Total Immersion Swimming

Tim Ferriss is an author, public speaker, tango
dancer and productivity guru. In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, which was a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. In July, he posted the following review of his experiences with Total Immersion on his popular blog. Check out the amazing results and his “Top 8 Tips for Beginners” below. Enjoy!

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Rich asked >>One question for TI advocates.
I swim as part of my cardio routine, I enjoy getting my heart pumping, this post, and the TI vids make it look fairly effortless. The thing is, I don't just want to be better swimmer, I want to be a fitter one too. Will TI still get my heart rate up?>>

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How do you go from swimming 2.4 miles in 64 minutes one year to under 49 minutes the next year? It’s like that old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? PRACTICE.

But practice what? Do you swim 5-6 times a week piling up the 10,000-12,000 yards? Not if you’re almost hitting the big “six oh” like me. Do you weight train like a body builder? Not if you’re 5’8”, 135lbs, and you have arms more like Olive Oyl than Popeye; I could easily pose for artists drawing stick figures.

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This practice targets skills illustrated in Chapter 5 of the new Easy Freestyle DVD. It begins with practice of drills and rehearsals designed to make your arm recovery more compact and relaxed. This will help channel energy and momentum from recovery forward in a straight line, which corrects common tendencies to swing the arm outside or cross the centerline on entry.

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On Saturday, August 16th, Total Immersion had the great pleasure of sponsoring the Betsy Owens Memorial Swims at Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, New York. The event was comprised of three open water swims: the one-mile, Mini-Mile (which was actually a half-mile non-competitive swim), and the two-mile. All swims took place along a submerged cable which made navigating a breeze.

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