Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
03-11-2011
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Replies: 21
Views: 16,460
Coach Suzanne,
I have the same problem as Alex...
Coach Suzanne,
I have the same problem as Alex but it might be more acute. Recently I had began swimming 50's in fins and alternating 25's without them. What I found out was that the dread of the...
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Forum: Freestyle
01-11-2011
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,854
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Forum: Freestyle
01-11-2011
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,854
I guess I have been confused as to what a...
I guess I have been confused as to what a "patient" catch is. I always thought that the anchoring motion had to be fast to trap water. I suppose that my slower motion could be anchoring slower...
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Forum: Freestyle
01-11-2011
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,854
I definitely agree with her water thickening...
I definitely agree with her water thickening statement. The question is how do you make that happen. Lately I have been minimizing my body rotation or at least trying to focus it forward. I think...
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Forum: Freestyle
01-10-2011
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,854
The Physics of the Catch
I'm not trying to be pretentious here but it has occurred to me that I really didn't understand what was going on during and after the catch. Specifically, I have wondered over the last two years why...
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
01-06-2011
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,820
Thanks for the tip, John. I think you're right...
Thanks for the tip, John. I think you're right although I'm not sure how to relieve the pressure. I think the tension is a vestige of the bad old days when I first learned conventionally. Plus during...
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
01-06-2011
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,820
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
01-05-2011
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,820
I don't think it matters but that's just me....
I don't think it matters but that's just me. Here's why. I think that swimming by itself builds your core. As you know, I am a runner also. I recently dropped 30 lbs to help my swimming. I figured...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-07-2010
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,794
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Forum: Freestyle
12-06-2010
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,794
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Forum: Freestyle
12-06-2010
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,794
Is a steady shoulder the key?
For some time I have been trying to improve propulsion. There are time that I would seem to jet through the water. I could see the cylinders on the lane buoys fly by when I breathed. This usually...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-02-2010
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,465
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
11-21-2010
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Replies: 28
Views: 17,001
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Forum: Freestyle
11-19-2010
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,752
I've sort of been working on the same thing....
I've sort of been working on the same thing. Knowing that no two bodies are just a like, means that the solution set for different people will be different things. However I wonder about something. I...
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Forum: Swim Your Way to Health
11-15-2010
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,383
I came to the same general conclusion. I have...
I came to the same general conclusion. I have always caught colds when doing heavy aerobic exercise. Couple that with losing 30 LBS and I should be a disaster area by now. But nary a sniffle. Well...
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Forum: Freestyle
11-03-2010
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Replies: 36
Views: 21,158
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Forum: Freestyle
10-18-2010
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,304
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Forum: Freestyle
10-07-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
Not at first. This morning I started doing the...
Not at first. This morning I started doing the elbow circles exercise with the idea of holding my forearm back. My right shoulder seemed to be more flexible where as my left shoulder seemed to have...
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Forum: Swim Your Way to Health
10-06-2010
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,129
This summer I decided that part of my swimming...
This summer I decided that part of my swimming problem was that I was trying to move too much mass through the water. At age 57, I stand 6'7" and weighed about 250 pounds. I was by no means fat and...
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Forum: Freestyle
10-06-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
I think you're right. At times I felt my legs...
I think you're right. At times I felt my legs literally flying up and my head felt the same way as when I have fins on. I never liked my head being way because there seemed to be water around my...
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Forum: Freestyle
10-06-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
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Forum: Freestyle
10-05-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
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Forum: Freestyle
10-05-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
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Forum: Freestyle
10-05-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
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Forum: Freestyle
10-05-2010
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,097
Compact Recovery
Saturday, I experienced a first. I had someone video me with an Iphone. Putting aside my breathing issues, I was more interested in my mechanics particularly on the recovery. It was at the end of a...
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