Total immersion : the revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier
Terry Laughlin (Author), John Delves (Author)
Demonstrates the techniques perfected by the author while working with Olympic athletes, offering step-by-step drills that cover stroke improvement, drag elimination, burning fat, and dry-land exercises
Print Book, English, 2004
Rev. and updated View all formats and editions
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2004
xiii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780743253437, 0743253434
53911607
pt. 1. New moves : Teaching yourself to swim a whole new way
1. Swimming laps and going nowhere
2. Swim better without getting any stronger? Yes!
3. The slippery swimmer
4. Tuning the engine : finding- and using-your swimming power
5. Some nerve! A whole new way to train
6. Skill drills : the fastest way to a faster stroke
7. Come to your senses. Swim by feel
8. The school for fishlike swimming
pt. 2. Training versus trying : finally, a smarter path to fitness
9. Training (and how to get it)
10. No-sweat swimming (why going slow will get you there faster)
11. Time to get organized, swimming by the clock
12. Racing. It's just training with a twist
13. Pool tools : less is more
pt. 3. Swimming for life : be healthy, be strong, be happy, here's how
14. Swimming the pounds away
15. Staying strong, supple, and injury free : "dryland training" the total immersion way
16. Your friends are waiting ("who can I swim with? And where?)
Afterword : can mindful swimming enrich your life?
Appendix. Becoming fit and fishlike : sample total immersion practice sets
Where to go for what : your directory to resources for better total immersion swimming
"A Fireside book."