Stretches for Swimmers

October 23, 2009

Muscle flexibility is very important in swimming as events are won by milliseconds. A flexible body will help to improve your swimming performance by achieving maximal propulsion from each stroke. Here are some recommended stretches that can be done to improve your flexibility. Read more

Written by chyetuan.chng · Filed Under Exercises/Tools, Injury Prevention, Sports Injury, Swimming | Comments

The Ten Most Common Mistakes Made By Triathletes

December 18, 2008

Wayne Goldsmith got it down nicely in this article. With triathlons becoming an increasingly popular sport in Singapore and around the region, we at Back2Sports are also seeing a corresponding rise in injuries with triathletes and biathletes. Wayne has some good advice for us.

Written by MCR · Filed Under Cycling, Running, Swimming | Comments

How would you like your Swimmer’s Chicken-Wings?

August 4, 2008

If you are serious about competitive free-style swimming, you know that form matters. And if you are training competitively, you are more than likely (~66%) to be nursing some sort of shoulder injury. Recently, you heard from some that the "chicken-wing" is causes and aggravates shoulder injuries. Others say, it doesn’t? So should you chicken wing-it or not? Well, it is safe to get back into the water. What matters is not whether or not to chicken-wing, but HOW you chicken-wing it. Read more

Written by MCR · Filed Under Shoulder, Swimming | Comments