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Sleep Your Way To Improvement

by Coach Mat | 2 Jul, 2016

I don’t know about you, but as I get older I find I cannot get away with the kind of crazy sleep hours I sometimes lived by in my younger years. My mental and physical capabilities really go down when sleep is poor. Despite pressure in our modern culture to...

Using Failure To Solve the Puzzle

by Coach Mat | 18 Jun, 2016

This is meant to be Part 2 of Practice As A Puzzle To Solve. A Practice Example Here is an an example of how I applied this puzzle approach… At a certain range of distance-swimming tempos (1.15 to 0.95) I have tapped into this full-body synchronized rhythm which...

Do You Want A Miracle?

by Coach Mat | 28 May, 2016

For over eight years I have had strange aches and pains hinder my efforts to run regularly. Two years ago I almost gave up for good. But I came upon some improved understanding and renewed hope that I could restore ability to run and train again. I am pleased to say...

Flow With Age

by Coach Mat | 21 May, 2016

It is possible I gained more of a mature athletic perspective a little early in life. I was injured at a young athletic age – first, both my rotator cuff tendons fell into severe chronic inflammation at age 16 which exiled me from the competitive pool for three...

Your TI Training Options – Part 1

by Coach Mat | 8 May, 2016

I’ve written this series of articles as a reference I can point prospective students to, in order to consider the training options available to you. It may serve as a bit of a self-filtering process to help you decide what is the best fit for your needs and...

Alternatives On A Tough Day

by Coach Mat | 23 Apr, 2016

We all have tough days when things in life are weighing heavy on the body and mind. There are times when we don’t feel like going to the pool, or we don’t feel like doing much when we get there. If you have one of these days, and decide that doing...