Psychological | Mediterra Swim & Run

Swimmer Dashboard

by Coach Mat | 14 Dec, 2012

Here is the basic TI Swimmer dashboard that I hold in my head. After sitting on my sketches for maybe a year I’ve finally built a diagram of it that I can share with you. I have some plans for using this in a workbook for swimmers eventually but I would like to...

Animal Brain

by Coach Mat | 13 Dec, 2012

Good comment on my last post! Thank you for sharing some thoughts with me on the topic… My problem is this. Despite the fact that I’ve gotten rid of the need to prove something for myself or others, that natural competitive instinct comes out when there’s...

Transparent Coaching

by Coach Mat | 12 Dec, 2012

How is your training going? I thought it would be helpful to just be a little transparent about what I am doing and thinking these days on a personal level in my swimming and coaching. The water and weather are gradually cooling. And it is gradually becoming a little...

Cold Showers Are Cool

by Coach Mat | 5 Dec, 2012

I mentioned in a previous post on this topic that while the sea was warming up last spring I noticed an interesting phenomenah – my body felt more chilled in 22 C water than it did in 21 C. I proposed a hypothesis that there was some sort of breaker switch in my...

Freak or Heroine?

by Coach Mat | 17 Nov, 2012

Here is a recommendation for you: On the topic of cold water swimming I think Lynn Cox’s book Swimming To Antartica is really informative and inspirational. She is, afterall, the modern pioneer in extreme cold water swimming. And from my impressions in the book,...

Crest Or Slump

by Coach Mat | 12 Nov, 2012

I imagine that most who are drawn to Total Immersion are fairly motivated people. We see inspiring common threads in the kind of people who attend our training events. But I am sure even greatly motivated people struggle to keep the momentum of training or exercise...