I've switched strokes to use the lats more and it take a while to get used too but it's not hard to get...you'll feel a power surge I think too.
Of all the muscles that get sore from swimming, my lats never do. How do you make more use of your lats without a major elbow drop?
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Perhaps I have my muscle actions mixed up but I have a hard time picturing using one's lats to throw the arm forward. The lats are generally used to move the arm from an elevated (when standing) position toward an arm at the side position as in a lat pulldown. This would be from the catch to the point where the elbow reaches maximum backward position and the triceps take over for the finish (push backwards). No? I would expect the arm to be recovered using the traps and deltoids. Please correct me if I've got it wrong!
Perhaps I have my muscle actions mixed up but I have a hard time picturing using one's lats to throw the arm forward. The lats are generally used to move the arm from an elevated (when standing) position toward an arm at the side position as in a lat pulldown. This would be from the catch to the point where the elbow reaches maximum backward position and the triceps take over for the finish (push backwards). No? I would expect the arm to be recovered using the traps and deltoids. Please correct me if I've got it wrong!
