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![]() I normally average 16 strikes in a 25m pool with a very gentle push off. I'm 6'4". Today I actively concentrated on really engaging my core. I was amazed at the results. I dropped my stroke from 16 to 12-13!
AR there any other small changes that people have found that have resulted in improvements like this. |
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![]() Hey Boyzie,
I got similar results which I commented on the Heart Interval Thread. 6'3.5" and 195Ibs. Been doing the 25 yards in 16 to 17 about. After much frustration, I suspected I was excluding my butt in the rotation process ca using drag. I did and dropped to 14. However, I noticed two days ago to my dismay that I regressed back to 16. Suspect my right side skate is compromised. |
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![]() Ideally, you rotate around your axis. In videos, head looks erect and submerged while you rotate your entire torso all the way down to your legs for spearing. It is just enough to clear one shoulder off the surface.
I believe with no one to give me feedback, I was just twisting my torso: shoulder to waistline and barely rotating below region. |
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think of this analogy: try to push a square of jello across the table. when you try, your finger sinks into the soft mass and keeps sinking until you are able to move it. this is the loss of energy that happens in your unstabilized torso. then try to push a pencil across the table. much easier right? the stiff nature of the pencil makes it much easier. same concept. we are working on sequences to help with developing the right core engagement and torso stability in swimming. stay tuned for those! |
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![]() This has been fascinating thanks for everyone's replies. I look forward to the new work been developed on this subject.
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For me, the sensation is that I am tucking my pelvis into line, the way you would do to go from an anterior tilted pelvis to a level pelvis (this is from the Chi Running method--exactly the same as trying to run with a good posture and level pelvis to free the hips for easier rotation). You can see this in a mirror at home--lift and tuck the abdomen until your waist becomes level (most people get lazy with posture and let their pelvis tilt lower in front and higher in back--the anterior pelvic tilt). That level pelvis is the position you want to hold, by engaging the ab muscles with a constant productive tension. Puts the whole spine in line--very helpful! |
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But then, I have not done an all-out 200m or 400m to test what my real PB is--I think I will be routinely doing them faster as my training goes on. I've been holding back on speed in my swimming, I think, with those 10 long miles always in mind (I almost never get a 50m under :40 these days); and these repeats came near the end of a 4000m session. I didn't have any soreness of my abs afterward--but I do engage those muscles when I run (3 x week) and do yoga, so it wasn't turning on a new muscle (which might lead to soreness). I had just never mindfully and intentionally engaged them while swimming. |
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