Book Description

Thousands of Americans are finding that swimming is a fabulous way to keep fit and reduce tension -- without the shin splints, calluses or leg aches many runners suffer. Indeed, swimming has been called the perfect exercise, recommended by the President's Council on Physical Fitness as an ideal way to achieve flexibility, endurance, strength, balance and weight control. Total Swimming goes beyond the physical aspects of the sport to show how anyone can use swimming to achieve an inner calm--a euphoria that integrates movement and thought and relieves tension almost like a mantra. This is the first book to develop a coherent program that weaves together the physical and psychological benefits of swimming into a complete plan for maximizing your total well-being. People who have practices the Total Swimming program say it is the part of their lives that makes all else run smoothly.-from dust jacket.