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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Terry Laughlin; John Delves |
| ISBN: | 0743253434 9780743253437 |
| OCLC Number: | 53911607 |
| Notes: | "A Fireside book." |
| Description: | xiii, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. New moves : Teaching yourself to swim a whole new way -- 1. Swimming laps and going nowhere -- 2. Swim better without getting any stronger? Yes! -- 3. The slippery swimmer -- 4. Tuning the engine : finding- and using-your swimming power -- 5. Some nerve! A whole new way to train -- 6. Skill drills : the fastest way to a faster stroke -- 7. Come to your senses. Swim by feel -- 8. The school for fishlike swimming -- pt. 2. Training versus trying : finally, a smarter path to fitness -- 9. Training (and how to get it) -- 10. No-sweat swimming (why going slow will get you there faster) -- 11. Time to get organized, swimming by the clock -- 12. Racing. It's just training with a twist -- 13. Pool tools : less is more -- pt. 3. Swimming for life : be healthy, be strong, be happy, here's how -- 14. Swimming the pounds away -- 15. Staying strong, supple, and injury free : "dryland training" the total immersion way -- 16. Your friends are waiting ("who can I swim with? And where?) -- Afterword : can mindful swimming enrich your life? -- Appendix. Becoming fit and fishlike : sample total immersion practice sets -- Where to go for what : your directory to resources for better total immersion swimming. |
| Responsibility: | Terry Laughlin with John Delves. |
Abstract:
Demonstrates the techniques perfected by the author while working with Olympic athletes, offering step-by-step drills that cover stroke improvement, drag elimination, burning fat, and dry-land exercises.
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