Hi everyone, i have been swimming for YEARS using fins. at first i just started out kicking laps, and before i knew it i was swimming laps. now my question is, that i hope someone can help me with is how do swim without my zoomers? i am tired of my feet cramping due to fins, and i really would like to swim without them. when i try and swim without them, i feel like i am a "turtle" barely moving in the water, i find it real hard to find my rhythm. so i feel like i can't swim a stroke without them. they also help buoy me up in the water, another thing that feels different without them. i feel like i will have to learn to swim all over again at the beginning. either that or i won't like swimming without them and lose motivation. does anybody have any ideas? I really feel like it is time to "ditch" the fins and the feet cramps that come with them. thanks for any input you might give me on this. Ciao and may the "lanes" be plentiful. :rant3:
I have an intense animosity toward people who wear fins, paddles and/or pull buoys from warmup to warmdown, so it makes me happy to hear from someone who is working to "swimming naked," as I call it.
I would say quit cold turkey. Move down a couple lanes to an interval that suits you. Once your body adjusts to swimming without fins, you'll probably find yourself back in your old lane in no time.
I have an intense animosity toward people who wear fins, paddles and/or pull buoys from warmup to warmdown, so it makes me happy to hear from someone who is working to "swimming naked," as I call it.
I would say quit cold turkey. Move down a couple lanes to an interval that suits you. Once your body adjusts to swimming without fins, you'll probably find yourself back in your old lane in no time.
