Benefits of Non-Judgment in Your Training
Practicing non-judgment in athletic training has been one of the more liberating experiences I’ve had. It opens me up to more information, a more complex and nuanced understanding of my body and performance, and it allows me to form the kind of emotional...
Are You Drinking Enough?
I am sure that title will draw some attention and provoke a few humorous comments! With the question of quantity comes the question of quality. What are you drinking? Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash The body is mostly water by volume and uses it for just about...
Introverts Love Swimming
Does swimming attract a disproportionate number of introverts? That is an interesting question for which I don’t have an answer. Looking back on Mediterra’s activities and events over the years, I recall many seemingly-introverted participants who I...
Should You Take Up A Second Sport?
Should you take up running (or some other activity) to supplement your swimming? I saw a discussion on a swim coach Facebook page asking what other coaches thought about making their age-group swimmers do some running as part of their conditioning for swimming. There...
Keep Aiming For The Bullseye
Swimming Is A Complex System Swimming is a very complex package of movement skills. When it is at its best the whole body is moving as a well-tuned, unified whole – it feels relatively easy, it is energy-efficient and produces pleasing results. All the parts are...
A Message For Those With Depression…
This is the most remarkable time to be living. Change is happening rapidly and many are feeling challenges and crises converging to make their experience of life very difficult right now. I think there are a lot of new causes for depression upon us. Even those who...
Do You Have A Healthy Diet Of Discomfort?
Change Is Stressful If anyone hasn’t got the memo yet, the news is out: the world is changing, and quickly. Change is stressful to the body and mind, even when that change is taking a person in a better direction. That stress is a sign of the body’s...
The Antidote To Fear Is…
The other day I listened to this great Tim Ferriss interview with Jim Dethmer. There was so much in this podcast about developing the self, more loving and empowering relationship, about leadership. I would just like to point you to it if those subjects interest you....