I just started doing this this week and have already felt an improvement in my stroke. So I was just curious to know if anyone else breathes to the side on fly?
If you do, do you keep your head to the side, or do you flip back and forth between front and side? What advatages to you notice to side breathing as compared to front? How to you make adjustments for the arm you can't see?
If you don't, have you ever considered trying it? What advantages to you see in breathing to the front as compared to the side?
Just thought it would be interesting to find out about different peoples swimming styles.
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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
People who have forward rounded shoulders should do everything they can to develop the muscles that are causing them to be rounded. Always if a swimmer has rounded shoulders it is besause hteire pecs are pulling their shoulders forward because they all over-developed or becasue their back muclesare over-developed and pushing the shoulders forward. this is not a natural outcome.
Maybe, in cases where you're talking about kids and young adults whse bodies, and bones are still pliable to some degree.
With an adult where postural round shoulders have resulted in cervical khyphosis, there isn't much you can do to correct their 'round shoulders' other than send them for an elective spinal surgery.
Many adults that have spent most of their adult life at desk jobs have a certain degree of cervical khyphosis that is no longer correctable by excercise and muscle strengthening. Instead of just postural khyphosis, it starts turning into a degenerative khyphosos (wear and tear of the spine), where the muscular imbalances have already permanently affected the spine.
Sure, with a 9 or a 10 year old or a teenager where permanent damage hadn't occured yet, you'd send them to a doctor and have them do corrective exercises for posture.
With an adult, the amount you can 'change' their body is very limited. You end up having to change the technique to adapt to the body.
Mny of the reputable coaches that I know in this area will recommend side breathing in those cases, and resulting in more efficient and more comfortable stroke - for adults.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
People who have forward rounded shoulders should do everything they can to develop the muscles that are causing them to be rounded. Always if a swimmer has rounded shoulders it is besause hteire pecs are pulling their shoulders forward because they all over-developed or becasue their back muclesare over-developed and pushing the shoulders forward. this is not a natural outcome.
Maybe, in cases where you're talking about kids and young adults whse bodies, and bones are still pliable to some degree.
With an adult where postural round shoulders have resulted in cervical khyphosis, there isn't much you can do to correct their 'round shoulders' other than send them for an elective spinal surgery.
Many adults that have spent most of their adult life at desk jobs have a certain degree of cervical khyphosis that is no longer correctable by excercise and muscle strengthening. Instead of just postural khyphosis, it starts turning into a degenerative khyphosos (wear and tear of the spine), where the muscular imbalances have already permanently affected the spine.
Sure, with a 9 or a 10 year old or a teenager where permanent damage hadn't occured yet, you'd send them to a doctor and have them do corrective exercises for posture.
With an adult, the amount you can 'change' their body is very limited. You end up having to change the technique to adapt to the body.
Mny of the reputable coaches that I know in this area will recommend side breathing in those cases, and resulting in more efficient and more comfortable stroke - for adults.
