Why do most masters swimmers hate breaststroke?

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 quickly took out the digital and captured those diamonds of calves. I am out of shape but I can still do 720 pounds on the inclined leg press and 400 pounds on the toe lift. Diamonds are still there:bow: Then I thought, what if I posted those diamond calves as an avatar. The whole internet would come to a halt as all those ladies downloaded the photos. And flyqueen would give up her passion for fly and want to become a complete swimmer by swimming a great breaststrokerNow is it just me or is the banter between Flyqueen and SwimStud sounding like foreplay. Wayne: You're back! Rest assured, we would all love to see those diamond calves. You missed it earlier, we had people posting their "guns" as avatars. So calves are equally good. 720 pounds? Jeez. I'm not sure even seeing a picture of the "calves that can press 720" would dissuade FlyQueen. And she is a big forum flirt. Just like Rich. That's why he picked his monicker. I think you should also check out the "mystery of breaststroke" thread and the "back/fly combo" thread and weigh in. It appears we could all use more of your advice. :bow:
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  • I quickly took out the digital and captured those diamonds of calves. I am out of shape but I can still do 720 pounds on the inclined leg press and 400 pounds on the toe lift. Diamonds are still there:bow: Then I thought, what if I posted those diamond calves as an avatar. The whole internet would come to a halt as all those ladies downloaded the photos. And flyqueen would give up her passion for fly and want to become a complete swimmer by swimming a great breaststrokerNow is it just me or is the banter between Flyqueen and SwimStud sounding like foreplay. Wayne: You're back! Rest assured, we would all love to see those diamond calves. You missed it earlier, we had people posting their "guns" as avatars. So calves are equally good. 720 pounds? Jeez. I'm not sure even seeing a picture of the "calves that can press 720" would dissuade FlyQueen. And she is a big forum flirt. Just like Rich. That's why he picked his monicker. I think you should also check out the "mystery of breaststroke" thread and the "back/fly combo" thread and weigh in. It appears we could all use more of your advice. :bow:
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