Subject: TI vs swim speed secrets I am new to triathlon (about to run my 3rd race this weekend). Of the 3 sports, swimming is the one that I have the most experience with throughout my life, but I'm still nowhere near "good" at it. When I started training my friend gave me the TI book. I used it for my first race, and did ok. The more I used the TI method though, the more I felt like I could be more efficient and go faster. That lead me to Taormina’s Swim Speed Secrets. I liked the book, and have been using it since January. I am faster, I will say that. But I am still a wreck in the pool trying to get this technique down. I also have started to have some swimmer's shoulder/tendinitis flare up at times. I am not ready to ditch this method yet, I just wanted to know if anyone else has struggled this way switching over. I need to say that I have not put a lot of volume in just yet. The longest I have swam using this is a mile, and I have only done that once. Could this just be something that will improve with volume (as most things do)? I am more concerned with the tendinitis than anything. Thanks for the help! |