Howdy.
I'm returning to the pool after many years away.
Since I don't have a coach, I'm attempting to get back into it on my own.
Anyone care to recommend must-have books?
Of course, I'm not going to try to collect a library or anything. So the question is, if you had to do it on your own, which books would you consider essential?
Right now I'm looking at 3 quite seriously:
Mastering Swimming
Complete Conditioning for Swimming
Breakthrough Swimming
Definitely get"Swimming Fastest" by Maglishio(spelling uncertain.)Definitely. Here's the link:
Amazon.com: Swimming Fastest (9780736031806): Ernest Maglischo: Books
"Complete Conditioning..." tells what you need to know about dry-land conditioning and training. It's the only book I've found that has much to say about training the "core" (oh, and by the way, my back hurts, but not as much as it did before I picked up that book).
"Breakthrough Swimming" is best for its history of swimming.
This is useful book for some swimmers:
Amazon.com: Fitness Swimming, Second Edition (9780736074575): Emmett Hines: Books
I got a lot out of this book when I first started swimming again:
Amazon.com: Swimming Past 50 (Ageless Athlete Series) (9780880119078): Mel Goldstein, David Tanner: Books
Definitely get"Swimming Fastest" by Maglishio(spelling uncertain.)Definitely. Here's the link:
Amazon.com: Swimming Fastest (9780736031806): Ernest Maglischo: Books
"Complete Conditioning..." tells what you need to know about dry-land conditioning and training. It's the only book I've found that has much to say about training the "core" (oh, and by the way, my back hurts, but not as much as it did before I picked up that book).
"Breakthrough Swimming" is best for its history of swimming.
This is useful book for some swimmers:
Amazon.com: Fitness Swimming, Second Edition (9780736074575): Emmett Hines: Books
I got a lot out of this book when I first started swimming again:
Amazon.com: Swimming Past 50 (Ageless Athlete Series) (9780880119078): Mel Goldstein, David Tanner: Books
