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

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

Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier
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Author: Terry Laughlin
Contributor: John Delves
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2004-05-18
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Fireside

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Book Review: YES, I'm now a believer in TOTAL Immersion!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

I have been swimming since I was 10 years old. I'm very comfortable in the water and I have done the front crawl/freestyle stroke, the back stroke, the breast stroke but not very efficiently. This year, I've wanted to improve my fitness by swimming and I immediately noticed that my stroke was SLOOOOOW! I couldn't believe how slow I was. I went out and bought a book on swimming but it didn't help me much, although it did motivate me to swim for fitness. I decided to buy the best selling book on Amazon.com for swimming, and TADA! I had seen this book in a bookstore but when I thumbed through it, I didn't like that it didn't have too many pictures. Boy, was I wrong! After just reading the first 5 chapters, my stroke improved immediately! I haven't finished the book, and when I do, I know that my stroke is going to be even more efficient! I'm totally, totally immersed in learning this method because it simply works. Oh, and don't fret about the lack of pictures... The book explains very, very well how to swim which is perfect for a swimming book because pictures don't move! I totally recommend this book!

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

Swim Better Than You Ever Thought You Could!

If you think fastest way to better swimming is more laps, you're wasting your breath, literally. Now you can swim better -- and enjoy it more -- using simple and original techniques developed by veteran swim coach and top-ranked Masters swimmer Terry Laughlin. Laughlin has helped more adults to swim faster, more smoothly, and with less effort than any other swimming coach in the country. Total Immersion, named for the popular workshops he gives across the country, will change the way you move your body through the water, Laughlin will take the way you swim and turn it inside out as you learn that it's technique -- not athletic ability -- that makes a strong swimmer. And best of all, you'll eliminate the boredom that comes with repetitive lap swimming. Total Immersion features:

* Step-by-step skill drills that anyone can master for better swim stokes, improved form, and more enjoyable workouts
* Tips on how to eliminate energy-robbing "drag" and swim more powerfully-with less effort
* The Total Immersion self- taught stroke makeover
* Dry land exercises to improve what you do in the water
* How to swim to burn off the most fat
* Easy-to follow illustrations

You will also learn which "pool toys" -- like hand paddles and fins -- can help you improve the most; how to swim for general fitness; how to stay injury-free; and much more. Based on more than twenty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Terry Laughlin's Total Immersion is sure to improve the quality of your swimming, whether you're skilled athlete or an average swimmer. And best of all, no more boring laps.


Masters swimmer and acclaimed coach Terry Laughlin has taught thousands to swim more efficiently in the workshops he has given across the United States. In his book Laughlin details simple, step-by-step drills emphasizing the importance of technique and an innovative workout regimen.

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