By Dr. G. John Mullen, DPT, CSCS
Keeping the body moving forward during butterfly maintains efficiency and velocity. Many poor swimmers raise their head up too high for a breath, setting the brakes for each gasp of air. The TRX pike and shift, helps teach the swimmer how to connect their core with their hip undulation in butterfly (perhaps breaststroke in the near future). The exercise also forces the swimmer to maintain a streamline position– an essential aspect of butterfly.
Lastly, it builds core strength when the body is partially supported (in the TRX) and the body is moving outside the base of support. This may not sound essential, but elite butterfly swimmers are continually throwing their body forward, launching their body weight outside of their base of support. If a swimmer can maintain the feeling of falling forward, they will lose forward movement and once again…hit the brakes.
Learn how to keep your body weight forward with the elite swimming core training TRX Pike and Shift exercise.
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