Ellen Langer, at age 67, is the longest-serving psychology prof at Harvard. What she is best known for is studies which have shown that people can make marked physical changes, improving health, reversing aging effects, etc. in response to mental …
Is there a technique that allows you to swim much faster–while also minimizing the potential for shoulder pain? There is! And it’s one that nearly all coaches and swimmers overlook.
Most people treat the recovery portion of the crawl stroke …
How do you find your “feel for the water”, especially wearing a wetsuit in triathlon? Discover your “feel” and speed happens.
This is a very popular topic and is almost a swimming cliche’ or mantra – you hear and read …
I was recently asked by Terry Laughlin if I would represent Total Immersion in “The Great Swim Debate” at the USAT Art & Science Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, Sep 13, 2014. The swim debate would be with former Olympic …
I’ve often said that the purpose of swimming is the pursuit of happiness. (If you haven’t had the same thought, consider that the Dalai Lama has written that the purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness.) Indeed, my …
On Sept 9, 1954, Marilyn Bell. a 16-year old Toronto schoolgirl, entered the annals of marathon swimming, and left an enduring mark on Canadian sporting history by becoming the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. On January 28 of this year, I had …
Wow what a experience one that will never leave our hearts and minds. All of us came from different backgrounds of swimming which made us the team we were where we decided to name our relay TI6. TI6 consisted of …
WARNING!!! This is a long post based on my observations and recollections of the our TI6 Coaches Channel Relay team on D-Day where we actually swam the channel. I will do an epilogue post with my reflections of the entire …
I’m excited to be counting down the hours before we start our relay in the English Channel. We’ve assembled six experienced and enthusiastic coaches from a wide range of backgrounds and locations in the US and UK, and we’re ready …
I haven’t had a chance to write a blog entry as I took most of my time trying to take everything in these past few days. After a extremely long flight with zero sleep and a cramped neck, we landed …