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What Are the Benefits of a Swim Snorkel?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Gina Battaglia

Whether you are a fitness swimmer, an amateur triathlete, or an Olympic-caliber swimmer, swimming part of your workouts with a snorkel can benefit your stroke technique and body position.

Gina Battaglia has written professionally since 2006. She served as an assistant editor for the "International Journal of Sports Medicine" and coauthored a paper published in the "Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research." Battaglia completed a Doctor of Philosophy in bioenergetics and exercise science at East Carolina University and a Master of Science in biokinesiology from the University of Southern California.