Well let me get to that... it was a beast morning at the pool. Had the "iSWIM" propulsion force experiment in the bag and who's there rippin' it in the fast lane?? Non other than the RSA U-boat and open water swim legend u have never heard about Dr. Owen Brown (he's the guy on the right:)
So after about a 1/2 hour I asked him what time he had to leave, which was like now. So I said "Owen I've got this force measurement tether in the bag you want to give it a rip?" He said OK. Keep in mind this is the very first test after a late night build!! ....OK onto the testing - unplanned, unexpected ...
So Owen rigs himself up and after some re-jigging we are ready to roll. "Move out slow and tighten the leash and just go for it Owen" BRORRORRORR (the sound of water churning) He shuts it down and gets pulled back. I was like man that is something. OK check the gauge. "Can't be right I go, somethin' s up it's pinned, I must have bumped the indicator tab". Reset ...test #2 BORROROROR "Sh** this is no mistake the gauge is pinned! You pinned the friggin' gauge" It's a 50LB scale. And there is an overload area so I estimate he just nudged it into there about 52-55 lbs of force.
So here's the bad news - I have to follow this act! I am the control test in this case, the reality check. And that it was. bbororobooroboro flat out I go ...Reading 39lbs. ok ok ok I didn't get all of that bororoboroborobo - 38 lbs. I give it up to him. High five, impressive power. Quite the thing to see manning the system, I had a water level view.
Here's me in the TSUN club cap - I could not better my first attempts. The lifeguard offered to snap the pix:
What does it all mean? First off all it's a real rush. Second I felt a new paradigm in terms of stroke head space. This is a physical, real numbers reality test of your swimming. No ifs ands or buts. Nothing compares to 5 seconds on the tether in terms of going all out. It's like climbing the steepest hill on the bike. I am going to keep at it and see if I can raise that # dammit..
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So after about a 1/2 hour I asked him what time he had to leave, which was like now. So I said "Owen I've got this force measurement tether in the bag you want to give it a rip?" He said OK. Keep in mind this is the very first test after a late night build!! ....OK onto the testing - unplanned, unexpected ...
So Owen rigs himself up and after some re-jigging we are ready to roll. "Move out slow and tighten the leash and just go for it Owen" BRORRORRORR (the sound of water churning) He shuts it down and gets pulled back. I was like man that is something. OK check the gauge. "Can't be right I go, somethin' s up it's pinned, I must have bumped the indicator tab". Reset ...test #2 BORROROROR "Sh** this is no mistake the gauge is pinned! You pinned the friggin' gauge" It's a 50LB scale. And there is an overload area so I estimate he just nudged it into there about 52-55 lbs of force.
So here's the bad news - I have to follow this act! I am the control test in this case, the reality check. And that it was. bbororobooroboro flat out I go ...Reading 39lbs. ok ok ok I didn't get all of that bororoboroborobo - 38 lbs. I give it up to him. High five, impressive power. Quite the thing to see manning the system, I had a water level view.
Here's me in the TSUN club cap - I could not better my first attempts. The lifeguard offered to snap the pix:
What does it all mean? First off all it's a real rush. Second I felt a new paradigm in terms of stroke head space. This is a physical, real numbers reality test of your swimming. No ifs ands or buts. Nothing compares to 5 seconds on the tether in terms of going all out. It's like climbing the steepest hill on the bike. I am going to keep at it and see if I can raise that # dammit..
Training Tweets: https://twitter.com/Jagersport_com
FM Sports: http://fluidmotionsports.com