It’s 80-20 Time … When The Legs Drop In The Open Water
There are often times in open water swims when your arms feel like useless noodles and your hips drop as your legs become heavy anchors. Especially when the water is turbulent and cold and your hips start pointing downwards, your arms start feeling heavier and heavier.This is when the open water swimmers’ adage, “80% mental and 20% physical“, comes into play and swimmers dig deep.
But former national team swimmer Eney Jones (shown on left) and former world record holder Jesse Vassallo developed two products that help somewhat replicate these conditions in the pool. The patented Eney Buoy by Jones and the D-Band by Vassallo are previewed and explained by GoSwim.tv below:
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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