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. No? I would expect the arm to be recovered using the traps and deltoids. Please correct me if I'm mixed up!
I'll be seeing my coach again tonight with luck I'll get him to walk us through it. There was a dfferent feel involving the rear delt/trap/lats in the motion, it could be something you need to just consciously feel and try out. It's not marionette style lift and push though.
The arm is coming up from the side to overhead in an arc on the recovery, there is no elbow bend.
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. No? I would expect the arm to be recovered using the traps and deltoids. Please correct me if I'm mixed up!
I'll be seeing my coach again tonight with luck I'll get him to walk us through it. There was a dfferent feel involving the rear delt/trap/lats in the motion, it could be something you need to just consciously feel and try out. It's not marionette style lift and push though.
The arm is coming up from the side to overhead in an arc on the recovery, there is no elbow bend.
