Swimming pools blog

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• 1 Neva Marjory // Dec 15, 2003 at 10:08 pm

  I bought a set of straps at Leslies - about $25. I been using it
  daily for a couple of summers now. It ties around your feet and
  ankles with velcro and attaches to a bungie type cord. If I had to
  build a pool, I’d probably make it just long enough to use one - it’s
  the next best thing to a lap pool.

• 2 Neva Marjory // Dec 19, 2003 at 11:30 pm

  Thanks
  Have you ever tried the “waist belt” version product instead of
  the “feet and ankles” one?
  Do you have any method of measuring you exercise?
  Yours,
  Oz
  Have you ever tried the waist belt vertion

• 3 Neva Marjory // Jan 27, 2004 at 10:16 pm

  Sorry for the delayed response - I’ve been on vacation. I’ve never
  tried the waist belt versions - the feet/ankles version worked so well
  I never bothered to look for anything else.
  As to measuring the exercise, I count strokes. One full rotation of
  both arms I call a stroke, so I just count on one side. The other
  good thing about the teather is that I learned to breath on both sides
  - something that I never did learn in competitive high school
  swimming. I switch from one side to the other every 33 strokes which
  helps me keep track of the numbers of strokes and helps in preventing
  a stiff neck. I ususally do 400 strokes counting in groups of 100.
  You learn to think about other things even though you are counting,
  but every once in a while I’ll lose count of which set of 100 I’m on,
  so I can figure it out by which side I’m breathing on and where in the
  count I am. This is probably way more info than you wanted.

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