During monday night football last night the announcers were talking about a special type of mouth piece that the New Orleans Saints use that somehow improves flexibility, power, and oxygen flow. Test show that vertical leap, power, and overall performance are better when wearing one of these things. If power is increased while wearing this, wouldn't it be useful to wear one of these things for swimming? I don't want to get in a "tech" argument but I thought this mouthpiece is pretty cool.
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One of the amazing things about Olympic sprinters is how relaxed their faces are. They appear to have no tension in their neck and jaw. Swimmers actually need to do the same thing, but we dont work on it because out face is underwater and thus your coach cannot tell you to fix it.
A tight neck and jaw area will lead to tightness in your trapezus. And I think we all agree that tightness in the trapezus will hinder athletic performance. Will this mouthguard help you keep your neck and jaw loose? I think it will. And will that lead to an increase in performance? I think that is true too. But I am more inclined to think that it will be useful in training (when I am tired sometimes I clench up) than in a race.
The airway passages thing is just silly, I agree. But my dentist did not say anything about that when we talked about it. And the instant improvement seems silly too. I wouldn't get wrapped up in the sensationalism.
Oh and I have to have a wisdom tooth pulled before I get one. So it might be a while.
One of the amazing things about Olympic sprinters is how relaxed their faces are. They appear to have no tension in their neck and jaw. Swimmers actually need to do the same thing, but we dont work on it because out face is underwater and thus your coach cannot tell you to fix it.
A tight neck and jaw area will lead to tightness in your trapezus. And I think we all agree that tightness in the trapezus will hinder athletic performance. Will this mouthguard help you keep your neck and jaw loose? I think it will. And will that lead to an increase in performance? I think that is true too. But I am more inclined to think that it will be useful in training (when I am tired sometimes I clench up) than in a race.
The airway passages thing is just silly, I agree. But my dentist did not say anything about that when we talked about it. And the instant improvement seems silly too. I wouldn't get wrapped up in the sensationalism.
Oh and I have to have a wisdom tooth pulled before I get one. So it might be a while.
