Just wondering. How many of y'all are using the front quadrant swimming technique? I have been using the book and DVD-Total Immersion and trying to adjust my stroke. When I do the stroke correctly it is so much easier-effortless. I feel like I am able to reduce the drag I create when swimming the way I was taught to swim years ago. I'm interested in anyone's experience with FQS. Thanks:)
Parents
Former Member
Ok, let's get back to basics: what do the motions involved in throwing a ball, etc. have to do with the motions of pulling while swimming? Unless you are talking about throwing a ball from an overhead position down into the ground the mechanics are so different that I don't think they serve as a useful model.
Rope climbing seems like a more accurate model for a swimming movement, although less commonly experienced (I haven't climbed a rope in a very long time). It is somewhat flawed as a model because of the magnitude of the forces are much greater than when swimming. Still, it seems to me that the common key is to recruit the relatively large lat muscles instead of relying on the deltoids. I'm not sure how one uses the hips to generate power in either case.
Ok, let's get back to basics: what do the motions involved in throwing a ball, etc. have to do with the motions of pulling while swimming? Unless you are talking about throwing a ball from an overhead position down into the ground the mechanics are so different that I don't think they serve as a useful model.
Rope climbing seems like a more accurate model for a swimming movement, although less commonly experienced (I haven't climbed a rope in a very long time). It is somewhat flawed as a model because of the magnitude of the forces are much greater than when swimming. Still, it seems to me that the common key is to recruit the relatively large lat muscles instead of relying on the deltoids. I'm not sure how one uses the hips to generate power in either case.
