This post was previously published by Terry Laughlin on Aug. 7, 2015.
At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Stany Kempompo Ngangola gained a measure of fame for swimming the 100-meter freestyle.
Not for his speed, but simply for surviving.…
This post was previously published by Terry Laughlin on Apr. 12, 2011. The forum post mentioned is archived.
Few swimmers really pay attention. Opening – or closing – your eyes can change everything.
John shared an exciting discovery about …
The following guest post by TI Master Coach Gary Fahey was originally published on Mar. 16, 2014.
A blog post discussing kick strategies landed in my inbox a couple of weeks ago, much of it advocating a six-beat kick …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Mar. 20, 2012.
Since January [in 2012] I’ve been teaching an Effortless Endurance class series at the Greenwich (CT) YMCA — a series of four 90-minute sessions on Saturday afternoons. …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on December 14, 2012.
In a post on the TI Discussion Forum forum [from the 2012 archive], Steve asked:
“My practices are limited to 100-meter repeats because I get too winded …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Mar. 22, 2011.
Like previous practices posted, this is another example of a technique-focused Mindful Swimming Practice. These are similar to a series of classes led by me and other …
This blog was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Aug. 24, 2015.
The primary reason the average swimmer converts only 3 percent of energy into forward motion is that our swimming actions are so strongly influenced by basic self-preservation …
(Photo credit: Simply Swim)
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on December 29, 2010.
Here’s the 4th in my series of counter-reviews of “swim tools” featured in the Active swimming newsletter article 5 Tools to Spice Up …
The following article is excerpted from Terry Laughlin’s book “Extraordinary Swimming for Every Body: A Guide To Swimming Better Than You Ever Imagined.”
Unless you have all the air you need, you’ll be too distracted to concentrate on other …
The following post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on February 15, 2013.
Describing swimming as “slow” or “fast” is too imprecise to be meaningful. A pace that is slow for 100 meters can be very fast for 1500 …