The Barron Blog
Swimming Is Good For Your Heart
In addition to toning muscles and being tons of fun, swimming helps to improve our most important muscle in our bodies, our HEART! You could say that performing the butterfly stroke, we give our hearts the ultimate healthy butterflies! All joking aside, a study by the...
Educating The St. Louis Community
Have you heard about our Community Outreach program? Barron Swim School is proud to have our very own Molly Jones at the helm, taking our motto of “Building Skills for Life” on the road! Molly is busy scheduling events at nearby schools, preschools, and daycares....
Gymnastics is Good for Your Heart
The greatest symbol for love is the heart. This shape is displayed on clothes, signs, cards, and decorations. We throw it around like confetti! How fitting that we celebrate the greatest muscle in our body because it is what keeps us alive. If healthy, our heart...
5 Reasons Gymnastics Is A Great Sport | by owner, Julie Barron
I cannot remember a time when I was not involved in the sport of gymnastics. My mom was still demonstrating cartwheels for her students when she was pregnant with me! You could say that it is in my blood. I loved the challenge that gymnastics provided. My coaches...
The Evolution Of Elite Junior II & Readiness For Team
THE EVOLUTION OF ELITE JUNIOR II We make it a point to self-evaluate our program on a regular basis and take a hard look at what we are teaching, why we are teaching it, and how we are teaching it. The one area of the program our Aquatics Director, Jack Young, has had...
Fueling Up For A Swim Lesson
I think many of us growing up remember our parents or authorities at the local swimming pool saying that we had to wait a minimum of 30 minutes before we could get into the water after eating a meal. This has been medically proven to not be the case. However, it is...