pretty safe assumption that you do not meet frequently synchronized swimming. So here is a cheat sheet of strange quasi-scientific facts about the sport. Use at your own risk. Read through these, we pledge to explain the terrorist reference. Come on, you've got here. 

• Synchronized actions last four minutes, three of which are often swimmers underwater. The teams regularly remain underwater for a full minute routine. Please note that, while submerged, making all sorts of crazy stunts that we could do with a trampoline and a bottle of muscle relaxant. They are trained for this swim laps underwater without climbing. Most swimmers can hold their breath for about three minutes and swim 75 meters without grabbing some oxygen. Try it this weekend. 

• The secret to the perfect hair, which does not seem to move the horse cartilage. Yes, swimmers buy a package of regular Knox (also known as gelatin), mixed with water and brush the hair before the competition. The key ingredient in the pasta, however, is the equine soft cartilage (a major component of Knox) ​​that is apparently very healthy hair. The rubber keeps the hair stiff and in place throughout the competition. A shower with hot water is the only way to break free. 

• According to the USOC, practice synchronized swimming team than any other sport. Between eight and ten hours a day, six days a week. The sport was also the first to pick its Olympic team, so I've been doing this for a while. 

• The U.S. team has won more Olympic gold medals since the beginning of the sport in 1984 than any other country (five, but Russia has four and is gaining fast). 

• Christina Jones, the U.S. team is one of the three synchronized swimmers in the world who wears a nose clip (most even carry a spare in your application). Jones is based on his lips pressed against his nose to keep water out and sucks a bit more air in when the head is above water