Forum: Freestyle
05-29-2013
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Replies: 19
Views: 14,699
Finis make a range of centre mounted snorkels...
Finis make a range of centre mounted snorkels with different tips available.
They have a range of fins too. Generally the stiffer ones are faster and more expensive and rely on you already having...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-21-2013
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,782
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-21-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-21-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-20-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
A master at work. On a totally different level...
A master at work. On a totally different level than a desperate race for the line in the last lap of an Olympic final.
I can only describe it as swimming like you REALLY mean it.
It tells of all...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-20-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
The irony is that she doesn't think she kicks...
The irony is that she doesn't think she kicks well herself. Don't know why she would think this . Maybe because she's not as fast as some with a kickboard. It's absolutely perfectly integrated with...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-20-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-19-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
Thanks for the link. I can see that there would...
Thanks for the link. I can see that there would be a lot of shoulder driven specialists at elite level. The standards of elite levels of many sports is so frighteningly high that that it is almost...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-19-2013
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,100
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-18-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
You are 100% right there. It's a pity though. I...
You are 100% right there. It's a pity though. I was hoping you might say that if someone had a beautiful aesthetic glide they could power through anything with their perfect streamline.
The only OW...
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Forum: Freestyle
05-18-2013
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,100
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-18-2013
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,488
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Forum: Freestyle
05-16-2013
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Replies: 19
Views: 14,699
The aquatic creatures version
Really beautiful to watch. So were Suzanne's Misty Hyman videos.
By coincidence I got home a little early and watched this and then headed out to sea on my 14' open ocean paddleboard for a hour and...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
05-16-2013
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Replies: 39
Views: 23,630
The gliding style in very rough O/W
Do readers believe it's possible to maintain a smooth gliding style in very rough open water? I love watching Shinji swim and read an interesting quote Swimust found of Shinji ; "I think those who...
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Forum: Freestyle
04-06-2013
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,135
heated wetsuits
Most of the wetsuit companies make heated vests powered by rechargeable lithium batteries that last about 1&1/2 hr on high setting. Special pads actively supply heat as distinct from a wetsuit which...
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
01-07-2013
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,551
eliminating plantarfasciitis
Have a look at Matt Furey's website. He has a dvd called "Eliminate heel pain and plantar fasciitis in 2 minuites a day". The title sounds a bit gimmicky but the exercises are very simple but sound...
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Forum: Swim Your Way to Health
12-23-2012
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,622
Thanks Todd,
It's quite ironic that the...
Thanks Todd,
It's quite ironic that the ideas I'm getting here from people who surf very little or not at all are better than what you get from the surfing media.
The paradox of surfing is...
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Forum: Swim Your Way to Health
12-21-2012
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,965
Hi Steve,
I've read the advise others have...
Hi Steve,
I've read the advise others have offered and it's all very good. Only thing I can add is to keep it smooth, smooth,smooth. Often people with sore backs unconsciously tense up around the...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-20-2012
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,403
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Forum: Swim Your Way to Health
12-18-2012
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,622
Thanks for your advice Richard and Suzanne
Thanks for your advice Richard and Suzanne.
Glide is an interesting phenomena, Suzanne. It comes for "free" from the effort you've put out so you may as well take it. The problem is that rate of...
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Forum: Outside the Box: Open Water Swimming
12-18-2012
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,692
The ocean sure is a wonderful place.
I enjoyed your story jbparis. It gave me the same feeling i get watching a young kid learning to surf and finally standing on his first wave.....The ocean sure is a wonderful place. I remember 2x...
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Forum: Freestyle
11-13-2012
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,604
Very well put Ingred, as were the other...
Very well put Ingred, as were the other replies.Because we are taking on a very hard ,infinite challenge we have the choice of either raising ourselves enough to meet the challenge or else lower the...
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Forum: Freestyle
11-13-2012
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,604
The fact that while focusing on breathing, you...
The fact that while focusing on breathing, you are aware of your hand and your kick going out, shows you are heading in the right direction. Rather than focusing on many points at once, you are...
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Forum: Freestyle
11-05-2012
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,348
The co2 myth
*****There are a lot of misconceptions about co2.It is regarded as an enemy to be expelled. In fact co2 is the important catylist in oxygenating the cells. The paradox of breathing is that minimalist...
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Forum: Freestyle
11-05-2012
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,348
The human body has so many primitive survival...
The human body has so many primitive survival mechanisms hard wired into it , putting us into "fight or flight " mode, often unnecessarily. In extreme cases when we are tensing right up, gasping...
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