Swim Video

On Tuesday, I saw my video from the swim class. Not so good. I'm swimming "uphill" meaning I was dragging my lower body through the water from it hanging low in the water. The solution is to press down on the chest and focus on the kick, bringing the heels up to the surface. Also, I need to bend my elbows more, bringing the hands more in and under my core. As I already knew, my kick sucks, it's coming from the knees, not the hip flexors.

What I found most interesting was the "dragging" of the lower body. The other video didn't show that, in fact, head on in the boca video, you couldn't see my lower half at all except my toes occasionally kicked into view. The only thing I can think of is the head position. When I look down, as advocated by boca, my lower half automatically goes up. When I look up, as advocated by the UH class, my lower body sinks. Makes sense when you think about the mechanics, but I still have to try and swim with the head up during the UH class. Still, outside of that, I think I'll have to go with the head-down as that seems to work better for me.