Has any adult-onset swimmer succeeded in increasing ankle flexibility?
Former Member
My ankle inflexibility seems to be a huge drag to my freestyle and backstroke. In my attempts to increase ankle flexibility, I have employed a couple of methods suggested elsewhere in this forum - (1) assuming the "child's tv-watching" position, with my lower legs folded beneath my buttocks and (2) using fins.
However, after three months, I don't seem to have gained any more flexibility in the ankle joints. Have other adult-onset swimmers been able to gain ankle flexibility through these methods or otherwise?
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Former Member
I have the same problem - a carry over from lots of running and cycling (where a highly flexible ankle is not all that desireable) but have made some improvements doing the same ankle stretches. I've seen a product called "The Rack" looks like an instrument of torture but is aimed at improving range of motion. Think it is marketed by Finis. Has anyone out there used it?
I have the same problem - a carry over from lots of running and cycling (where a highly flexible ankle is not all that desireable) but have made some improvements doing the same ankle stretches. I've seen a product called "The Rack" looks like an instrument of torture but is aimed at improving range of motion. Think it is marketed by Finis. Has anyone out there used it?
