Summary: Click to hear Terry Laughlin discuss the ins and outs of triathlon swimming the Total Immersion way. [Click To Tweet] (http://ctt.ec/9Cje9) Swimming faster is something all of us triathletes aim for. In this show Terry Laughlin of Total Immersion talks about the mechanics to becoming a better swimmer. Terry's primary focus is to teach swimmers to move through the water efficiently. By conserving energy and focusing on balance and streamlining in the water, any energy used for propulsion becomes much more effective. Basic principles of teaching include sustainability of effort, drag reduction, vessel shaping and full body swimming. 0:00 - Terry Laughlin and Triathlon Research Radio 1:40 - Terry's Travels 5:05 - Three Questions For Triathletes 1. Are you swimming fast enough? 2. Are you good enough for the type of racing? 3. Are you getting the right advice? 7:43 - Speed is complicated 10:39 - The Skills You Need To Acquire More Speed 15:40 - Counting Your Strokes 21:05 - Becoming More Self-Aware 23:50 - The “Green Zone” 30:27 - Testing Your Limits And Developing Consistency 1. Test your ability to swim farther and/or 2. Swim farther with less variation 33:21 - Mental and Aerobic Endurance 40:11 - Tempo and Pacing 45:21 - Swim Mechanics 53:00 - Staying Motivated and Always Improving Transcript Suzanne: Hello, my name is Suzanne Atkinson and today I'm interviewing Terry Laughlin of Total Immersion Swimming. Hi Terry how are you today? Terry: Hi Suzanne I'm not bad today and hello to everyone. Suzanne: Thanks for joining me today. Terry you have just done a worldwide sort of whirl wind tour in England and the United States at several different triathlon shows. What shows were you at and what were they like? Terry: In England I went to the Tri show in Sandown near London on March 1st and 2nd and then I went to the Bike and Tri show in Manchester on March 8th and 9th. Back in the US two weeks later to Tri mania in Maryland, Tri Mania, D.C on March 22nd and a week later March 29th at Tri Mania again but this time the Boston edition at MIT. Suzanne: So that was four different tri shows in two different countries within a month, is that correct? Terry: Correct. Suzanne: That sounds like a lot of fun and a lot of work. Terry: It was a lot of work, a lot of travel, a lot of getting to talk to triathletes, which I find most valuable. Suzanne: Can you estimate how many triathletes were in attendance at each show or is that something you weren’t really aware of? Terry: I'm not a very good estimator but certainly the number was in the hundreds, possibly over 1000 probably at the two shows in England because they were two days each and in quite large venues. I would say safely into the hundreds at the two Tri Mania shows. Suzanne: Sounds like some multiple hundreds. I read some really good reviews of it online and people were really excited to have the opportunity go to those Tri Mania shows and meet with and interact with people like yourself and several of the other well-known names in triathlon. Terry: Yeah I enjoyed it too especially because I got to do a panel with at the Tri Mania in D.C with Shane Eversfield another TI coach in direct cycling and my good friend Danny Dreyer from Chi Running. Suzanne: Great. Did you have ample time during those shows for triathletes to perch you individually and introduce themselves and have conversations or was it more a group presentation? Terry: In England we had booths and the booths were manned by multiple coaches from the UK, one group in London and another group in Manchester. When I was not either speaking or teaching at the pools there I mostly was at the booth so I got to do that quite a bit. At Tri Mania we ran five to six clinics, I guess five clinics a day of two types, each for over an hour.
