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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyWhile attending the 2014 Tri-Mania show in Bethesda MD on March 22, I joined Andy Weaver of the website From Doughboy to Ironman and the Ironman Year One podcast series for a ‘guerilla podcast’ as he calls it. Andy had just attended a panel discussion I did with Danny Dreyer of ChiRunning and Shane […]
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The (Re-) Education of a Competitive Swimmer
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 23rd, 2014
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 23rd, 2014
This is a guest post by TI Coach John Fitzpatrick, head coach of the Chicago Blue Dolphin swim instruction and fitness program. I’d been a swimmer since early childhood, but I don’t feel like I started to understand swimming until the fall of 2000 when someone recommended I read Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to […]
Allen Rosenberg Transformed Olympic Rowing: What can his methods do for your swimming?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 15th, 2013
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 15th, 2013
This week, TI Coach Bill Lang sent me a link to a NY Times obituary for Allen Rosenberg,the US national coach for rowing in the 1960s and 1970s, a period of transformation in rowing form and philosophy. Bill shared this with me because he saw such strong parallels between Rosenberg’s principles and those of TI. […]
How to Use Tempo Trainer to make your turns (and times) faster.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 9th, 2012
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 9th, 2012
Stay with the (Tempo Trainer) beep on turns as well as laps. Turns and times will both improve immediately.
Swimming: A Fountain of Youth for Aging Runners
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 21st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 21st, 2011
Runners: Swimming will return spring to your step!
Two Key Lessons for New TI (Adult) Swimmers
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 20th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 20th, 2011
Two Lessons for new adult swimmers: (1) Be in This Place and Moment as comfortably and calmly as possible, rather than straining to reach the other end. (2) Don’t self-criticize or judge. Instead learn from every experience.
Build Self-Confidence through Balanced Expectations
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 1st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 1st, 2011
Every expectation fulfilled will improve your ability to focus future goals effectively — and strengthen your expectation of positive outcomes.
How You THINK Determines How You Swim.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 6th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on October 6th, 2011
Mary learned to ‘think on the fly’ at Masters workout. She set a PR in the 100 Free on the very next set — and got invaluable prep for her next triathlon. If that;s not enough, it also ‘creates new brain cells!’
Replace Open Water Anxiety with a ‘Cocoon of Calm’
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 19th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on August 19th, 2011
Four strategies for building a ‘cocoon of calm’ in open water and three ways to calm and center yourself if ‘anxiety happens.’
Secrets of Swim Speed Part 9: How to Swim Faster
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 2nd, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on May 2nd, 2011
How Nicholas Sterghos had the most-dramatic 2-year swimming improvement in triathlon history – while his West Point Tri team rose from 14th and 19th (men and women) to 2nd and 5th in College Triathlon Championships.