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Posts Tagged ‘Continuous Improvement’
How to Build World Class Muscle Memory
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 21st, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 21st, 2011
Most people stop improving not because they’ve maxed out their innate ability, but because they feel they’ve reached an ‘acceptable’ level — the “OK Plateau.” Anyone can bypass the OK Plateau by doing 3 things.
Should we train more intensively in middle age?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 29th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 29th, 2011
I’m pursuing a different kind of Athletic Mastery at age 60, a radical shift after 40 years. Partly to show that age is just a number. And partly because I can grow more neurons by leaving my comfort zone.
Slow Swimming: Is it Age . . . or Activity?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 27th, 2011
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 27th, 2011
I’m swimming in meets and for time in practice again and discover I’m much slower than when I last did this 5 years ago. What a great opportunity for learning!
Today I went to a Masters Meet . . . and took a Math Test!
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 23rd, 2011
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
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
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.
Goals that Change Lives
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 18th, 2011
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.
What Kind of Goals should you set?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 14th, 2011
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
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 6th, 2011
The first in a series of posts about goals and their transformative power.