The Fastest Age

Originally posted by Conniekat8 Now if I could just remember to keep high elbows under water... Man, there's a lazy muscle in there somewhere, cause as soon as i stop thinking about it, they drop. Well, gimmie a few more months, I'll get it eventually. I've swam for 18 yrs. now and I still have to be conscious of keeping my elbows high on my underwater recovery. The good and bad news is I know instantly when I stop doing it. How do I know instantly - tendonitous (sp?). Got it from poor stroke technique. So now whenever I do a bad stroke I get this nice pain in my shoulder. But the upside is it keeps me doing proper technique :) So good luck! And yup there's always something else to work on! Are swimmer perfectionists or masochists? ;)

Originally posted by Conniekat8 Now if I could just remember to keep high elbows under water... Man, there's a lazy muscle in there somewhere, cause as soon as i stop thinking about it, they drop. Well, gimmie a few more months, I'll get it eventually. I've swam for 18 yrs. now and I still have to be conscious of keeping my elbows high on my underwater recovery. The good and bad news is I know instantly when I stop doing it. How do I know instantly - tendonitous (sp?). Got it from poor stroke technique. So now whenever I do a bad stroke I get this nice pain in my shoulder. But the upside is it keeps me doing proper technique :) So good luck! And yup there's always something else to work on! Are swimmer perfectionists or masochists? ;)