Thanks! this is great.

Question for you: you provided the punch line to the funniest thread (out of millions) on here. How does that rank on your list of accomplishments? Better than NCAA record, but not quite national record?


(for those who haven't read it: https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t_Swimming_P2807690/)

I do have to admit that I kind of enjoyed answering that guy's question.

Gary Sr.

Ya know... if you get bored during this strange time.... (is that too promotional??)

https://forum.slowtwitch.com/.../?page=unread#unread

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Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA

Your trip is short. Make the most of it.
https://www.slogoing.net/

Hillary, we are doing an entire series on hand entry and pulling motion...soon to be released in our Lanes 2 and 3. There is a lot more to the explanation of why you are 'picking apples' (out sweeping) and what you need to with your hands and arms through the pulling cycle to get it right.

Gary Sr.

Now that is quite tempting.....

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Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA

Your trip is short. Make the most of it.
https://www.slogoing.net/

Mr Gary Sr what color/weight stretch cordz do you recommend for male triathletes? I usually swim my 100 yard short course on 1:30. Thanks.

Herbie, we use the green (medium) resistance at The Race Club. For triathletes, you need to do a lot of reps with lighter resistance, keeping the head down and elbows high. For example 10 rounds of 100 pulls with 20 seconds rest. I recommend the green level for this. You can always make it harder or easier by moving forward or aft.

Gary Sr.

Thank you Sr.

Hi Gary,
My son's pool closed and he'll be swim-less for a few months by the looks of it.
I was looking at getting him nz stretchcordz with paddles, but unsure of which colour to get for him. He's a quite skinny swimmer/triathlete (just turned 15 yo) doing about 1.08 for 100m and 5.25 for 400m at the moment.
I was thinking of getting the middle of the range (green ones) but then saw that Andy Potts was using those, so not sure if the'd be too much for him now?
Thanks in advance, I've seen on their website that you've been using them too.

We use the green color (middle resistance) for 10-18 year olds in our Race Club camps and it works fine. The tension is adjustable by how far away the swimmer stands from the end.

Thanks, appreciate the feedback.

Qualifications?



Sorry...couldn't resist.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B911GKLIc4C/

Danieller - the best!!!

On a related note, I have a question about stretch cords. I'll just ask here, there is plenty of threads already about it.

Swimming for several years regularly, but first time in my life tried stretch cords. Something like this exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBG2v6eNsVU
According to Taromina's book my both deltoids and lats should hurt. Shoulders hurt, check. But I don't think my lats even feel that.
Is it this mobility issue? What should I do to fire up lats?

Just my opinion, but everyone's in the same boat here. Might as well bike, run and hit ows when water temperatures get around 60F. We're all losing out here and losing swim fitness is inevitable. It is not a permanent loss of fitness.

Actually, if you are pulling correctly, with a high elbow, you use the small muscles attached to the scapula (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, teres minor) more than the bigger lat muscles. You will engage the lats but not as much as you would with the deeper pulling motion, which you don't want. If you are sore in the deltoids and around the scapula, that is a good thing.

Gary Sr

I had in mind for a while to build a “swim erg” using Classic NordicTrack Skier, and now that I have some time since we have been asked to stay at home, I have decided to give it a try and build a prototype using items I had at home to avoid going to the hardware store.
I know that this “ergometer” looks more like an instrument of torture, but believe me, surprisingly it works pretty well, giving a fluid consistent resistance, different from swimming resistance bands, and both sides can be pulled independently.
It is basically composed of the NordicTrack’s flywheel, for movement and resistance, and a bunch of pulleys and two elastics to bring the ropes back after pulling them. As it is done in the NordicTrack Skier, the resistance can be adjusted with a resistance strap around the flywheel.
Now that I know it can work, the next step should be to reinforce the main structure and replace the frame with some 2x4 studs, add a padded bench and add the NordicTrack’s console to track time, speed and distance. But all this have to wait since I do not have any more wood left around and I do not feel like going to the hardware store for non-essential buys.
Please stay strong, stay safe.
Ps: I know that my swimming technique needs some improving ;-)



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Team 10 Barrel - Boise

Very cool! Love your creativity.

Gary Sr.

Dangit! I just got rid of my parent's old Nordic Track that was in perfect condition because I couldn't figure out a way to make it work as well as you did.

For people with a backyard pool, this works really well:

• Find a post or put one in near the pool with an eye bolt about 6 feet up in the air.
• Get something you can use as a waist belt. I use a Finis swimming drag chute.
• Get about 10 feet of surgical tubing from the hardware store, plus a few decently strong carabiners.
• Tie the surgical tubing into a big loop with a square knot - attach it to the post with the carabiner and some length of rope to make it the right length.
• Connect the other end of the surgical tubing to the waist belt with another carabiner and some more rope to preferred length.
• When you swim, the tubing gives nicely to make if feel very realistic.
• Carabiners give you quick connect and disconnect to make it easy to take it apart or take a break without being pulled up against the wall. Very handy.

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