When To Train With Others?
My long time friend (since 5 years old!) and I were debating the merits of training with others. Our conversation was about running, but when I composed my summary of our thoughts I realized this would apply to swimming as well, in the case of training for a...
Lose Your Self In Flow
This continues from Part 6 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #6 – Loss of self-consciousness, transcendence of ego boundaries, a sense...
Flow Requires Sense Of Control
This continues from Part 5 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #5 – A sense of potential control. If challenges and skills are in...
Train To Extend Your Energy
If you are aspiring to swim longer distance – whatever is ‘long’ to you – I want to recommend to you a different way to view what you need to focus on in your precious training time. In the first half of practice, when energy is abundant and...
Flow Requires Full Attention
This continues from Part 4 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. The first two features of flow had more to do with planning what your training...
When Do You Need A Coach?
Is it time to get some coach attention or can you squeeze out more performance on your own with the resources you have available already? Good question! I was a self-taught Total Immersion swimmer. For that matter, I was a self-taught swimmer well before I found TI....
Flow Requires Opportunities To Act
This continues from Part 3 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #2 – Opportunities For Action “The opportunities for acting...
Your Swimming Brain
What draws you to the practice of Total Immersion? Is it smooth swimming? Is it for health and fitness? A lifelong goal? What about as a method to train and sharpen your brain? Does it meet all those aims? The brain physically and cognitively is absolutely...