Fitness Swimming, Second Edition
Want more from your workout? Whether you seek to improve your technique, trim your times, swim greater distances, or simply improve your fitness level, Fitness Swimming will help you achieve your goals, all in full-color.
Expert swim coach Emmett Hines has created 60 new workouts and 16 sample programs, each arranged into suggested training zones to correspond to your fitness level and performance goals. Over a dozen cutting-edge technique drills help you progressively build an effective freestyle stroke. The text covers stretching, warm-up and cool-down methods, heart rate zone targets, expanded instruction for stroke efficacy, progressive drills, conditioning tips, and fitness assessments. Fitness… More >>
- ISBN13: 9780736074575
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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I learned quite a bit, but I think it’s too focused on workouts rather than teaching. Not bad though, just not the greatest.
Rating: 3 / 5
Very instructional book. More suitable for competitive swimmer, I think. Contains sets of practise drills for beginner (green zone) to competition (red zone). I only followed up until green zone and have not progressed further. You need to copy down the drill sets on a slate and record your heart beat, time and stroke count. I did that until some misunderstood kid took my instruction slate on the pool edge, thinking somebody left it. I got it back with scribbles all over and I just gave up after that. A bit troublesome, definitely not for leisure swimming.
Rating: 3 / 5
There are too few illustration, but too many numbers, acronyms, notations, tables… There is not much to read in the book, but it surely presents a lot of tables for readers to check and fill. It talks about front crawl only. I am extremely disappointed because it does not tell me much about how to swim efficiently with correct strokes.
Rating: 1 / 5
I am a semi novice swimmer, I found very important information on this book, and for the contents I think it has a lot of interesting info for advance swimmer. I would hightly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Good book for the advanced swimmer who is looking for tips in general and clear modern training programmes.
Rating: 5 / 5