I just got Total immersion book yesterday.
Have read part 1 of the book and just started doing the drills today.
It seems an excallent way to swim and definatly will improve my f/s.
But i'm a bit weary because it's so comercail. so my question is,
Is Total immersion as good a way to swim as it makes out?
or is it the best way to learn how to swim?
Are there better books out there that teach you how to swim well(properly)?
Hope that makes sense
Swifty
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Originally posted by Ion Beza
In her book Choose To Win, Susie O'Neill (Aus.) -World Record holder in the 200 fly from 1999 until 2005- describes how she saw sprinter Alex. Popov (Rus.) -under Genady Touretski- almost breaking World Records in workouts, and how she tried herself to emulate this in her own workouts.
I think the problem with this type of training is that it is going to beat your body up. Over time you are going to have problems with your joints from all of the stress. The training intensity and duration required to swim at world record levels cannot be sustained for decades.
Originally posted by Ion Beza
In her book Choose To Win, Susie O'Neill (Aus.) -World Record holder in the 200 fly from 1999 until 2005- describes how she saw sprinter Alex. Popov (Rus.) -under Genady Touretski- almost breaking World Records in workouts, and how she tried herself to emulate this in her own workouts.
I think the problem with this type of training is that it is going to beat your body up. Over time you are going to have problems with your joints from all of the stress. The training intensity and duration required to swim at world record levels cannot be sustained for decades.
