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Triathlon Swimming: Made EasySmall reductions in speed – in swimming as well as driving – can lead to LARGE savings in energy. In a triathlon that could pay off handsomely in cycling and running.
Posts Tagged ‘triathlon’
Inside Look at Total Immersion Teacher Training
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 5th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on March 5th, 2010
A day-by-day chronicle of how a TI Teaching Professional is trained, by Suzanne Atkinson a cycling and triathlon coach from Pittsburgh.
An “Effortful” Practice Example: To swim the Channel FASTER.
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 6th, 2010
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on February 6th, 2010
Most of my practices are designed to imprint efficiency – to help me cross the English Channel more easily. This one was designed to improve pace-holding capacity – to help me cross the Channel faster . . . without sacrificing efficiency.
Why – and How – Should you Swim Easy?
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 19th, 2009
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 19th, 2009
Why you should make Ease a central goal of your swimming – and 12 specific ways to swim better through ease.
Sample #1 of “Practices that Grow Brain Cells”
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 18th, 2009
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 18th, 2009
Most distance and marathon swimmers believe the most important thing is to “get the yards in.” I believe there’s much unexplored potential in shorter, well-crafted practices that actually create more direct benefit than long grind-it-out sessions.
What do you think about
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 9th, 2009
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on December 9th, 2009
In open water, think about your stroke first, most and always. And think in specific and targeted ways. Everything else is just details.
Its All in Your Mind: Improving Through Mindfulness
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 11th, 2009
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 11th, 2009
I learned to focus not on the clock but on how I’m feeling and moving — that is, process, not outcome. Improved performance, it seems, follows improved mindfulness.
Completing Ironman – one stroke, pedal or stride at a time
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 11th, 2009
by Terry Laughlin
Posted on November 11th, 2009
“Terry’s advice was to be the quiet center of whatever pack you’re in. This created a ‘cocoon of calm purpose’ and led to my most memorable swim of all time.”
VIDEO: Terry Laughlin Interview at Lake Placid Ironman 2009
by keith
Posted on August 7th, 2009
by keith
Posted on August 7th, 2009
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