I love to swim, I've been swimming for as long as I can remember, everyone in my family swims, we all went to summer camp for swimming, swim, swim, swim! So you can imagine how happy SUPER EXCITED! I was when my gym moved into a new location and installed a pool.
Well guess what, swimming around a lake all sumer is a bit different than swimming laps for fitness. Swimming in a lap pool can exhaust you after one length if you don't know technique, it really can. And because I'm the kind of person who likes to get a whole bunch of books on a subject once it captures my interest I went straight to the interweb to find out what's what with swimming these days.
What I discovered was Total Immersion.
He breaks down the process of swimming freestyle, or crawl as many of us call it, into simple parts, imprinting them into your muscle/body memory and then putting them all together to have a super efficient and smooth swim movement.
I started reading the book and then found out there was a DVD which goes with it. The DVD is great because you can see the whole thing in action which is super helpful as reading about how a swim drill works doesn't always make sense.
So I went to the gym today and tried to implement the ideas I learned in Lesson One and I have to say it really works. I did several of the beginning drills and the next thing I knew I had been swimming for an hour. I think swimming, and trying to swim well, will make a nice addition to my current routine.
I have found that if I can exercise with a point, a goal or destination I can stick to it better. Just like the DJSW, I haven't wanted to stop doing it because I want to hit that 1 month mark and check my progress. I need to give myself little challenges in order to keep going and trying to accomplish all of the Total Immersion technique drills will definitely keep me busy for a couple of months.
More later.
martha
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