The end of the presidential primary season, with the two parties’ nominating conventions the past two weeks, has gotten me thinking about some of the slogans we are likely to hear with frequently during the three months between now and …
I was invited to respond to a reader query in the Tri Clinic section of the UK-published magazine 220 Triathlon. It won’t be published there for another month or two, but readers of my blog get a sneak peek at …
There are two ways to try to swim faster. One is what I call the “Limbs, Lungs, and Muscles” approach. Move your limbs as fast as you can. Put more muscle into your stroke. Hope that your fitness will outlast …
Jeanne Safer and I were in the middle of a lesson in the Endless Pool at our home Swim Studio in New Paltz NY, when Jeanne suddenly stood up and blurted out: “You can change profoundly–in body and mind–at …
Three weeks ago I published a post The 4 Stages of Skill-Learning. And the Critical Kaizen Loop which proved to be one of the most popular of the year. In that post I explained the stages through which we all …
Two months ago, at at the TI Triathlon-Swim Camp at the National Triathlon Training Center in Clermont FL, I enjoyed the privilege of coaching alongside a very strong group of TI coaches–all of whom happened to be women. Not only …
Robbie Stamp, the author of this guest post, originally sent this as an email, one of many messages of support, wisdom, and love I’ve received in recent months. I knew immediately it deserved to be shared as widely as I …
It’s my happy privilege to publish this guest post from one of the earliest TI enthusiasts, Bill Holman, on the occasion of his 85th birthday. I met Bill in January 1993 at our first venture outside the US, a weeklong …
The Four Stages of Learning emerged from the field of psychology in the 1970s, and has since become widely familiar and accepted. It identifies four levels of competence one must experience in learning any new skill.
According to this model, …
2015 was a banner year for TI coaches who compete in triathlon. Coach Kirsten Sass became the most decorated age group multisport athlete in history, achieving an unprecedented sweep of Triathlete of the Year and Duathlete of the Year honors …