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I have learned to love training with a front snorkel. Having 3 shoulder surgeries, snorkel training allows me to focus on not overreaching, which is important when you intend to swim 8 miles.
Thanks for your message, and it's great to hear that you're loving training with a front snorkel now. They are really good, especially once you get used to them. Keep up the good work!
I use my Fenix 7 and have no issue looking at my watch quickly without stopping just by passing my watch in front of my eyes during a tiny pause in the stroke. Also, I set the watch for either 500 m or 200 m for a lap / alarm (vibration) and then I can easily look at my time for the interval without stopping. I can then adjust my pace up or down depending on my time for the interval. This also makes it very easy to measure distance, which is also shown all the time. Of course, speed on the interval can be affected by currents, wind, drag from the swim buoy etc and you just have to take that into consideration as compared to your times in the pool. Also, the benefit of using a watch is that you can also review your heart rate after the swim if you use a HRM strap that has a memory function. I use either the blue Garmin swim HRM strap which works fine in the pool because it stays in place or the Garmin Pro which also has the memory function and works fine under a wetsuit (but not in the pool as it will often fall down on the turns).
Thanks for letting us know. The alert function to let you know how many lengths you've done is a great feature. On the subject of heart rate monitors, agree that the garmin ones slip during pool swims, I've recently tried the Polar Verity Sense (optical heart rate) that clips to your goggles and find this very accurate as another idea. Hope you enjoyed the video :)
Technology changes so rapidly; it would be best to do an online search for an underwater camera that fits your requirements and budget. You may also find a waterproof case for your phone may be sufficient to capture your swim technique.
The underwater camera work is required to really improve your mechanics. You can see a fair amount from above the water, but NOTHING substitutes for the underwater film work. For fins, I will never use the standard "frog feet" again. They are not "ergonomically correct. We do not have flat feet like frogs or ducks. Proper foot position for flutter and dolphin kick are toes slightly pointed in/pigeon toed. This allows us to use the little toe side of our feet for a much larger propulsion surface, and it also gives us an extra 10 to 20 degrees of toe point.
My favorite stroke is the old over arm side stroke, which according to me is way faster than breast stroke and back stroke as well, Being on my side, I see everything in the pool. You can't see that stuff from above the water. Only world record was set in 1895 when a guy from Britain swam 100 yards in 1:02.5. Freestyle was 1:01.2 or so.
You probably could. I remember they used to be rectangular pieces of plastic with rubber bands, 10-20 years ago. Whereas the Finis Agility hand paddles don't even have elastic bands or ties to hold your hand in position. Just a thumb hole.
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I have learned to love training with a front snorkel. Having 3 shoulder surgeries, snorkel training allows me to focus on not overreaching, which is important when you intend to swim 8 miles.
Thanks for your message, and it's great to hear that you're loving training with a front snorkel now. They are really good, especially once you get used to them. Keep up the good work!
I use my Fenix 7 and have no issue looking at my watch quickly without stopping just by passing my watch in front of my eyes during a tiny pause in the stroke. Also, I set the watch for either 500 m or 200 m for a lap / alarm (vibration) and then I can easily look at my time for the interval without stopping. I can then adjust my pace up or down depending on my time for the interval. This also makes it very easy to measure distance, which is also shown all the time. Of course, speed on the interval can be affected by currents, wind, drag from the swim buoy etc and you just have to take that into consideration as compared to your times in the pool. Also, the benefit of using a watch is that you can also review your heart rate after the swim if you use a HRM strap that has a memory function. I use either the blue Garmin swim HRM strap which works fine in the pool because it stays in place or the Garmin Pro which also has the memory function and works fine under a wetsuit (but not in the pool as it will often fall down on the turns).
Thanks for letting us know. The alert function to let you know how many lengths you've done is a great feature. On the subject of heart rate monitors, agree that the garmin ones slip during pool swims, I've recently tried the Polar Verity Sense (optical heart rate) that clips to your goggles and find this very accurate as another idea.
Hope you enjoyed the video :)
Amazing! Keen for cycling and running versions!
Thanks for letting me know! And I'll see what we can do on the cycling and running versions.
Great vid!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you
You are most welcome
Do you have some recommendation for a not so overexpensive under water camera?
Technology changes so rapidly; it would be best to do an online search for an underwater camera that fits your requirements and budget. You may also find a waterproof case for your phone may be sufficient to capture your swim technique.
The underwater camera work is required to really improve your mechanics. You can see a fair amount from above the water, but NOTHING substitutes for the underwater film work.
For fins, I will never use the standard "frog feet" again. They are not "ergonomically correct. We do not have flat feet like frogs or ducks. Proper foot position for flutter and dolphin kick are toes slightly pointed in/pigeon toed. This allows us to use the little toe side of our feet for a much larger propulsion surface, and it also gives us an extra 10 to 20 degrees of toe point.
Totally agree on the camera work, you definitely need to see all the angles to understand what's happening. Thanks for your comment :)
My favorite stroke is the old over arm side stroke, which according to me is way faster than breast stroke and back stroke as well, Being on my side, I see everything in the pool. You can't see that stuff from above the water. Only world record was set in 1895 when a guy from Britain swam 100 yards in 1:02.5. Freestyle was 1:01.2 or so.
I feel like I could make hand paddles like that out of some plastic container and zip ties.
You probably could. I remember they used to be rectangular pieces of plastic with rubber bands, 10-20 years ago. Whereas the Finis Agility hand paddles don't even have elastic bands or ties to hold your hand in position. Just a thumb hole.
thank you
You are welcome, I hope it helped. 🙏