Archive for the ‘Swim for Health and Happiness’ Category

Mindful Swimming Transforms the Brain
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 24th, 2011

Meditation produces deep and lasting changes to the brain. Moving Meditation is best at producing those changes. Mindful Swimming provides a highly organized way to practice Moving Meditation, improving Mens Sana in Corpore Sano.

Today I went to a Masters Meet . . . and took a Math Test!
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 23rd, 2011

Swimming in a Masters meet provided a “brutally honest” measure of my current speed. And because Speed is a product of the math of Stroke Length and Stroke Rate, I now know precisely the formula for reaching my still-distant goals.

Don’t Just Learn a Skill. Test it.
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 21st, 2011

If you put a new skill to the test or venture outside your ‘Comfort or Confidence Zone,’ you’re likely to remember it better and improve it faster.

Finding Higher Purpose in Masters Races
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 20th, 2011

When I set goals for pool times, and pool races, I get all the Arduous Experience and Cognitive Difficulty my psyche craves.

Trust Your Instincts
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 19th, 2011

A goal of Mindful Swimming should be to experience the sensations it produces so strongly that you can describe them vividly.

Goals that Change Lives
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 18th, 2011

For me a Life-Changing Goal is to *routinely achieve peak experiences through practice.* Your practices may be different, but your goal can be the same.

Balance – In Water and On Snow
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 17th, 2011

Balance and Relaxation are critical to both Skiing and Swimming in ‘rolling terrain.’ Here are three tips for how to achieve that in open water, with video to illustrate.

What Kind of Goals should you set?
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 14th, 2011

Objective goals – measured by time, distance, etc – are good tools for facilitating qualitative goals. These can be achieved on every stroke!

Swim Goals for 2011
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 6th, 2011

The first in a series of posts about goals and their transformative power.

Tool Review #5: Fins for fitness & strength? Not!
by Terry Laughlin

Posted on January 2nd, 2011

Kicking or swimming with fins is a moderately effective way to Build Fitness and Strength” but a highly ineffective way to Improve Your Swimming.