I don’t think I can explain what’s going on in my back very well, but it’s causing big changes, everywhere. My limbs are all rewrapping / unfolding and re-aligning a lot. Stability anywhere is near non-existent.
Basically, I’m having movement around the spine, back, chest and/or sides. Potentially, I am making incredible progress. I just don’t know what extent adjustments are permanent versus temporary slides that revert the moment I lose attention. Yet, my Breaststroke is improving and changing form, so it would follow that some structural changes may be happening.
I’m too tired to try in depth analysis of any type. I have gotten up to 2.25 hours for the average swim. Open with an hour of “open water” breaststroke (no touching sides of pool, it’s kinda like being a goldfish going back and forth), kickboard for half an hour, then 500m with the kickboard on my back in a pattern to hit various muscles (having good success during this portion often), then 500m of sidestroke (250m per side, alternating 100 each, 50 each, 100 each - and this tends to really hurt on my left side, which is just so difficult to maintain, but I may be getting a handle on it, hope to write about later), then some more breaststroke and several 25m dolphin kicks while on my back. Last, a cooldown or whatever hurts least by that time for just a few minutes.
I’ve been pushing it harder than last year. Weight down to 227 today (woohoo, but had hoped for more by now). Of course, today was the first day over 100 degrees. I swam too late and got a little too much sun, but the weight loss should pick up now with long swims and hot bike rides.
All I can manage to update as of now. At least I have a little optimism after today. It’s been a while.
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