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Q. · 08-03-2007, 01:41 PM

I'm talking about regular, long fins that would be used for diving or snorkeling.

We've got our annual trip to Cozumel coming up in a week so I thought I'd warm up the finning muscles. I did several laps with the fins on but, when I took them off to just swim, I think it caused me to use a lot more arm than normal because I wasn't getting the same propulsion from my legs as I had just a minute or so prior.

Even though I could really feel it and it made the work out a lot better, could using fins be counter productive to developing good form?

08-03-2007, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Q. Just Plain SENIOR Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: SPURSville, Texas Posts: 4,374	Using fins counter productive? I'm talking about regular, long fins that would be used for diving or snorkeling. We've got our annual trip to Cozumel coming up in a week so I thought I'd warm up the finning muscles. I did several laps with the fins on but, when I took them off to just swim, I think it caused me to use a lot more arm than normal because I wasn't getting the same propulsion from my legs as I had just a minute or so prior. Even though I could really feel it and it made the work out a lot better, could using fins be counter productive to developing good form? __________________ YES WE CAN