Archive for the ‘Swim for Health and Happiness’ Category

Improvement-Minded Swimming
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 19th, 2010

Your potential in most things (but particularly swimming) is almost certainly far greater than you imagine it to be. If you strive for continuous improvement, you WILL improve continuously.

How to Build a Better Teacher
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on March 6th, 2010

Teaching Total Immersion Swimming is a learnable skill, built from specific consistent practices. Two articles describe some of them.

Use Feedback to Train Effectively
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on February 11th, 2010

Today’s practice sample shows the value of getting the right kind of feedback from practice sets. Data that lets you know if you’re improving — and how and why.

What does “High Pain Threshold” Mean?
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on February 10th, 2010

High Pain Threshold – a combination of constructive thinking and reframing an unpleasant experience with positive associations. And why these are critical elements in my training to swim the English Channel.

Speed “Happens” . . . while Focused on Efficiency
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on February 10th, 2010

I hadn’t planned on a “quality” set today, but one sort of snuck up on me as the beep on my Tempo Trainer got faster . . . while I tried to keep my stroke unhurried and long.

An “Effortless Endurance” Practice
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on February 3rd, 2010

This practice demonstrates how a well-tuned brain performs its function better as you add repetitions and distance – a situation in which the body tends to fatigue.

Stroke Counting Grows Brain Cells . . . which may be critical to swimming the Channel
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on February 3rd, 2010

It’s obvious that efficiency is critical to success in open water marathon swimming. So is being able to exert control over what and how you think for hours and hours. Stroke counting in the pool while training for an open water marathon may be the best way to improve both.

Can the recession help you live (and swim) better?
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 3rd, 2010

Life is better when DOING than existing. Life is best, when absorbed in a meaningful AND challenging goal. Here are 4 ideas for swimming to experience Flow.