Just curious, does anyone use swimming devices during practice? Besides the standard kick board or pull buoy and paddles? When I work out with the Senior group on my USS team we always warm up with the snorkle. Usually consists of 8x100's on 1:20 then we follow up warm up with a set with snorkle.
I just started using the snorkle a month ago and find it somewhat difficult to use, although I am getting used to it. I have to fight the urge to want to turn my head and breath and doing flip turns can be a challenge especially if I am winded. There have been a few times I have had to stop due to choking on water. That being said, the snorkle does work on on proper head position in the water. Another device we use is the tempo trainer. I really like this device because it works on the arm speed and gets the muscle turnover burned into memory when swimming without tempo trainer.
Greg
In case anyone's wondering about the new username, something went amiss yesterday and I could not log in with my former username, Totalswimm, no matter what I tried. A note on my new username:
Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning Continuous Improvement, which I first heard in the early 80s. Initially popularized in the US in the 1960s by quality control expert W. Edwards Deming to describe how Japanese companies employed statistical analysis to make manufacturing processes more efficient. I like the optimism it conveys for an aging swimmer.
Terry:
When I first saw that name it made me think of a book that I read over 20 years ago called "Out of Crisis" Dr. W. Edwards Deming who was a man way ahead of his time. I remember his 14 points and 7 deadly diseases that I had to study to get certified in Design of Experiments. I will provide a link so people can see what this guy provided to American industry when first applied in Japan.
en.wikipedia.org/.../W._Edwards_Deming
In case anyone's wondering about the new username, something went amiss yesterday and I could not log in with my former username, Totalswimm, no matter what I tried. A note on my new username:
Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning Continuous Improvement, which I first heard in the early 80s. Initially popularized in the US in the 1960s by quality control expert W. Edwards Deming to describe how Japanese companies employed statistical analysis to make manufacturing processes more efficient. I like the optimism it conveys for an aging swimmer.
Terry:
When I first saw that name it made me think of a book that I read over 20 years ago called "Out of Crisis" Dr. W. Edwards Deming who was a man way ahead of his time. I remember his 14 points and 7 deadly diseases that I had to study to get certified in Design of Experiments. I will provide a link so people can see what this guy provided to American industry when first applied in Japan.
en.wikipedia.org/.../W._Edwards_Deming
