Did my first 5K open water swim today and I felt great until about 4K, where within a relatively short amount of time my right shoulder iritated me so much, I had to compensate by cycling through back/*** and then to free for the last 1000. It really hurt and completely screwed up my race.
The thing is, if I have a "bad" shoulder it is my left, from throwing a baseball, yet it is the right that gave out. I breathe to my left only and the other thing I noticed is that I always have a tendency to turn right. Is this a sign of a stroke flaw? perhaps in the way I am catching and pulling? Does the opposite shoulder to breathing see more stress? If so, is this common? Is it common to veer in the direction away from your breathing side? Is the pull in the non breathing side stronger and that is why I am turning right?
Alot of questions, but I need to fix it.
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Did my first 5K open water swim today and I felt great until about 4K, where within a relatively short amount of time my right shoulder iritated me so much, I had to compensate by cycling through back/*** and then to free for the last 1000. It really hurt and completely screwed up my race. A bit odd, probably symptomatic of a stroke flaw that is severe enough to trigger some sharp pain whilst performing the effort. Otherwise given that you felt great on the first 4k, normally I would have expected your injury to complain after the event, or the day after, iow once the hormones have stopped doing their job in reducing the pain sensation.
Is this a sign of a stroke flaw? Yes, if we consider a flaw as something that can create a problem. Swimming straight is something important ow, especially when you're not being followed by your personal boat.
perhaps in the way I am catching and pulling? Yes perhaps
Does the opposite shoulder to breathing see more stress? Yes definitely
If so, is this common? Yes.
Is it common to veer in the direction away from your breathing side? No.
Is the pull in the non breathing side stronger and that is why I am turning right? Hmmm, it is a little bit unlikely since a lot of data suggest that the non breathing side stroking arm is often less efficient. Doesn't matter the strength of the pulling, it's the portion of this strength that creates some force that count.
Alot of questions, but I need to fix it. There's not much flaws that can't be fixed with the good old One-Arm drill, when properly executed. In your case, you'd have to execute it breathing on the non stroking side. You can fix both direction problem as well as injury issue with this drill alone.
Did my first 5K open water swim today and I felt great until about 4K, where within a relatively short amount of time my right shoulder iritated me so much, I had to compensate by cycling through back/*** and then to free for the last 1000. It really hurt and completely screwed up my race. A bit odd, probably symptomatic of a stroke flaw that is severe enough to trigger some sharp pain whilst performing the effort. Otherwise given that you felt great on the first 4k, normally I would have expected your injury to complain after the event, or the day after, iow once the hormones have stopped doing their job in reducing the pain sensation.
Is this a sign of a stroke flaw? Yes, if we consider a flaw as something that can create a problem. Swimming straight is something important ow, especially when you're not being followed by your personal boat.
perhaps in the way I am catching and pulling? Yes perhaps
Does the opposite shoulder to breathing see more stress? Yes definitely
If so, is this common? Yes.
Is it common to veer in the direction away from your breathing side? No.
Is the pull in the non breathing side stronger and that is why I am turning right? Hmmm, it is a little bit unlikely since a lot of data suggest that the non breathing side stroking arm is often less efficient. Doesn't matter the strength of the pulling, it's the portion of this strength that creates some force that count.
Alot of questions, but I need to fix it. There's not much flaws that can't be fixed with the good old One-Arm drill, when properly executed. In your case, you'd have to execute it breathing on the non stroking side. You can fix both direction problem as well as injury issue with this drill alone.
