By Louis Tharp
It’s hard to see exactly how using high hips for propulsion actually works, unless you time this 100-yard drill and see that the 5’10" swimmer is not even breathing hard after turning in a 1:18 at …
It has been 28 days since I rolled my car on to its roof. I walked away with 5 fractures – 2 to my left clavicle, as well as my sternum, a rib and my left wrist. During …
By Louis Tharp
Ok, high-maintenance swimmer, this blog’s about you. I’m not going to spend blog words talking about the novice swimmer who started on the stone skipper drill and did pretty well. You alredy know how to do the …
I just did a one hour running time trial on the treadmill this morning (it’s getting cold in NJ) and I couldn’t be happier! I have been following the Dr. Maffetone MAF Heart Rate formula (180-age + 5) and have …
By Louis Tharp
They found my TI blog and one of them wants to know why he’s not mentioned more often. I’ve been focusing on the novice swimmer, the low maintenance one.
So now I have to make up for …
By Louis Tharp
Last week my novice triathlete spent 25 seconds kicking in hand-lead position while staying perfectly still. I swear if I told a swimmer to do this, it couldn’t be done. When it happens I can’t stop staring. …
By Louis Tharp
I’ll see my new swimmer Sunday for a three-hour. It’s been three days. I don’t know if he’s been in the pool or how he feels about swimming after our last session.
He’s coming with a friend …
By Louis Tharp
I forgot how much patience and how little muscle it takes to make progress when you are a novice swimmer. And, how little patience and how much muscle novice swimmers are ready to expend.
My newest novice …
Most of you that are into Total Immersion are aware that having underwater video of your swim stroke is invaluable for improving your swimming. All the TI coaches that I know offer underwater video as part of their lessons to …
Last weekend I went to visit my nephews who are now 6 and 8 years old. I don’t have any kids, so every time I visit them it’s a whole new adventure in seeing how boys grow up. They were …