Swimming for Total Fitness: A Progressive Aerobic Program

by Jane Katz

Swimming is one of the best, most enjoyable, and most effective forms of exercise available, and this is the classic guide for beginners and expert swimmers alike, completely revised and updated for the '90s.

B&W line drawings throughout.

Genres: Nonfiction, Fitness

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 20, 1981

Reviews

[Alison]

This was the textbook for my college Swimming class, and it helped me prepare to coach the Yosemite Rapids that summer. Now I'm dusting it off and doing some swimming again.

[Karyn]

I want to do a traditional swim-bike-run triathlon this summer. Alas, I had never really learned how to swim. Oh sure, I faked my way through the Navy swim test well enough and I'm not afraid of the water, but I did not actually know how to perform any strokes correctly. So I gave this book a try and it was a big help. My freestyle, breast stroke, and back stroke are coming along nicely (my butterfly stroke is still a fabulous disaster, but that's not the fault of the book). The drills and workouts have been incredibly helpful. I'm no longer worried about the swim event being my weakest event. Bring on the triathlon!