I love using my fins for part of my workout, but am getting increasingly frustrated with finding a fin that lasts for more than 2 months. Not sure if I can say what brands I've tried, but, I'm looking for a fin that is not really heavy (causing cramps in feet and calves), that is not too short and not real long. Hopefully, a fin with these simple dimensions will last for more than a month or two. Thanks for any input.
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I guess it's all what one wants out of a fin b/c there are such huge differences. That said my goals were: low stress on knees, low buoyancy and closely mimic full stroke.
I chose the Finis PDF after owning a lot of different fins. Low stress as both knees redone and want to preserve them. They aren't very long and aren't very wide in addition to having adequate flexibility. Low buoyancy as I don't want them to be have a pull buoy effect. Mimic full stroke or kick rather. They have a slight inward camber to them that mimics my slightly toe in kick position. A big wide fin puts my hips, knees and feet much further apart than I would ever swim with my full stroke and also forces one to kick with a straight forward foot. Lastly, since I really only use them for breaststroke that is the real 'kicker'. It's the only fin I have been able to use to help me develop some kind of acceptable breaststroke kick. The PDF helped me develop in the sense that my kick was so pathetic that I could never achieve any kind of adequate propulsion to practice the stroke at the front end. It also lets me practice longer on the *** with my bad knees by taking some of the force off them. Save the kick for racin!
I guess it's all what one wants out of a fin b/c there are such huge differences. That said my goals were: low stress on knees, low buoyancy and closely mimic full stroke.
I chose the Finis PDF after owning a lot of different fins. Low stress as both knees redone and want to preserve them. They aren't very long and aren't very wide in addition to having adequate flexibility. Low buoyancy as I don't want them to be have a pull buoy effect. Mimic full stroke or kick rather. They have a slight inward camber to them that mimics my slightly toe in kick position. A big wide fin puts my hips, knees and feet much further apart than I would ever swim with my full stroke and also forces one to kick with a straight forward foot. Lastly, since I really only use them for breaststroke that is the real 'kicker'. It's the only fin I have been able to use to help me develop some kind of acceptable breaststroke kick. The PDF helped me develop in the sense that my kick was so pathetic that I could never achieve any kind of adequate propulsion to practice the stroke at the front end. It also lets me practice longer on the *** with my bad knees by taking some of the force off them. Save the kick for racin!
