I have been swimming for 50 years and have had 3 swim injuries. I know of some great, great swimmers who have been doing the same and remain untouched. How do they do this? If it is because their greatness is due to technique, they sure need to share. But I also wonder if it is because they swim smart, train smart, know their limitations and train accordingly. Do they listen to their bodies first and train second? Something many people don't do, me included in the past.
I've watched Laura Val (The Machine) and heard of Susan Heim Brown. I am amazed.
Is it also stroke related?. I know I swam only backstroke for 40 years and voila, 1993 rotator cuff surgery; 1995 impingement surgery; 1996 torn SI joint (sigh). And I learned technique very early on by world class coaches and swimmers; we did all the right things and were doing hip rotation back in the 60s before a lot of swimming folks were doing it.
Any thoughts on how this comes to be for some and not others?
Donna
You people are just a hoot!!! You should all be comedians, not swimmers!!!
How about this question/theory: I have read in lots of different places recently that the better condition one is in, the longer the warmup should be.
Now, I am not a person who reads something and gets it in my mind that it is written in stone, but since I started training 5 weeks ago and the better condition I get in, I don't feel quite right in starting a main set until a long warmup. Or, might this be just how my body reacts, or is it because I am 59 and not 29?
Thoughts? and the reason I am mentioning this is if I am to train and try to swim 18 miles, how many miles do I have to swim first to feel good and really swim that distance? I mean, who ever heard of a warmup before an 18 mile swim? I haven't!!
Donna
When I was an LSD runner and marathon training it did indeed take longer and longer to get in the groove. Sometimes upwards of 5 or 6 miles before I felt like I was moving ... it seemed worse on long runs, probably because I started out easier ... But I noticed this in running ... in swimming, not as much unless I'm really tight or sore and then I need a longer warm-up. Our practices are usually arranged so that we have our warm-up, then an easy set/extension of warm-up, our main set, then the fastest set ... so we take our time warming up usually anyway ...
Okay, off to bed I go ...
You people are just a hoot!!! You should all be comedians, not swimmers!!!
How about this question/theory: I have read in lots of different places recently that the better condition one is in, the longer the warmup should be.
Now, I am not a person who reads something and gets it in my mind that it is written in stone, but since I started training 5 weeks ago and the better condition I get in, I don't feel quite right in starting a main set until a long warmup. Or, might this be just how my body reacts, or is it because I am 59 and not 29?
Thoughts? and the reason I am mentioning this is if I am to train and try to swim 18 miles, how many miles do I have to swim first to feel good and really swim that distance? I mean, who ever heard of a warmup before an 18 mile swim? I haven't!!
Donna
When I was an LSD runner and marathon training it did indeed take longer and longer to get in the groove. Sometimes upwards of 5 or 6 miles before I felt like I was moving ... it seemed worse on long runs, probably because I started out easier ... But I noticed this in running ... in swimming, not as much unless I'm really tight or sore and then I need a longer warm-up. Our practices are usually arranged so that we have our warm-up, then an easy set/extension of warm-up, our main set, then the fastest set ... so we take our time warming up usually anyway ...
Okay, off to bed I go ...
