Butterfly, beautiful to watch, difficult to train.
We SDK off every wall.
We're most likely to smack hands with each other and those beside us.
Fly's fun to sprint but no fun when the piano comes down
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
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Thinking that I need to do some weights in order to help my arms and shoulders for my fly. Any suggestions? I am relatively new to lifting.
I suggest that it depends on what shoulder muscles need help. If bringing the arms forward is fatiguing, then you might want to do an exercise that mimicks that such as raising a dumbell (or an elastice cord) in each arm from your waist out to your sides up to your shoulder level or slightly higher. Some trainers caution against going too high above your shoulders so that you don't pinch the top of the shoulders too much. If you want to increase your force on the bottom of your arm stroke, then mimick that with straight arm (elbows slightly bent) cable pulldowns. OR you can lie on your back and pull on elastic cords to mimick your arm stroke towards your waist. You can do this one at home. I suggest you take it easy the first week on two with any new shoulder exercise.
I agree with That Guy that a strong kick is important. Then you can also help yourself with front and back core strengthening. Let us know how it goes for you! I have resorted at times to doing situps and leg extensions at the same time to mimick the core and leg requirements. That's a pretty tough exercise but it works wonders for butterfly.
Thinking that I need to do some weights in order to help my arms and shoulders for my fly. Any suggestions? I am relatively new to lifting.
I suggest that it depends on what shoulder muscles need help. If bringing the arms forward is fatiguing, then you might want to do an exercise that mimicks that such as raising a dumbell (or an elastice cord) in each arm from your waist out to your sides up to your shoulder level or slightly higher. Some trainers caution against going too high above your shoulders so that you don't pinch the top of the shoulders too much. If you want to increase your force on the bottom of your arm stroke, then mimick that with straight arm (elbows slightly bent) cable pulldowns. OR you can lie on your back and pull on elastic cords to mimick your arm stroke towards your waist. You can do this one at home. I suggest you take it easy the first week on two with any new shoulder exercise.
I agree with That Guy that a strong kick is important. Then you can also help yourself with front and back core strengthening. Let us know how it goes for you! I have resorted at times to doing situps and leg extensions at the same time to mimick the core and leg requirements. That's a pretty tough exercise but it works wonders for butterfly.
