I get a lot of questions about what types of exercises are best for each stroke. Consider the planes of movement, line of pull, and posture of your stroke. Breaststroke and butterfly are lower body dominate, creating propulsion at the hip with an undulating pattern around a short axis perpendicular to the body. Freestyle and backstroke are more upper body dominant, creating propulsion through rotation through the core across opposite arm and leg, around a vertical axis through the body. While a good dryland program is likely full body, covering all the big lifts and joint actions, an emphasis on hip dominant patterns for short axis strokes and rotation for long axis strokes may provide extra specificity. #TrainDaly #butterflystroke #butterflyswimming #backstroke #backstrokeswimming #breaststroke #breaststrokeswimming #breaststroker #freestyleswim #freestyleswimming #freestyleswimmer #mastersswimming #mastersswim #swimteam #swimmingtime #schwimmen #loveswimming #swimmerslife #swimtime #ironmanswim #triswimming #endurancetraining #enduranceathlete #performancetraining #performancecoach #performanceathlete #coretraining #hipdominant #shoulderstability (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP9f5K3BLAa/?utm_medium=tumblr
