Friday, October 6, 2017

One Fisted Breast Stroke

In what was likely one of the last swims of the season if long range weather forecasts are correct (hopefully, I’ll get 8-10 still this month before going into hibernation mode), I had significant progress in both shoulders.

At first, I tried out swimming breast stroke with both hands in loose, relaxed, fists.  This put the onus on my biceps and shoulders to push the water compared to the cups of my hands.  Early on, I noticed good things happening in my right shoulder, bad, very bad, horrible things in the left.

I switched to a one fisted breast stroke, the right in a loose fist, the left using a cup and more traditional pull.

Just as toe walking cascades up the legs and has the hips in a poorer position, my fingers do much of the pulling for the cups of my hands when I swim.  Yet, it does appear that my off hand (I’m right handed) needs those muscles, and that line of tension, strengthened.

In the right shoulder, wow.

It quickly was further back then ever.  When I switched to kickboard later, my arm position was totally new because the right shoulder was further back.  It cascaded into my neck and head and eyes.  I was able to yawn in new ways, stretching muscles normally locked.

I did some unwinding.  No, I did a lot of unwinding.

Hopefully I get some good work done before I run out of warmth.