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
Take some dance classes. Ballet is preferable...not for the leaping about to music part but for the stretching of your legs. see if there is an instructior that you can talk to nearby and tell them your goal.
Otherwise get a book and do the work at home too. You should see improvement but of course an older body takes longer to adjust.
Take some dance classes. Ballet is preferable...not for the leaping about to music part but for the stretching of your legs. see if there is an instructior that you can talk to nearby and tell them your goal.
Otherwise get a book and do the work at home too. You should see improvement but of course an older body takes longer to adjust.
