There are all sorts of variety in fins. Short. Long. Stiff. Flexible.
I have size 14 feet. Lots of brands don't go that high.
I got myself into FlexFins by Tyr. I like them, except they split in several places. The splits that started by the toe holes, I could understand. But they also have perpendicular cracks on the sides (both sides of both fins), near where my toes end. (I'm 6'6", 240 lbs, so I am asking my fins to take a good bit of force.)
I've had this set of fins for about a year. Maybe I'm expecting too much for them to last longer than that.
I'm also not looking to analyze my kick here. I just do flutter kick, with some dolphin kicks right after I push off. Nothing unusual. I'm just looking for recommnedations on sturdier fins that will fit a size 14 foot. (And pointers to where I can find them. I currently order stuff directly from Kiefer, Finals and Tyr.)
I was going to ask what Michael Phelps uses, but this was what I found from Google:
www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-643.asp
I will ask this about my kicking practices: Should I NOT push off the wall as hard as I do with fins on? I push off the wall as hard as I do on any other turn without fins. Could that be why I'm getting the cracks on the sides of the fins?
Thanks for advice.
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Hey, I just thought I would come back here and close the loop on this thread I started.
I ended up getting the Tyr Split Fins. They are far more sturdy than the Tyr FlexFins I used to use (went through several sets of them before starting this thread last year.)
I've had them 5 months now. Use them just as hard as I did with the FlexFins, and I haven't had a single split. (By 5 months I would already have developed splits on the flexfins.)
They were about twice the price of the flexfins, but in this case I'm getting what I paid for. (Actually, what someone else paid for. I got them as an early Christmas gift.)
For the record, the kicking is different with the SplitFins as opposed to the FlexFins. They're smaller (surface area) so I have to have a quicker beat. But I also find that I can kick longer with the split fins than the flex fins before I get cramps in my feet (if I get cramps at all!) even though I have to do more work with the split fins. And I have a more satisfying "fatigue" in my legs when I'm done a workout with the SplitFins. I just know I'm getting a better workout from them.
Oh, and they're slightly more snug on my feet than the flexfins.
Thx for the recommendation, pwolf66!
Hey, I just thought I would come back here and close the loop on this thread I started.
I ended up getting the Tyr Split Fins. They are far more sturdy than the Tyr FlexFins I used to use (went through several sets of them before starting this thread last year.)
I've had them 5 months now. Use them just as hard as I did with the FlexFins, and I haven't had a single split. (By 5 months I would already have developed splits on the flexfins.)
They were about twice the price of the flexfins, but in this case I'm getting what I paid for. (Actually, what someone else paid for. I got them as an early Christmas gift.)
For the record, the kicking is different with the SplitFins as opposed to the FlexFins. They're smaller (surface area) so I have to have a quicker beat. But I also find that I can kick longer with the split fins than the flex fins before I get cramps in my feet (if I get cramps at all!) even though I have to do more work with the split fins. And I have a more satisfying "fatigue" in my legs when I'm done a workout with the SplitFins. I just know I'm getting a better workout from them.
Oh, and they're slightly more snug on my feet than the flexfins.
Thx for the recommendation, pwolf66!
