Breaststroker's knee warm up exercises

Jim: Poor SS is under the weather and you're being a big meanie! posted by Fortress Ah Les, Now you're making me feel bad....I did say that in all seriousness I'm sorry to hear about your Knee didn't I?.....Did you read what he said about me and the Ken Doll? ...And how are we suppose to know that he is really ailing that bad or if this is just another attempt to suck up some more sympathy from the female posters....yet another attempt at stealing more of these :smooch: ?? .....but I want the old boy to heal up too you know....I want him in tip top form by next Fall when the Bork blows into the Northeast to take names and kick some British bottox!! Newmastersswimmer BTW Nice new signature Fort!!

Take at least a month in the year where you do no whip kick at all. Heartily agree with the long warmups. Don't ever do all *** workouts. For a stretch, slowly lowering from a kneeling position until you are sitting on your heels, or supported by a towel or blanket if you can't go that far down. As you get more flexible, you can finally sit between your legs. Easy does it. I was doing lots of kneeling when tiling. So I think I can do that stretch. Yup I'm just trying to maintain my knee until after April Zones and CT champs (hopefully). I'm not kicking any BR this week bar in the IM. I'll do whatever I do at the meet Sunday.

I was doing lots of kneeling when tiling. So I think I can do that stretch. Yup I'm just trying to maintain my knee until after April Zones and CT champs (hopefully). I'm not kicking any BR this week bar in the IM. I'll do whatever I do at the meet Sunday. Not to sound like your mother here, but even with kneepads, you are using the muscles, ligaments, tendons etc to keep you balanced up on your knee as you lean forwards and laterally. Knee pads are great in protecting the knee cap but don't really help with the other stuff. (If you have to wear a back brace, knee pads and probably a knee brace to tile, maybe it's time to break out the checkbook and pay for some whippersnapper to do it for you.) Mother hen time is over now. :wave:

If you have to wear a back brace, knee pads and probably a knee brace to tile, maybe it's time to break out the checkbook and pay for some whippersnapper to do it for you.) Mother hen time is over now. :wave: Well if I can get any takers on my Gigalo business I could afford it...spread the word ;) It's not a back-brace (with rods and stuff)...it's a neoprene wrap thin...just supports me a bit more and has done the trick. Just so everyone knows...my knees didn't groan, mumble or mutter about me tiling. The knee brace makes my knee hurt, because it squished the inflamation I guess.

I just woke up so I didn't read all the posts so if this has been suggested....oops. Squats are really good for getting your knee cap in place. When I popped out my knee cap, I had to do like 30 squats 3 times a day. Make sure to go straight up and down, and don't push your butt out to far. Only go down to about 90 or less, like an air chair.

Because of babying my knees I do surprisingly little full stroke breaststroke in workouts.About 300 in my warmup and about 300 in my sets.The sets are all race pace and I do lots of breaststroke pull dolphin kick with fins as well as eggbeater kick sprints(which don't seem to strain my knees for some reason.)

I've had a doctor tell me that because of torn cartilage in my knee, I should limit my breaststroke to only 20 minutes of my total workout. Have any of you noticed that any of these exercises and tips allow you to train more intensely for breaststroke events (i.e. you can do more breaststroke than you used to without a ton of pain)? I like proving doctors wrong...

I've had a doctor tell me that because of torn cartilage in my knee, I should limit my breaststroke to only 20 minutes of my total workout. Have any of you noticed that any of these exercises and tips allow you to train more intensely for breaststroke events (i.e. you can do more breaststroke than you used to without a ton of pain)? I like proving doctors wrong... My issue is weird. I felt nothing I just woke up with it hurting bad...it's better. I did a teen ybit of *** tonight... no sharp pains but a little sensitiivty. I'm icing now and will see how it feels in the AM.

Because of babying my knees I do surprisingly little full stroke breaststroke in workouts.About 300 in my warmup and about 300 in my sets.The sets are all race pace and I do lots of breaststroke pull dolphin kick with fins as well as eggbeater kick sprints(which don't seem to strain my knees for some reason.) Well tomorrow will show me if I'm still OK. I can go easy on kicks another week or so I think. I plan to do more pulls and such Friday..still felt under par tonight but forced a mile of Free out of myself to try to heat myself up and fight off whatever it is. I actually feel much better.