This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on July 9, 2015.
Would you like to make your stroke markedly, noticeably more efficient in as little as 10 minutes? Doing the right drill, in the right way, can achieve …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Aug. 21, 2011.
One of my favorite tuneup sets is also a great test of one’s ability to increase speed efficiently. This, in turn, is one of the best predictors …
Editorial Note: This post from the old TI Discussion Forum is archived from 2012, but if you’d like to participate in the current TI Discussion Forum, it is now located on Facebook as “Total Immersion Swimming Technique Discussion …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on December 14, 2012.
In a post on the TI Discussion Forum forum [from the 2012 archive], Steve asked:
“My practices are limited to 100-meter repeats because I get too winded …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Mar. 22, 2011.
Like previous practices posted, this is another example of a technique-focused Mindful Swimming Practice. These are similar to a series of classes led by me and other …
This blog was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Aug. 24, 2015.
The primary reason the average swimmer converts only 3 percent of energy into forward motion is that our swimming actions are so strongly influenced by basic self-preservation …
(Photo credit: Simply Swim)
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on December 29, 2010.
Here’s the 4th in my series of counter-reviews of “swim tools” featured in the Active swimming newsletter article 5 Tools to Spice Up …
This post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on Mar. 23, 2011.
This practice is one of a series of sets inspired by the classes we gave at the Multisport World Expo at MIT on March 19. It segues …
The following article is excerpted from Terry Laughlin’s book “Extraordinary Swimming for Every Body: A Guide To Swimming Better Than You Ever Imagined.”
Unless you have all the air you need, you’ll be too distracted to concentrate on other …
The following post was originally published by Terry Laughlin on February 15, 2013.
Describing swimming as “slow” or “fast” is too imprecise to be meaningful. A pace that is slow for 100 meters can be very fast for 1500 …