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Articles by Slowman

A Heart in Two Worlds

For the Butterfields, John Denver is on the iPod. Horses, llamas, goats, chickens, guinea fowl, and a peacock. But Bermuda is not forgotten.

Guppy Challenge: Week 5

Are you able to perform one-arm pulls as described? If so, you are swimming hip-driven freestyle! Now let's begin to focus on how you pull.

Genetics is Overrated

Genetics wins when you’re 11. But the older you get the more genetics falls to the point of being an inconsequential factor.

Bermuda Swimcation

I tend to travelogue our family Slowcations here, and here is our latest: open water swimming in Bermuda.

Guppy Challenge: Week 4

You retain the vestigial behaviors from the time you were still struggling with learning to breathe to the side. Let's deal with those.

Guppy Challenge: Week 3

When you have a hard time doing these drills you should rejoice! They expose problems, and we can't cure what we can't identify.

Guppy Challenge: Week 2

Improving your hull is an exercise in 2 planes: feet on the surface (vertical plane); and feet moving forward, not side to side (horizontal plane).

Technical Grasp of Sport

There are more important elements to success than this one, but a mediocre understanding of sport usually begets mediocre finishes.