Had a chance to swim with a pal over the weekend who swam D1. So fun to watch someone swim with that kind of knowledge. I noticed he has a very pronounced location of his cheek close to or actually pressing against his shoulder until his arm gets well into the insweep/propulsive phase. We chatted about it and he said the difference in drag is massive in his opinion if he doesn't do it.
I messed around with it and kinda sorta could do it, but methinks my inflexibility is a limiter. Obviously I don't want to contort my neck downward to get my cheek on my shoulder right? So it's a matter of bringing the shoulder up to my cheek? How does one go about this and still keep their shoulders wide enough? My biggest issue was that I felt I had to narrow up my shoulders so much that I couldn't catch quite like I'm used to.
Thanks for any insight.
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I used to put vaseline on any part of the body that touched another part of the body. Put vaseline on rubspots from my swim suit also when swimming in the marathon races. The back of the neck creases as they would rub raw if I did not cover with vaseline.
I used to put vaseline on any part of the body that touched another part of the body. Put vaseline on rubspots from my swim suit also when swimming in the marathon races. The back of the neck creases as they would rub raw if I did not cover with vaseline.
