How Total Immersion Doubled My Stroke Length In Just 1 Day
I’ve been swimming for 16 years and I thought I had tried everything to improve my swimming technique. I’ve read numerous books and tried just about every insweep, outsweep, and kicking style known to man. Nothing worked! Don’t get me wrong, I was a pretty good swimmer (16 years will do that to you), but I wasn’t a top swimmer. I wasn’t reaching my potential and I had no idea why…that is, until I heard about Total Immersion swimming . Like just about everyone, I got obsessed with swimming again during the Olympics and I found myself looking on YouTube for some swimming videos to improve my technique. I ended up finding the video below. Check out the smooth technique:
Hardly a splash! He says in his description of the video that he used to take 22 strokes per 25 meters and now he only takes 9-12. I was pretty pumped up seeing that so I wanted to see if I could get the same results. I went out and got Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier 
First, I swam my old, normal freestyle stroke and counted 17 strokes per 25 meters. I was a bit better starting off than our friend in the video because I’m fairly tall, but I still had a LOT of room for improvement. So, I did a few of the drills in the book until I got a feel for the technique and then swam 25 meters TOTAL IMMERSION STYLE! I took only 9 strokes! You see, Total Immersion swimming is all about efficient swimming. I take less strokes, have more energy, and move faster when using the technique. I really recommend you get the book and hear what Terry Laughlin has to say.
If you really want to get serious about your swimming, you might want to get some of the Total Immersion videos as well. Do you have a Blockbuster Total Access membership? If you do, just add the TI videos to your queue. If you don’t, click the banner below to sign up today and get the Total Immersion videos (and whatever movies you want) delivered to your house! (If you haven’t tried Total Access yet, take it from me, you will probably stop wasting your money at the movie theaters and watch more movies at home for a fraction of the cost)
P.S. Put a comment below and let me know how much you improve your stroke length!
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I had heard about this before actually and you are right, I went from 21 strokes per 25 meters down to 13 now consistently. I hadn’t seen the videos though so thanks for that!