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 scyfreestyler
I would argue that this is an oversimplification. 99% of athletics revolves around physiology in some way, shape, or form. Under that heading are many differences that contribute to a persons success or failure. That is why I suggest that this might be an oversimplification. I am also uncertain how the word integrity fits into the second portion of that sentence. What exactly are you trying to say?
Overtraining is when you train so hard that your body is unable to regenrate quickly enough to keep up with the demand being placed upon it. It can cause poor training results and would most certainly not classify as a shortcut.
By physiology in swimming I mean mitochondria (that makes one's VO2Max) -best developed in life in a certain teenage age span, when the body grows while swimming-, I mean Human Growth Hormone -that teenagers have in abundance and declines later on-.
By integrity, I mean that the age group workouts -threshold, VO2Max, kicking with a board- they apply the same to adults.
It's harder in adults when the hormones decline, but the physics of swimming are the same for teenagers and adults.
I was tired at the 2005 Long Curse Nationals, I saw overtraining.
Originally posted by scyfreestyler
I would argue that this is an oversimplification. 99% of athletics revolves around physiology in some way, shape, or form. Under that heading are many differences that contribute to a persons success or failure. That is why I suggest that this might be an oversimplification. I am also uncertain how the word integrity fits into the second portion of that sentence. What exactly are you trying to say?
Overtraining is when you train so hard that your body is unable to regenrate quickly enough to keep up with the demand being placed upon it. It can cause poor training results and would most certainly not classify as a shortcut.
By physiology in swimming I mean mitochondria (that makes one's VO2Max) -best developed in life in a certain teenage age span, when the body grows while swimming-, I mean Human Growth Hormone -that teenagers have in abundance and declines later on-.
By integrity, I mean that the age group workouts -threshold, VO2Max, kicking with a board- they apply the same to adults.
It's harder in adults when the hormones decline, but the physics of swimming are the same for teenagers and adults.
I was tired at the 2005 Long Curse Nationals, I saw overtraining.
