Total immersion
by Terry Laughlin · first published 1996
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…school, started to love it five years ago during a very stressful time in my life. Peace and meditation is what it mostly does for me. If you are interested do yourself a favor and check out the book "Total Immersion" by Terry Laughlin. I wish had started to read it earlier - a total game changer for me, none of the "no-pain-no-gain" bullshit. I swear I've been having almost instant results, passing by most "better…
on “Neurogenesis linked to aerobic exercise” ↗…of the most common formats for swimming is the team practice, since one coach working in real time can watch a dozen swimmers and give feedback. I had the pleasure of learning from Terry Laughlin at a Total Immersion camp in 2014. (I learned to swim as an adult for triathlon.) Terry loved the water so much that we could earn ourselves an extra minute of rest between sets just by asking him to show us a skill again.…
on “Deep Research as a Swim Coach” ↗This sounds a lot like what Tim Ferris says about Total Immersion method / Terry Laughlin. So I'm curious if that was influential on you.
on “The Curiously Elastic Limits of Endurance” ↗