When You Go Harder But You Can’t Go Any Faster…
The traditional approach to swimming faster is to just go harder and keep at it until something breaks through. For some, that simple instruction might work. But for far too many it hasn’t. Regardless of what approach you take to developing technique or...
What Is An Extreme Athlete and Can You Be One Of Them?
While the word ‘extreme’ can refer to doing something greater than most others have done before, it can also simply mean doing something greater than you have personally ever done before. In this way, do you regard yourself as an extreme athlete, or aspire...
If You Are Not Getting Stronger or Faster…
You’ve been training faithfully, doing the best you know how to do. But you are not making progress anymore. What might be going on? Training involves these three variables… What kind of work you do = the kind of activity and what aspects of the...Why Some Swimmers Struggle With Swimming Better
I’ve observed some differences between how one person can arrange their body to execute a skill in the water and create the desired effect – like forming the frame with their whole body and sliding it along the surface for meters – and another...Relaxation Comes From Appropriate Stiffness
Do you seek more relaxation in your swimming experience? This overall relaxation is actually a product of a balance between softness and stiffness around the body, and the balance of these shifts through the stroke choreography. Softness allows tissues to rest and...Who is a Longevity Athlete?
In my mind there are two meanings to the term, ‘Longevity Athlete’. First, it could be an athlete who highly values longevity – their long-term well-being – and chooses sports activities and trains in such a way as to promote that outcome. This...
The Power Of Three Ps
I have a recipe for achieving improvements in my strength and skills that I’ve learned over the decades. It includes the three Ps. Process – Persistence – Patience Process is a set of sequential actions to take that are designed to produce a...
Exercise As An Exchange Of Energy
I view my lifestyle of exercise as spending energy of one kind in order to gain an infusion of another kind. I may often finish an exercise/training session feeling physically tired in the muscles and metabolism, and possibly mentally tired from concentrating on a...