To improve your swim, you will need to deconstruct your swim, address the problem with a drill and then reconstruct it. It is a constant process and needs to be repeated every time you swim.
In a world flooded with generic training templates and one-size-fits-all advice, Mind Over Matter Endurance offers something different—something real. Every training plan I’ve created and published on TrainingPeaks has been forged in the fire of actual race conditions. These aren’t theoretical models or recycled spreadsheets. They’re the result of decades of coaching, competing, refining, and reflecting.
In training just as in life you need to give structure to your dreams in order for them to be achievable. Goals, which are dreams with a purpose, need to be above your current level of skill and ability in order for them to be worthwhile. Michael Phelps, for example, probably didn't dream of winning the 25 - 30 age division of the local masters 100 meters butterfly. He dreamed big, planned intelligently...
The brain is an amazing and at the same time mysterious organ. It coordinates all the systems of the body to maintain homoeostasis. In doing so it balances the internal operating system against the external environment to ensure we, as a whole, survive. If we are low on energy we get hungry, if we need water we get thirsty and if we get hot we sweat. Similar to a mother with a large brood of children the brain controls its systems by keeping...
