In that I am a bit obsessive compulsive about my field of interest, I have a driving desire to read anything and everything related to it. I also happen to particular enjoy reading older books. They often contain forgotten gems of wisdom. More often they show that the brand spanking new idea you thought you came up with is 30 years old.
Trying to Figure Out Swimming
A little while back, in trying to fix my own ignorance about swimming, I read what is often considered a classic in the field of training literature which is the book “The Science of Swimming” by James ‘Doc’ Counsilman. Written in 1968, the book represented one of the first attempts to apply much in the way of science to the technique of swimming.
Suffice to say that swimming is very strange and, so far as I can tell even in 2010, nobody is exactly sure how swimming “works”. … Keep Reading