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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasyWhile practicing with the Tempo Trainer, I increased my tempo by .2 sec/stroke, yet subtracted 1 stroke from my total for 50 yards. Priceless!
Posts Tagged ‘swim for improvement’
What’s Your Swimming Goal
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 22nd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 22nd, 2010
Three succinct goals for improvement-oriented swimmers.
How to Gain Maximum Benefit from Swimming Easily
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 14th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 14th, 2010
Easy swimming isn’t lazy swimming. It brings the greatest benefit when you strive to reach a higher level of efficiency and a greater sense of harmony with the water. In many ways it should be your most demanding form of practice.
Do you swim easily enough?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 9th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 9th, 2010
Few swimmers swim easily enough, often enough. Here are reasons why swimming easily more often can help you swim faster, at the right times.
Has a Swim Coach ever suggested you Smile?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 2nd, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 2nd, 2010
Yoga teachers regularly remind us to smile – and it works. My yoga improves when I smile. In recent months I’ve learned smiling improves my swimming too.
Rewire your brain with Mindful, Purposeful Swimming
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 1st, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on April 1st, 2010
Practice that’s designed to improve your stroke and swimming can increase brain infrastructure, according to a study at the Lab for Affective Neuroscience.
Improvement-Oriented Swimming Builds a Better Brain.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 31st, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 31st, 2010
When you Swim to Improve, you stimulate far more brain cells than when you swim to Get the Yards In.
Improvement-Minded Swimming
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 19th, 2010
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
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.
Exact Pace Awareness – without using a pace clock
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Consistent pacing is a core competency of successful distance swimming. I improve my awareness of pace by training with Stroke Count and a Tempo Trainer, rather than a pace clock.