Below is an email from a recent participant in a TI workshop, who had practically given up on swimming well.  Enjoy! 

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This is Chuck Holder from the workshop May 29 and 30. I swam yesterday for the first time since the workshop and am excited about the improvements. I have been drilling and working on technique a bit since the class, but no actual swimming until yesterday. I did a 500 in 9:30, which was a best for me.

What’s great though is the ease I used and the way I felt when I finished. I felt like I had not done anything and that I could have continued for a mile. My heart rate was low and so was my breathing. My previous best 500 was about 10 min, but after doing so, I was about to pass out and was completely gassed. To feel like I did yesterday at the finish for my old swimming style would have resulted in about a 12 min. 500.

I am very excited about the future and know that more improvement is to come. I was worried about not swimming since the class and only drilling with a 1500 swim leg of a triathlon coming up this Sunday. I wanted to do some swimming to ensure that I have not lost any fitness. I did about 2000 total and was amazed that I felt better than I have ever felt swimming after close to two weeks with out swimming laps.

Prior to the class, I was looking to TI as a last resort. I had about decided I was stuck where I was as a poor swimmer, and that I was not going to get any better. I now feel like I have the knowledge and tools to go forward.

Thank you for your help, Chuck Holder (Georgia)