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Pull buoys will not help you with body position as they artificially raise your lower body. Furthermore, exactly as you have experienced, they...

12/14/2019 warm up 800 choice pre set 12 x 50 choice on 1:00 main set 4x150 or 125 or 100 snorkel on 2:15

12/13/2019 warm up 500 swim, 100 kick, 100 drill, 100 buoy, 100 choice no free pre set 8x 100 or 75 or 50 odds IM on 2:00 evens choice on...

12/12/2019 warm up- 300 swim, 100 kick, 200 swim, 100 drill, 100 swim, 100 sculling pre set 2x 125 or 100 or 75 swim choice on 2:10 2x 125...

MON Off TUES Off WED 500 Swim 6x50 :55 Drill (Odd: IMO, Even: FR) 8x25 UW K :30

You are not alone. I can’t either very well. It feels like my body is in a unnatural position even with the lightest one of the 3 sizes where I work...

Thanks everyone for the thoughtful responses. It makes sense that you have to get to fail state some. I guess figuring out the frequency of that...

I agree with sunruh. I had surgery to repair a torn labrum when I was 34. I'm 50 and swimming just fine. It took 1 year to get back to racing, 2...

I'm not trying to be cute here, but maybe the whatever issues you have with your body position are what prevents you from using the pull buoy...

Sounds to me like that could be a symptom of poor core strength, along with possibly a mismatch between when your shoulders and hips are rotating,...

finally a smart answer!!! the rest of you: weeds you weeds OFF IN THE WEEDS!!! you think Alain Bernard (the CURRENT WORLD RECORD HOLDER...

SCY Taper: Best swims... 100 FLY: 54.12 100 IM: 55.52 50 FR: 22.20 100 FR: 49.96 50 FLY: 24.61 I was very disappointed in the 100 FR. I was...

Try to rotate just your neck and head to breathe. The pull buoy should not change body rotation .

Try to work past the perfect stroke to fatigue. Like in lifting, you need to stress the muscles to make them grow.

You've gotten some good advice already. Another idea for you, is to maybe alternate a fast one and a steady one with good form? For instance do...

I train 4-5 times per week, with one of those practices being with the senior group of the age group team I coach. That practice is with the distance...

I think training at the point your stroke is failing occasionally, maybe once a week can be useful. I don't think it helps to push it too far, adding...

Upper body injuries are, unfortunately, quite frequent in swimming, but as Steve mentioned, many swimmers use these injuries as an opportunity to...

When I am at that point, and I have been getting over that hump for hte past month after an illness took a good bit out of me, I have found that if I...

I don't think there is anything that really helps avoid the stings, though there are two products that claim to. One is named Safe Sea or Swim (I...

While we're on the topic of products to use to combat chaffing...I wonder if anyone can comment on how/if Desitin works against jellyfish larvae (aka...

I'm glad to see swimming on t v any time! Adding another series will broaden our sport's exposure to more people.

Fifth Stroke race of December 5/2019