Swimming - Training devices / "whips"

"PROZAC" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Anyone ever use or see something called a "whip" it attaches around
your waist and then attaches to a fixed object on the outside of the
pool, so essentially, you're swimming in place - My pool is too
shallow at one end to swim effectively and was thinking about one of
these / another type of advice - once the weather gets cooler (I'm in
New England) I'm planning on hitting the "Y" a couple of days a week

Thanks in advance

I know $6k is a lot, but i fI had a backyard pool already I would be
lusting over Endless Pools new "Fastlane" product.

Since I don't already have a backyard pool it is a little easier to not
lust after the $20k Endless Pool ;-)

As for the old school method, I never heard of it called a "whip", but
tethered. Check on-line catalogs -- it is basicaly a bungee cord. They
have fancier ones to avoid tangling in your legs.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Steph _CUT said:

As for the old school method, I never heard of it called a "whip", but
tethered. Check on-line catalogs -- it is basicaly a bungee cord. They
have fancier ones to avoid tangling in your legs.

"I don't feel right."

--Ralph Wiggum at tethered swimming.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

PROZAC said:

Anyone ever use or see something called a "whip" it attaches around
your waist and then attaches to a fixed object on the outside of the
pool, so essentially, you're swimming in place

There is a REALLY excellent page on wikipedia about this which lists
the various options, called Resistance swimming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_swimming

++Mark.

Thanks everyone for your input! Much appreciated!