Back in the mid 80's when I was a competetive swimmer, our coach had us lifting weights, and I remember we also used these crude machines that were basically thus: pulleys mounted on a wall and a padded, angled sawhorse perpendicular to the pulleys that you would lay down on (stomach down). You'd grab the pulleys and pull back and forth for a certain number of minutes. Anyone here ever use such a thing? Do they still use something like that for today's modern swimmers? We practiced at a crummy old YWCA and the workout room looked like some random person's basement with homemade equipment. Then one day, they get this new pulley machine that had a digital readout on it. We all fought to use it rather than lay on the crummy sawhorse versions. :p
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Sounds like a homemade VASA Trainer to me. We had a couple in our stretching area. I know of several swimmers who still use this or similar equipment.
Yes! Same excercise, but ours was homemade indeed. And ours didn't make use of our own weight. It was just strictly pulling.
Sounds like a homemade VASA Trainer to me. We had a couple in our stretching area. I know of several swimmers who still use this or similar equipment.
Yes! Same excercise, but ours was homemade indeed. And ours didn't make use of our own weight. It was just strictly pulling.
