Rise and Swim – The Ultimate Motivational Video for Swimmers

Rise and Swim, a video produced by YouTube user Swim Fan, has been a viral hit over the past year, surpassing well over a million hits (it’s not USA Swimming’s “Call Me Maybe but still very respectable in terms of social reach for a swimming video). It features mostly snippets from commercials, training and competition of Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.

I dare you to watch this video and not want to go down to the pool and crush out a work out.

Here is a second video made by the same user entitled Swim and Shine, with music by Rudimental (track: Not Giving In). This video features more Phelps and Lochte, as well as Jason Lezak’s incredible finish in the 4x100m free relay in Beijing, Sun Yang, an intimidating Nathan Adrian, and various Paralympic athletes.

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Olivier Poirier-Leroy

Olivier Poirier-Leroy

Olivier Poirier-Leroy is the founder of YourSwimLog.com. He is an author, former national level swimmer, two-time Olympic Trials qualifier, and swim coach.
Olivier is the author of the books YourSwimBook and Conquer the Pool. He writes all things high-performance swimming and is passionate about helping swimmers, swim coaches, and swim parents  master the pool. His articles were read over 4 million times last year and his work has                                  appeared on USA Swimming, SwimSwam, STACK, NBC Universal, and more. He’s also                                    kinda tall and can be found hitting noon-hour lap swims. You can learn more about                                       Olivier here.

Olivier Poirier-Leroy Olivier Poirier-Leroy is the founder of YourSwimLog.com. He is an author, former national level swimmer, two-time Olympic Trials qualifier, and swim coach.

Olivier is the author of the books YourSwimBook and Conquer the Pool. He writes all things high-performance swimming and is passionate about helping swimmers, swim coaches, and swim parents master the pool.

His articles were read over 4 million times last year and his work has appeared on USA Swimming, SwimSwam, STACK, NBC Universal, and more.

He’s also kinda tall and can be found hitting noon-hour lap swims. You can learn more about Olivier here.

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