My friend, photographer G. Steve Jordan, sends me periodic updates on his swimming. This one came in reply to my question about his stroke count.’
Though it feels to me like 10, the few times I’ve counted, it’s 18 …
It’s said that it can take 3000 or more repetitions to commit the simplest of movements to muscle memory, and up to 20,000 to make a complex skill "permanent." After learning a new skill – e.g. Mail Slot entry …
In July, 2000, Fast Company published an article entitled "Unleashing the Ideavirus" by Seth Godin. In it, Godin introduced the concept of "viral marketing" which has since become…viral. Godin wrote that an Ideavirus is an idea that influences everyone …
Here’s another excerpt from my upcoming book on open water swimming, Outside the Box, which complements our DVD of the same name. You can read all of Chapter 3, from which this is excerpted on the Discussion Forum…
Chapter 1 Living on Planet Water
Subsequent chapters will be posted at the Discussion Forum, a new chapter every other day, until the entire book is posted.
At 5:30 on a cool June morning, with the sun still …
This was originally published in our e-zine Total Swim, but is not currently available for reading, so I’m republishing it as a blog.
The primary reason most of us stop progressing is because we believe we were born "ordinary" …
My daughter Cari, lacking pool access, has been unable to swim since the summer, but resumed swimming this week. Yesterday, we went to the SUNY pool together. She asked my advice on a practice that would let her start to …
While appearing on the on-line Triathlon Summit this evening, I answered a question on what’s the right stroke count. I explained that the "right" count was highly individual and promised to publish a blog that gave more explanation and …
While appearing on the Triathlon Summit, I also described the difference between a "pool stroke" and an "open water stroke." The stroke you’re likely to develop while training in a 25-yard pool is distinctly different from the stroke that will …
Another question and answer from the Discussion Forum
Hello,
I am an experienced swimmer with a past of an elite swimmer. I now compete on the french master’s contests and am 37.
I have been practicing TI for 3 …