Author : Roger Deakin
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,83 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781784700065
Inspired by John Cheever's classic short story, 'The Swimmer', Roger Deakin set out from his home in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles. The result of his journey is this personal view of an island race.
Author : Paul Newsome
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release : 2012-06-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1119968054
Transform your technique in the water and become a better swimmer with this remarkable new approach to freestyle swimming, suitable for all levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced, as well as swimming coaches. Aimed at both fitness and competitive swimmers, it explains what makes a successful stroke and how to develop your own swimming style. _x000D_The Swim Smooth approach, developed by consultants to the gold medal winning British Triathlon team, helps you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your stroke and provides drill and training tips to make the most of your time in the water. It accepts differences in individual swimmers and shows you how to understand the fundamentals of swimming to find a style that works for you. Technique, fitness training, racing skills and open water swimming are all covered, with photographs and 3D graphics helping you to put theory into practice. _x000D_Swim efficiently. Swim fast. Swim Smooth.
Author : Bob Bowman
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1466864575
Bob Bowman, best known as the coach for the record-breaking run of Michael Phelps, is one of the most successful coaches in sports history. He is lauded for his intense personality, incredible dedication to his athletes, and his ability to nurture talent in athletes who have the heart and drive to win. This is his motivational book about winning in all walks of life and what you have to do to get there. He presents ten key concepts that all people should live by. Illuminating his lessons with spirited anecdotes, Bowman will teach you how to get gold out of every day by setting goals and getting motivated to achieve them. He will explain that taking risks is the key to success in any pursuit, and coach you on how you can become more risk-tolerant. By following The Golden Rules, you will learn to visualize in order to achieve your goals, and that above all else, dedication to your training, your job, or whatever area it is you are seeking to triumph in is paramount for success.
Author : The Life Graduate Publishing Group
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2020-06-29
Category :
ISBN :
The Swimmers Training Journal is the Ultimate Training Tool to record your training sessions, track each of your training sessions, and develop a system to improve your overall performance. The Swimmers Training Journal is the perfect training and performance tool that is ideal for swimmers looking to build data and metrics on their training sessions. The Swimmers Training Journal provides the ideal format for recording the essential details in a physical format that provides 'real-time' accountability that some online systems and training software programs fail to deliver. The Journal includes: Section 1 > Performance Goals - Develop your Goals for Training and Season Swim Meets Section 2 > Training Logbook - Over 80 Template Training Session Pages to record all of your information Plus an individual insert page after every 7th training session to monitor and track performance. Record coach feedback, distances, and times in training. Section 3 > Swim Meet Logbook - Record all Swim Meet Details and track your performance and feedback. Section 4 > Collect notes, messages, and add photos of your training sessions, coach instructions, and swim meets for an excellent keepsake for reflection at the end of each season. Perfect size of 8 x 11 inch Swimmers looking to improve their performance understand the importance of developing goals, tracking and monitoring their training sessions, and recording race information, and improving their results. This journal tick's all those boxes. Maintaining an accurate log of your Training and Swim data will provide highly valuable information that can then be used to track and ultimately improve performance. 'The Swimmers Training Journal' is your perfect training companion.
Author : Will McGough
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1493036394
Just as George Plimpton had his proverbial cup of coffee in the NFL as the un-recruited and certainly unwanted fourth-string quarterback for the Detroit Lions, so, too, did Will McGough immerse himself in a sport he had no business trying. Like Plimpton, whose football folly turned into the bestselling Paper Lion, travel and outdoor writer McGough writes of his participation in, around, and over the course of one of the world's premier triathlons, the annual 140.6-mile Ironman in Tempe, Arizona. McGough chronicles the Ironman’s history, his unorthodox training, the pageantry of the race weekend, and his attempt to finish the epic event. The narrative follows not just his race but also explores the cult and habits of the triathlete community, beginning with the first Ironman competition in Hawaii in 1978. This is a light-hearted, self-deprecating, and at times hilarious look at one man's attempt to conquer the ultimate endurance sport, with a conclusion that will surprise and delight both dedicated triathletes as well as strangers to the sport.
Author : Abby Knox
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 2017-03-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1460292073
Eat Right, Swim Faster is the ultimate nutrition resource for competitive swimmers of all ages. It is a smartly written book of highly practical and very accessible information for swimmers interested in what food can do for them in their pursuit of maximum performance in the water. Rather than insisting that readers wade through a tangle of highly technical terminology, Eat Right, Swim Faster provides an abundance of sound, practical advice, in a straightforward, non-academic tone. Eat Right, Swim Faster draws on the very latest sports nutrition research as well as the very personal experience of the author—a registered dietitian, sports nutritionist, swim coach, athlete, and mother of three competitive swimmers. Readers can therefore be confident they’re receiving the smartest, most up-to-date information on the foods and drinks that will serve them—and their swimming performance—best.
Author : Amanda Beard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1451644388
"A seven-time Olympic medalist describes her battles with depression, eating disorders and substance abuse in spite of her successful career, recounting how she hid her struggles from her loved ones before seeking help and finding renewal in the birth of her son. 75,000 first printing."
Author : Janet Evans
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780736068482
Improve your fitness level, achieve your swimming goals, and maximize your workouts with the help of four-time Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans! Whether you have been swimming laps for years, want to get back into the water, or have a competitive streak for masters meets or triathlons, Janet Evans' Total Swimminghas you covered. A total of 60 workouts and 12 progressive programs allow you to tailor your swim sessions by distance, intensity, and goal. The gold-medal information also details proper stroke technique, advantages of various gear, concepts such as interval sets and training phases, and making each workout more productive by stretching, building core strength, warming up, and cooling down. So dive into Janet Evans' Total Swimmingand begin training with one of swimming's all-time legends.
Author : Sheila Taormina
Publisher : Swim Speed
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781948007023
In Swim Speed Workouts, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina provides the essential swimming instruction, workouts, drills, and training plan to build all-new levels of freestyle swimming speed. Swim Speed Workouts applies the principles of Taormina_s influential swim technique book Swim Speed Secrets so swimmers and triathletes can get in the pool and get fast. Drawing from her 30-year racing and coaching career, Taormina_s Swim Speed program is carefully designed to build freestyle swim speed one crucial step at a time. Over 16 weeks, swimmers and triathletes will swim high-impact workouts to build whole-body swimming fitness. Each waterproof swim workout card incorporates the Olympic swimming drills, kick sets, and drylands that develop speed in the world_s fastest swimmers. Swimmers will refine their freestyle with the most effective hand entry, high-elbow catch, underwater pull, core drive, and propulsive kick. Swim Speed Secrets revealed the freestyle technique used by the world_s fastest swimmers. Now Swim Speed Workouts unlocks those secrets to swimming performance, building up swimmers and triathletes to breakthrough swim speed. Also available from VeloPress, download the first week of workouts and see video demos of the program_s swimming drills.
Author : Dana Abbott
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,15 MB
Release : 2019-03-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781643880327
For more than fifty years, 7-time USA Olympic Coach Eddie Reese has mentored college men in life and swimming, resulting in 14 NCAA team titles at the University of Texas and 39 Olympic gold medals.
