Brian Vande Krol, TI Coach in Denver, sent me this email query today, which raises perhaps the most provocative question in all of swimming:
>>From time to time, I’ve heard you mention a study about olympic swimmers and power output. …
Steven Munatones, proprietor of 10kswimmer.com asked me if I’ve used the Endless Pools at our Swim Studio to train for cold water acclimatization. In fact I have often trained regularly in EP’s and gained marked benefits for my open water …
In a recent, fairly brief, pool practice I did only one set of timed repeats – 3 rounds of 3 x 100 IM on 1:50. I’ll recap it here as a way of illuminating my thinking process, and particularly why …
The Total Immersion Swim Studio features a warm-water Endless Pool outfitted with underwater video equipment and a flat screen monitor poolside for technique analysis and instant feedback, as well as underwater mirrors.
TISS also offers instruction in …
Crazy Men in Halloween Plunge
Willie Miller and I swam at a local lake on Oct 31, Halloween. It had snowed four days earlier and there were still patches of snow an inch or two deep alongside the trail …
On December 15, 1965, the first space rendezvous occurred when Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford brought their Gemini 6 spacecraft within 30 centimeters of the Gemini 7 spacecraft, piloted by Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. But this was not the first attempt at …
I swam Friday with my sister Pegeen (while visiting her in Dayton OH). She started on her usual routine — nonstop laps – which she does in part, because she’s improved her efficiency and enjoys being able to swim farther. …
By Bill Lang
Diane was my seventh swimming student. I’ve been lucky finding students through referrals and from people noticing my TI cap at the pool; however, I found Diane because she’s married to my friend …
Over the past three years, 10 year old Violet Chazkell has taken approximately 100 TI swim lessons. She is one of the most seasoned TI youth swimmers anywhere, and currently takes lessons twice a week with …