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This book puts an end to the drudgery of merely counting laps by showing you how to create your own individual fitness program--and have fun doing it! Learn how to:
- Determine your own fitness level
- Choose an appropriate training program and build upon that program with a variety of innovative workouts
- Use a timing clock and interval training to increase your speed and endurance
- Use various training equipment, such as kick boards, hand paddles, and swimming fins to strengthen stroke technique
- Improve your cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone, and flexibility
- give me a change from normal routine
- make me a faster swimmer
- challenge me to work harder
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was a little disappointed with this book, which might be a little unfair. The book does a good job covering lap workouts but does not cover stretching or dry land training (which is what I was looking for). While it does a good job of how to build your workout, including adjusting your swim yardage and circuit timing, it does little to help in lap techniques that will help refine/improve your stroke. The focus is more on heart rate and using this to determine your circuit time and level of fitness. If you are working on your own and you want to insert variety into your workouts or improve your fitness in a stepwise manner, then this book is great. If you are part of a team then this book will do little to help you improve.
Format:Paperback
Useful info. Aimed at non-club swimmers. Have used some of the worksouts and info for adults/parents wanting to do a little fitness training.
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87 of 89 people found the following review helpful
A wonderfull book for initiate a daily fittness program.
19 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
It is a fantastic book for start a real and serious fittness program on swiming.I started the program stated in the book 3 month ago being a fresh beginner , and now I can swim 1600 meters per day with no problem at all.I do each training tip during 3 days in a row ,and I am improving very fast. It is easy to read,simple with a very good glosary of vocabulary for swimming.I STRONGLY recommend for people who want to start a performing swimming program without having a coach.(THE BOOK ITSELF IS YOUR COACH)
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Indispensable for first (and beyond) year swim coaches
4 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
Swimming is one of those curious beasts of the American athetic sports scene: vast multitudes participate (recreational, summer, competitive, etc.), but very few really know how to improve. As in other sports, many parents wind up coaching as their children get involved in swimming as there are too few coaches available. There is much to learn! Stroke technique, using the clock, training the aerobic and non-aerobic energy systems, how to author and conduct a productive and interesting workout, etc.
To those who might feel intimidated by all this, this book brings help in the form of workout structure. The workouts range from basic beginner to advanced workouts for accomplished swimmers. I have used Marianne's book to keep my workouts (as an age-group coach and Master's swimmer) interesting and my swimmers are always eager to swim.
I highly recommend this book for coaches and swimmers who are self-coached.
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
A great training guide for anyone
25 Nov 2002
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Like many triathletes I had a bit of swimming in my background when I started racing, but certainly not enough to be competitive. I occasionally swam with organized groups but my consultant travel schedule made sure that was infrequent. I got a copy of The Fit Swimmer, read it cover to cover and made up about a dozen workouts from the suggested routines. The section on open water racing was particularly valuable. While training diligence was definitely part of it, this book was the #1 resource for me in competitively placing in events ranging from local races to National and Ironman distances. Ms. Brems meets 2 imperatives: she explains things simply and she gives you the tools you need to progress from a relative novice to a competitive swimmer. Like a craftsman and apprentice, she leaves it up to the reader to figure out how to best use the extensive toolset in the book. I found that creating about a dozen workouts on 3x5 cards from her suggested routines and rotating them did the trick (store them in a ziploc bag for use poolside). You can experiment with different routines to test how your body responds. I now coach people on an occasional basis, and strongly encourage each of them to read the book before we start.
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