Description |
286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: New Moves -- Teaching Yourself to Swim a Whole New Way -- Chapter 1 -- Swimming Laps and Going Nowhere -- Chapter 2 -- Swim Better Without Getting Any Stronger? Yes! -- Chapter 3 -- The Slippery Swimmer -- Chapter 4 -- Tuning the Engine: Finding -- and Using -- Your Swimming Power -- Chapter 5 -- Some Nervel -- A Whole New Way to Train -- Chapter 6 -- Skill Drills: The Fastest Way to a Faster Stroke -- Chapter 7 -- Come to Your Senses. Swim by Feel -- Chapter 8 -- Skill Drills: Time to Get Started -- Part Two: Training Versus Trying -- Finally, a Smarter Path to Fitness -- Chapter 9 -- Training (and How to Get It) -- Chapter 10 -- No-Sweat Swimming (Why Going Slow Will Get You There Faster) -- Chapter 11 -- Time to Get Organized -- Swimming by the Clock -- Chapter 12 -- Racing. It's Just Training With a Twist -- Chapter 13 -- Training Aids: The Good, the Not-Bad, and the Useless -- Part Three: Swimming for Life -- Be Healthy, Be Strong, Be Happy -- Here's How -- Chapter 14 -- Swimming the Pounds Away -- Chapter 15 -- What to Do in the Weight Room: Strength Training the Total Immersion Way -- Chapter 16 -- Keeping Your Workouts Injury Free -- Chapter 17 -- Your Friends are Waiting ("Whom Can I Swim With? And Where?") -- Afterword -- Appendix: The Total Immersion Practices -- Where to Go for What: Your Directory to Resources for Better Total Immersion Swimming -- Index |
Notes |
"A Fireside book." |
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Includes index |
Subject |
Swimming -- Training.
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Swimming.
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Author |
Delves, John.
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LC no. |
96015772 |
ISBN |
068481885X (alk. paper) |
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