I am new to distance swimming and I absolutely love it!!! My fear is injury and not being able to train at a high level. So my question, for allthe experienced distance swimmers, how do you take care of your body to prevent injury? Supplements, additional training, therapies, etc.
I do a few things intentionally that may not be the best for speed but I do them to help with my longevity.
Freestyle
1. My extension is lower in the water than the textbook would say. At full extension from my shoulder joint to hand is a downward angle rather than straight out. How much, hard to say but definitely downward a bit.
2. I don't worry very much about early vertical forearm after earlier experiments took me out of the water with biceps tendonitis.
3. My pull is on the wide side, don't have a good explanation for this one other than the fact that when I have a biceps tendonitis flare up, this helps. So I adopted it full time.
I do a few things intentionally that may not be the best for speed but I do them to help with my longevity.
Freestyle
1. My extension is lower in the water than the textbook would say. At full extension from my shoulder joint to hand is a downward angle rather than straight out. How much, hard to say but definitely downward a bit.
2. I don't worry very much about early vertical forearm after earlier experiments took me out of the water with biceps tendonitis.
3. My pull is on the wide side, don't have a good explanation for this one other than the fact that when I have a biceps tendonitis flare up, this helps. So I adopted it full time.
