I know I've asked this question before... not sure when, but I feel like I have.
I had an interesting conversation with a friend today about this, and wanted to see what others thought.
We all know that water is a liquid, but when you swim, do you imagine water as a liquid, a solid, or something else?
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I'm a pretty new swimmer, but I had a "breakthrough" moment last Thursday, where I swam a 100 hard and fast and somehow the water did feel like a solid to me and like I was just grabbing on to it and pushing myself through (my fastest 100 by far ever). I've had something close to that a few times, but this time it was very vivid. I want to have that feeling again and think of the water as solid. It's kind of eluding me at the moment, though. |
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I FEEL IT IS APART OF ME |
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Sometimes it feels like I'm swimming in pudding but the harder I train the thinner the pudding. |
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I have heard the analogy of imagining it is Jell-O - viscous, but closer to solid where there is more grip and more sensation of moving "past" it. I have found that when I consciously take this viewpoint, I am much more in tune with my catch and feel a greater amount of propulsion from each stroke. Oddly enough, I have also found myself far less likely to drop my elbow with this mindset. |
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Always feels like a pure liquid to me - it will work against me as much as I work against it, and with me as much as I work with it. It's very neutral for me. |
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