The latest threads clearly reveal that the vast majority of masters swimmers wish breaststroke did not exist (except Peter, Allen, Aquafeisty, and a possiblely experimenting SCY freestyler). So why does everyone hate breaststroke? :mad:
I'll go first. I hated it when I was young because it was too slow, I never learned how to do it right, and I never learned the wave action because it didn't exist when I was young. I can't seem do get the timing right now. And I have no excuse. Unlike my shoulder, my knees are fully intact. Not sure I have the gumption or time to put in 100,000 yards for a complete overhaul on a stroke I don't swim in meets. But I'd like to be able to fake it in IMs ...
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I didn't get my pecs from breaststroke. The weight room works better.
....because you couldn't get them in the water???
Hehe kidding aside, my weight lifting days only really developed my exterior pecs...since returning to swimming my interior pecs are strengthening nicely. I guess it's just body-type.
It really doesn't matter, I'll never be ripped...my "seal blubber-like" subcutaneous bodyfat helps me float though :D. Now learning to hold my breath for 20 minutes and close my nostrils would be something else.
I didn't get my pecs from breaststroke. The weight room works better.
....because you couldn't get them in the water???
Hehe kidding aside, my weight lifting days only really developed my exterior pecs...since returning to swimming my interior pecs are strengthening nicely. I guess it's just body-type.
It really doesn't matter, I'll never be ripped...my "seal blubber-like" subcutaneous bodyfat helps me float though :D. Now learning to hold my breath for 20 minutes and close my nostrils would be something else.
