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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasySwimming 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.
Posts Tagged ‘Total Immersion Swimming’
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
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.
Trust Your Instincts
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 19th, 2011
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
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
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.
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.
Tool Review #5: Fins for fitness & strength? Not!
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on January 2nd, 2011
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.
Tool Review #4 Kickboards: Not Dangerous. Still Insidious
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 29th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 29th, 2010
Just Say No to Kickboard. Discover whether the apocalypse – or better swimming – results.
Tool Review #2: Pull Buoy — Crutch or Virtue
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 24th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 24th, 2010
Pull buoys are both seductive and insidious because they allow you to mask a lack of balance while convincing yourself you’re ‘building upper body strength.’