With Triathlon Swimming Made Easy, we promise you can make swimming the best part of your race. By adopting the Total Immersion approach to swim training, we guarantee you’ll be more fluid and relaxed in the water, saving precious energy for the bike and run.
Part 1 Why Swimming Frustrates You and How You Can Achieve Fulfillment- Chapter 1 True Confessions: If I’m So Fit, Why Is Swimming So Hard?
- Chapter 2 Two-Dollar Gas: The Secret of Economy
- Chapter 3 How to Start Swimming Better Immediately
Part 2 The Smart Swimming Solution
- Chapter 4 Stroke Length: How You Can Swim Like Ian Thorpe
- Chapter 5 Balance: Becoming Fishlike Starts Here
- Chapter 6 How to Swim Taller: Regardless of Your Height
- Chapter 7 Slippery Swimming: The Smarter Way to Speed
- Chapter 8 "95-Mph Freestyle:" Power from the Core
- Chapter 9 A New Role for Your Hands: Standing Still
Part 3 The School for Fishlike Swimming
- Chapter 10 "Martial Arts" Swimming: How to learn faster and easier
- Lesson One: Finding Balance and Your "Sweet Spot"
- Lesson Two: Becoming Weightless and Slippery
- Lesson Three: Tapping Effortless Power from Your Kinetic Chain
- Lesson Four: Mastering a Compact, Relaxed Recovery
- Lesson Five: Finally…Your New Stroke
- Lesson Six: A Systematic Transition to Swimming
Part 4 Smart Swimming for the Rest of Your life
- Chapter 11 First Step: Use Your Existing Fitness More Effectively
- Chapter 12 Learning to Move Efficiently
- Chapter 13 Practice: Making Fluent Movement a Habit
- Chapter 14 Effective Swimming: The Smartest Way to Train
- Chapter 15 Gears: You Learn the Easiest Way to Swim Faster
- Chapter 16 Swimming for Distance: Focus on Economy, Not Conditioning
- Chapter 17 Swimming for Time: Speed at Last
- Chapter 18 Lighten Your Load: Throw Away Your Kickboard!
- Chapter 19 Taking Care of Your Body
Part 5 Getting Ready to Race
- Chapter 20 Dress Rehearsal
- Chapter 21 Open-Water Practice
- Chapter 22 Putting It All Together on Race Day