In August 1972, in the first 10 minutes of the first workout I ever coached, I noticed that every swimmer on the team I’d just begun coaching had asymmetrical strokes. To varying degrees, everyone who breathed to the left twisted …
To swim efficiently, you must master Balance first. I’d go so far as to call it non-negotiable. But the effect of learning Balance can be much more far-reaching. It certainly was for me.
In September 1988, I met Bill …
The saxophonist Sonny Rollins, now 86, has not performed in public in four years because of poor health. However, he remains the jazz world’s most respected living performer, recognized for his impressive practice habits– eight or more hours a day, …
Here in New York’s Hudson Valley, and many parts of the world, Memorial Day marks the start of summer. And for many of us, summer is synonymous with swimming in the great outdoors.
Whatever your reasons for swimming—recreation, fitness, …
In response to my post about appearing on the Mile High Endurance podcast, Marcus posted this comment: I enjoyed this podcast. It was very informative. It made me think about my reluctance to quantify my performance either with gauging how …
Elite athletes appear different—physically–from the rest of us; they seem to have been ‘born to greatness.’ For instance, the world’s best freestylers are much taller than average, with supple joints and broad shoulders/narrow hips. Their bodies seem designed to maximize …
I returned to the Mile High Endurance podcast for the third time–the most times I’ve ever guested on a podcast. MHE host Rich Soares has converted to an avid TI practitioner since my first guest appearance and can consequently bring …
Introduction: In this guest post and video, Shane Eversfield describes lessons he learned–from his first Ironman–about the importance of focusing on process, one stroke or stride at a time, not the far-away finish line. Three years later I learned the
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What kind of month has April been? Full of challenges for my own swimming, but before I get to that, I’ll describe the month’s high point–Camp Eton.
Two weeks ago, I visited the UK to guest-coach at an event called …
The answer to “What’s your best stroke count?” is “It depends.” As we hope to make clear with our Green Zone chart, any swimmer should have a range of efficient counts. not a single all-purpose count. But that range may …