The Fastest Age

Originally posted by Ion Beza front-quadrant swimming is described as having both arms in the front quadrant; It may be described that way by you, but it is not described that way by the experts. Open your copy of Total Immersion again to page 47 and read the first sentence at the top of the page: "FQS swimming means always keeping one or the other of your hands in that front quadrant." One or the other - not both! rotary swimming is not front quadrant swimming, the arms are shown at all times of a cycle in the Swimming Technique of May/June 2003 as being in opposition, almost 180 degrees apart, one in the front quadrant and the other in the rear quadrant; And, as I noted previously, that can be front quadrant swimming if the recovering hand enters the front quadrant as the stroking hand leaves it. technique is second to conditioning, not first; I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, but I'll respond with something that I think is very clear: If you work on conditioning before you get your technique right, you will be engraining your bad technique so indelibly that you will have a terrible time breaking out of it. And if you do succeed in breaking out of it, you are likely to find that your conditioning was largely a waste of time because you were conditioning the wrong muscles. Bob

Originally posted by Ion Beza front-quadrant swimming is described as having both arms in the front quadrant; It may be described that way by you, but it is not described that way by the experts. Open your copy of Total Immersion again to page 47 and read the first sentence at the top of the page: "FQS swimming means always keeping one or the other of your hands in that front quadrant." One or the other - not both! rotary swimming is not front quadrant swimming, the arms are shown at all times of a cycle in the Swimming Technique of May/June 2003 as being in opposition, almost 180 degrees apart, one in the front quadrant and the other in the rear quadrant; And, as I noted previously, that can be front quadrant swimming if the recovering hand enters the front quadrant as the stroking hand leaves it. technique is second to conditioning, not first; I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, but I'll respond with something that I think is very clear: If you work on conditioning before you get your technique right, you will be engraining your bad technique so indelibly that you will have a terrible time breaking out of it. And if you do succeed in breaking out of it, you are likely to find that your conditioning was largely a waste of time because you were conditioning the wrong muscles. Bob