Subject: RE: Total Immersion not the be-all end-all? I can't help myself (lol ) :
For me, a lousy swimmer to begin with, who never had ANY formal training in swimming, TI did wonders (IMHO ). Where I was swimming 2:30 to 2:40's at a certain pool, after 45 minutes of doing the 1st 4 or 5 drills, I swam 2-100's in 2:03 and 1:57 (training log April 9 ). With less legs and less exertion.
The only reason I keep posting on this subject is because I know how much I struggled with swimming - HATED going to the pool. I said before that TI was the BEST return on investment I've had in Tri'ing and I still believe it. And if there's someone in that same boat it might be worth the cost to them. (I HONESTLY did not believe it was going to help me and that I was wasting 65 bucks. )
We all know there is no ONE magic tonic that works the same for all of us - whether its bikes, running shoes, wetsuits etc etc etc. I'm sure there are people with just as negative an opinion of TI as mine is positive - post it here. That's one of the things I love about this site is the INDEPENDENT, UNBIASED personal opinions of the users here.
BTW, I quit doing the drills after a few weeks and went back to working on distance, and my times have slowed to around 2:05 (Tri time was 2:09 ), but I can keep that up without any difficult for 1.2 miles, and probably further.
GO T"WEEKER PINKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only 13 squares to go!
/Gary |