As quoted in the AP article:
"You'll all have to see. I'm not saying anything until we unveil it," Phelps said with a grin when asked how he's tweaked the stroke. "It's a significant change. You'll be able to tell exactly what I did as soon as I take my first stroke."
He's on tap to swim the 100- and 200-meter free and the 100 butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim in NC. Should be interesting to see.
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When my frayed tendons were acting up I used to swim with my thumb almost touching my body during the catch phase. This enabled the healing process by not putting pressure on the tendons. I raced roughly 350 miles over 2 months with frayed tendons plus training.
Now this is news you can use. When you're injured and you can alter your stroke, where the pain goes away so you can train, it's an awesome thing. When I injured my rotator-cuff, I stopped doing bench press and pushups. I replaced those exercises with flys and modified wall pushups and was pleased with the training results. I had to stop swimming for almost a year but I came back to one best time in the 50 fly and a tenth off my PR's in all 50's. The 100's I lost two seconds but not training for a year ~ what the hey!
Great information.
When my frayed tendons were acting up I used to swim with my thumb almost touching my body during the catch phase. This enabled the healing process by not putting pressure on the tendons. I raced roughly 350 miles over 2 months with frayed tendons plus training.
Now this is news you can use. When you're injured and you can alter your stroke, where the pain goes away so you can train, it's an awesome thing. When I injured my rotator-cuff, I stopped doing bench press and pushups. I replaced those exercises with flys and modified wall pushups and was pleased with the training results. I had to stop swimming for almost a year but I came back to one best time in the 50 fly and a tenth off my PR's in all 50's. The 100's I lost two seconds but not training for a year ~ what the hey!
Great information.
