Hi folk!
This problem's actually easing up somewhat but I thought it might be worth getting your input anyway.
I've been having a knee problem lately that slowed down both swimming and running. Both are picking back up again, and doing better right now w/ the swimming. But for one thing: some knee pain when pushing off walls and/or kicking--and mostly the first few kicks right after a turn. (Don't know if this is relevant, but I haven't been doing flip turns lately. Kind of lost the art and have decided to hold off on that and work on other skills for now.)
As noted, there's been some improvement: needed a pull buoy for most of my swim when the problem was at its worst; now I use it less and I've gone from ridiculously slow to my "normal slow." ("Fast" or even "fast for me" are goals now.)
Your thoughts? Thanks!
Hi Innerfish,
Stacy's weights ideas are all good ones. If you're not able to hit a gym, you can also do squats and lunges at home. Just start with using only your own body weight and maybe have someone take a look at you to make sure your form is good. And it's usually good to concentrate more on hamstrings than quads. Day-to-day life seems to work the quads more so the hamstring focus balances out the muscles. Balanced quads and hamstrings (both in strength and flexibility) go a long way towards alleviating knee pain.
To Stacy,
"THAT fast" is totally a relative thing. :) No, I haven't swam against you, but I think you went to Nationals this year and were on a relay with my husband (Chris Colburn). I swam there too - if you remember the person with the baby, that was me. My 50 and 100 free are 27-high and 1:02-low, so you are quite speedy to me!! :D
Hi Innerfish,
Stacy's weights ideas are all good ones. If you're not able to hit a gym, you can also do squats and lunges at home. Just start with using only your own body weight and maybe have someone take a look at you to make sure your form is good. And it's usually good to concentrate more on hamstrings than quads. Day-to-day life seems to work the quads more so the hamstring focus balances out the muscles. Balanced quads and hamstrings (both in strength and flexibility) go a long way towards alleviating knee pain.
To Stacy,
"THAT fast" is totally a relative thing. :) No, I haven't swam against you, but I think you went to Nationals this year and were on a relay with my husband (Chris Colburn). I swam there too - if you remember the person with the baby, that was me. My 50 and 100 free are 27-high and 1:02-low, so you are quite speedy to me!! :D
