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
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.
I don't recall that the development of mitochondria are inhibited with age. It seems to me that they multiply when there is demand and they decrease in number as the demand decreases. Either way, mitochondria and the resulting ATP molecules are imperative to succesful swimming at high levels.
So you understand the concept of overtraining. Good. My opinion is that training at or near the overtraining threshold is not a healthy thing. It might get you the best times in the pool or on a track but I don't think that this method is conducive to making swimming a lifelong sport.
I can only speak for myself but to me, swimming is about staying in shape, some friendly competition, and self-improvement. I am healthy, I win some races and lose some races, and my times are getting better slowly. I am not pushing myself excessively and my workouts are brief by your standards. However, it makes me happy and in the end, that is what is important. A top ten time is probably not in my future but I don't care, that is not my goal. There's no money in it! My biggest successes are in terms of family, friends, and career.
Originally posted by Ion Beza
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.
I don't recall that the development of mitochondria are inhibited with age. It seems to me that they multiply when there is demand and they decrease in number as the demand decreases. Either way, mitochondria and the resulting ATP molecules are imperative to succesful swimming at high levels.
So you understand the concept of overtraining. Good. My opinion is that training at or near the overtraining threshold is not a healthy thing. It might get you the best times in the pool or on a track but I don't think that this method is conducive to making swimming a lifelong sport.
I can only speak for myself but to me, swimming is about staying in shape, some friendly competition, and self-improvement. I am healthy, I win some races and lose some races, and my times are getting better slowly. I am not pushing myself excessively and my workouts are brief by your standards. However, it makes me happy and in the end, that is what is important. A top ten time is probably not in my future but I don't care, that is not my goal. There's no money in it! My biggest successes are in terms of family, friends, and career.
