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Old 01-19-2007, 05:38 PM   #11 (permalink)
castufari
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Originally Posted by LisaS
how is your plantar flexion - are your ankles tight or good mobility?
Lisa beat me to it, dang.

If your ankles are tight you'll either stay stationary when you kick or you'll go backwards. It happens to a lot of people, you're not alone. Work on making your ankles looser and you might see some forward movement.

For me I could get by w/o kicking and swim the same speed. My ankles are screwed up and aren't too flexible. Today I swam with my legs tied at the ankles and felt no slowdown.

Fins on the other hand, jeez, I can go to frigging town with fins on. All those years of bodyboarding helped some.
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