The Truth About Swim Fins
WHY SWIM WITH FINS? Increase fitness and cardiovascular conditioning Although swimming is considered one of the best aerobic or cardiovascular-conditioning exercises, many people forget to use their legs where the largest muscles are located. Since the greatest cardiovascular benefits come from including the highest percentage of the body’s muscles – that’s why cross-country skiing and …
Why Swim With Slim Fins?
Improve Body Position and Swimming Technique Fins add extra propulsion to the stroke, which increases a swimmer’s speed through the water. Good swimmers tend to plane on top of the water while poor swimmers tend to drag their legs and swim in a more vertical position slowing them down. One of the goals of swimming …
Why Swim Fins? Strong Kick
Develop Leg Strength Kicking with fins is like lifting weights: the added resistance of the water on the blade of the fin increases the workload on your leg muscles. Your body adapts by increasing the strength and endurance of the muscles involved. Stronger muscles move more water making you swim faster, all other things being …
Why Swim Fins? Ankle Flexibility
Have you ever noticed that runners, cyclists or triathletes new to swimming who start a serious swim program have a hard time just kicking and going anywhere? In fact, they sometimes go backward! One reason is that their ankles are so inflexible that when they kick, their feet act like hooks, catching the water and …
Increase Fitness and Cardiovascular Conditioning
“Force Fin swimming fins are designed to concentrate the force of the blade further back on the foot, using the muscles of the whole leg, not just the lower leg.“ Try this simple test to see the difference between how our fins work compared to other brands. – While seated, cross your ankle over your …
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Hand Shaping Fins
To make a perfect swim fin you need to shape them by hand. This way you can feel the shape as your hand and mind shape performance. Then once the shape is developed, we can make a mold, cast the fin and go water test. The original Force Fin took over 20 different shapes and …
The Foot Tells All
Are you having a terrestrial experience in water or are you free? “The human foot is our most distinctive adaptation. Twenty-six bones, moving against each other over complex – sometimes multi-bone – joint surfaces held in a three-dimensional latticework of ligaments and tendons, cushioned below by fibrous and fatty pads and thick skin. Together, these …
US Navy Study Efficiency of Best Fins
SEAL Team members are pictured wearing Pro Model Force Fins. Their wing tips are secured in an upward position for entry. Summary of US Navy Sponsored Research on Fins Following are actual results of US Navy sponsored studies on efficiency of divers wearing Force Fins as compared to two popular name brand fins which had …
Why Force Fins Are Made In U.S.A.
I wish I could say this was a political decision. I am well traveled. I sincerely believe that the U.S.A. in which I grew up is the very best place on Earth. The decision is financial. Notwithstanding soundbites to the contrary, there are thousands of quality factories in the United States. They are competitive with …