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

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Swim better -- and enjoy every lap -- with Total Immersion!

Terry Laughlin, the world's #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you're an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you that it's mindful fluid movement -- not athletic ability -- that will turn you into an efficient swimmer. This new edition of the bestselling Total Immersion features:

A thoughtfully choreographed series of skill drills -- practiced in the mindful spirit of yoga -- that can help anyone swim more enjoyably

A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style that's always comfortable

Simple but thorough guidance on how to improve fitness and form

A complementary land-and-water program for achieving a strong and supple body at any age

Based on more than thirty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Total Immersion has dramatically improved the physical and mental experience of swimming for thousands of people of all ages and abilities.

What Customers Say About Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier:

I got frustrated and didn't swim for next 6 years, till my wife forced me to get back to swimming last year. So I am very satisfied for the money I spent, comparing it to the lessons from a professional trainer.Now for the book, you can skip all the initial chapters and go straight to the drills, it is the drills that make the difference, rest of the book can be ignored barring some training plans mentioned later in the book. I taught myself the basic swimming about 7 years back. That is when I got this book, and in one year, my stroke has improved so much that I can do 30-40 laps non stop without tiring or getting out of breath. Some reviewers mention that it is lacking the pictures, well the drills section has images and of-course everyone is a little different, so some effort from the reader's side to experiment is needed to make their stroke better. However I could never improve my stroke from a certain level, because it was not efficient. I always used to get out of breath after doing a lap or two.

I use also a snorkel that works perfectly with this technique. It works. It must be complemented watching videos (type the title of the book on youtube).

Now I easily swim long distances for fun, breathing comfortably on both sides - and believe me, it never would have happened without this book. 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. I love this book and find myself recommending it frequently to people who ask me for advice at the pool. 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.

The video is also of real value 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.

I am about 30 lbs overweight and have been steadily and slowly shedding pounds through swimming. I also love leaving the kickboards, pullboys, paddles etc. (My real background is dancing). I used to jump in the water and just swim without paying any attention to how I moved. I am not a triathlete, I do not swim competitively although I used to in High School.

I do not need to be convinced. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

But I love being in the water. out of my swimming and out to rot in the sun - I never liked them to begin with. 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. 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. 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.