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Four Step Training Progression – Part 1

by Coach Mat | 2 Oct, 2017

Inspired by what we just experienced this week at our distance training camp in Kaş Turkey, I wanted to share a bit how we set up our training at these kind of events. At swim camps we have a special opportunity to work with our swimmers for several consecutive days...

Addicted To Flow

by Coach Mat | 24 Sep, 2017

We come to the final part of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. Let’s review… Why pursue flow state? Because flow makes it feel...

Which Podium Are You Aiming For?

by Coach Mat | 17 Sep, 2017

In engineering there is this rule of optimization which says you can’t optimize for everything in a system. You have to choose what few functions or goals to prioritize and give greater resources to and which to strip resources from. You can’t have it...

Flow Alters Sense Of Time

by Coach Mat | 9 Sep, 2017

This continues from Part 7 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #7 – Altered sense of time, which usually seems to pass faster. An...

When To Train With Others?

by Coach Mat | 2 Sep, 2017

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

by Coach Mat | 26 Aug, 2017

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...