In the overgrown jungle known as "the Fastest Age", this idea came up:
Originally posted by gull80
I thought that anchoring was more a figure of speech, although I did read in TI that your arms/shoulders are much less important than your core muscles (which I still find hard to believe).
I brought up the baseball pitcher analogy that is popular. Craig mentioned he knew of that example, but the pitcher gets to push off the ground. I gave a counter example of throwing in water polo (in an all-deep pool ;) ). At that point, we both got sucked back into... ah... another discussion.
I wanted to start this thread, to see if it would yield any interesting insights. I was talking to a Masters swimmer who went to a training camp at the Olympic Training Center, and she mentioned that the main emphasis was to engage the core muscles during your swim.
I'm certain that I am not using ideal power transfer. I hope that I am not misrepresenting Craig, in saying he is not sure about how this is done.
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Originally posted by lefty
Oh and this reminds me of something. Dolan was swimming a set of 1000s next to me.
Great--a different thread!
Lefty, I'm pretty impressed that you and Dolan swim sets of 1000's together (and you said you were a sprinter!). I prefer to think of a 1000 as a set in and of itself.
Seriously, I can see the value of hip rotation, but you still have to pull the water, don't you?
Originally posted by lefty
Oh and this reminds me of something. Dolan was swimming a set of 1000s next to me.
Great--a different thread!
Lefty, I'm pretty impressed that you and Dolan swim sets of 1000's together (and you said you were a sprinter!). I prefer to think of a 1000 as a set in and of itself.
Seriously, I can see the value of hip rotation, but you still have to pull the water, don't you?
