Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide for Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers Paperback – 30 July 2013

The book sparked a movement here in E Ross so that swimmers have been in the sea every day since lockdown.Numbers are growing. Today a lady parked her campervan where we swim. It didn't take much persuasion to get her in. Where Portobello lead, the country will follow-

thie book is for all the open water swimmers who will never get the chance to swim in some of the places Lynne has swum.it is laden with great stories and her own experiences in open water.this book is also a fantastic manual for open water swimming with a huge selection of detailed infomation on all you need to know in open water.Even if you just want a good read and are interested in swimming this is the book

A great book. Covers most aspect of Open Water Swimming from start to Channel Swimming. Lynne is an inspiration. A must read for anyone entertaining the idea of a Channel Swim!

Some mildly interesting stuff but the author often rants on about navy SEALS and it's a bit boring to be honest. Not a great book.

A present and well received.

Covers all aspects of open water swimming. Lynne is amazing and the shared knowledge and experience is huge. I recommend this book!

great

This book is geared towards the American market and has little useful information for swimmers in British waters, The style is laboured and confusing, some words are obviously spelt wrong (pneumonic instead of mnemonic) which undermined my trust in the information presented.

The title of this review says it all.But before I go any further I want to go on record as saying that I have nothing but complete respect and admiration for everything Lynne Cox has achieved in the open water swimming world. She has been there and done that with numerous world records, and pioneering swims. I loved her book, Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long Distance Swimmer, was thrilled to find CBS video footage of her Antarctic swim and inspired by her TED talk on YouTube. So it was with great excitement I ordered her latest book, Open Water Swimming Manual. An Expert’s Survival Guide for Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers.The first thing that struck me as odd was the 5” x 9” proportions of the book. Not a big deal I know but I did wonder why the publishers choose the long narrow format.I think the title of the book is a little misleading, as the book is geared less towards triathletes and more towards long distance open water swimmers, swimming three miles or more. Despite a section about lakes and rivers the book focuses entirely on long distance ocean swimming. Which narrows itself to a very small group of swimmers with unlimited time and resources.The book is split into 23 chapters covering everything from how to choose the right swimsuit and equipment to skin lubrication, marine wildlife and how to choose a support crew. Ms. Cox uses her personal experiences along with advice from other experienced swimmers and coaches and the Navy SEALS. One of the things that annoyed me was the over use of the Navy SEALS as experts. If I wanted to find out how the SEALS trained I would buy a book about the Navy SEALS! Also I don’t think a full chapter needed to be dedicated to “Finding an Open Water Swimming Coach and Group” Surely most people will just do an internet search for what is available to them locally. Having said that there is for sure a lot of useful information in the book but I think the writing and presentation lacked in certain areas. I had hoped the book would have had more instruction on open water swimming technique and feel that this would have improved the book considerably and appealed more to the average swimmer. More diagrams or illustrations to demonstrate the points being made would also have been helpful.The biggest gripe I have with the book though is not necessarily the fault of Ms. Cox. The amount of typographical errors was ridiculous. I don’t remember reading any other book having so many, if any at all. Now I don’t profess to being the greatest with grammar or spelling and I’m sure many of my blog posts are littered with mistakes but I think the publishers, Vintage Books, should have produced a better finished article.So can the average swimmer get something from this book? Yes I guess so and reading some of the reviews lots of people love it.But in the end after reading the book all I could summon up was Meh!

It is a complete guide for any open water swimmer. It also include some personal experiences of the author, wich are not a few. Great book.

....geht auf allgemeine wie sehr spezielle Fragestellungen ein, super recherchiert und - wie man weiß- alles selbst ausprobiert und umgesetzt.

Whether you are a beginning of advanced swimmer, or even a triathlete seeking to improve your open water swim skills look no further - this is the book you need.The author, Lynne Cox is nothing short of a true master of the sport. Drawing from her vast experiences that include breaking English Channel swim records as a teenager to swimming the Antarctic and nearly every body of water in between it is the most complete resource available to open water swimmers.She begins by covering equipment needs to assist the reader in making appropriate choices in swim suits, goggles, caps, wetsuits, and skin care products. Next, she presents skills and drills that are essential to developing comfort and balance in the water and translate well into developing training programs. Her extensive research also combines the expertise of Navy SEALS, Wilderness medicine doctors, university based researchers, US Masters Swim coaches, and seasoned athletes to provide guidance in the areas of course scouting, tides, water quality, darkness, hydration/fueling needs, navigation, riptide, fog, waves, and marine hazards (like sharks!) For the advanced swimmer, there is even a chapter on the nuts and bolts of preparing for your own Channel Swim.It might be tempting to think that open water swimmers can skip all the technical details outlined in this manual but the rash of triathlon related swim deaths over the past couple of years highlights the need for all swimmers to respect the water and the challenges it presents.Most importantly, woven throughout this book is a real love for swimming that will inspire swimmers of all abilities to jump in and enjoy the water.I look forward to using this book as my go-to-guide for my future triathlon swimming endeavors.

Easy read, very comprehensive, brings in a lot of experts to round out her own experiences.She is also one of the world's best open water swimmers.Excellent resource to have, if you desire to be a solid or accomplished open water swimmer.Best book on the subect I have.