Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier

«This book taught me to swim for a triathlon»

I always loved the water, but I'd never been taught to swim freestyle and I wanted to compete in a triathlon. I tried going to some Masters swim classes but after months of trying I was still exhausted after only 100 meters, and the 1/2 mile ocean swim looked increasingly impossible. This book, in combination with video clips on the Total Immersion website, taught me how to swim comfortably, with fewer strokes and less exertion than some of the tri-fanatics I trained with. Now I easily swim long distances for fun, breathing comfortably on both sides - and believe me, it never would have happened without this book! I love this book and find myself recommending it frequently to people who ask me for advice at the pool.

[Monday, September 07, 2009]

«Essential Swimming Resource»

This book is an essential for any coach wanting to assist individuals with open water swimming. Individuals will benefit greatly from the use of this book but will find greater value when complimented by an experienced coach. The video is also of real value

[Tuesday, August 18, 2009]

«This book has revolutionized my swimming!»

I am not a triathlete, I do not swim competitively although I used to in High School. But I love being in the water. (My real background is dancing.) I am about 30 lbs overweight and have been steadily and slowly shedding pounds through swimming. When I was on a swim team, I became the fastest sprinter in a short time and after training only 2 months with the slowest swimmers on the team. 20 years later I have begun to use the drills and concepts in this book and now I am even faster than ever with fewer strokes.

This is not as important to me as how I feel in the water, how I relate to it and how I feel after my TI practice. As a sprinter who has always shirked long distance training regimes, I can now swim nonstop for much longer periods than I ever had before. I used to jump in the water and just swim without paying any attention to how I moved. Now swimming is more like a meditation practice or a dance class where the energy of mindfulness is the source of movement (and stillness), not willpower or habit. I also love leaving the kickboards, pullboys, paddles etc. out of my swimming and out to rot in the sun - I never liked them to begin with! I give a a close to excellent rating for this book because it has rocked my world and I have fallen in love with water (again) in a way I didn't know was possible. I have been telling my friends that this is like doing a yoga practice in water.

I know that the author wants to reach a wide audience. My only criticism of the book is that it is oriented a little too much towards triathletes and males at that, and not enough towards other types of folks who love to be physical - like dancers. I am guessing much of what Terry Laughlin has come up against in the form of resistance to this totally new 'outside the box' approach to swimming justifies the many pages spent trying to convince nay sayers that the old way is inferior. I do not need to be convinced.

This book is totally awesome and TI will be known through history as the turning point in the evolution of all swimmer's' relationship to water.

[Sunday, August 09, 2009]

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