stiff neck

Micheal Artindale said:

When I swim open water, I tend to get a stiff neck.

Besides the obvious solutions of, not doing head up, and doing back
stroke/crawl... any othere solutions?

Don't listen to yourself.

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Quoted message said:

When I swim open water, I tend to get a stiff neck.

Besides the obvious solutions of, not doing head up, and doing back
stroke/crawl... any othere solutions?

Like nearly all problems with open water - long distance swimming there are
3 possible solutions:
1.Practise
2.Practise
3.Practise

Choose any one or any combination. There is no maximum dose.

Quoted message said:

When I swim open water, I tend to get a stiff neck.

So you give yourself a pain in the neck as well eh?

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When I swim open water, I tend to get a stiff neck.

Besides the obvious solutions of, not doing head up, and doing back
stroke/crawl... any othere solutions?

It sounds to me as if your head is being deflected by the armbands. Try
taking them off and see if it is any better. Stay in shallow water though.

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Quoted message said:

When I swim open water, I tend to get a stiff neck.

Besides the obvious solutions of, not doing head up, and doing back
stroke/crawl... any othere solutions?

A stiff neck may indicate nothing more than too much, too soon. Best to
have someone watch your stroke and fix anything that's wrong with it,
and otherwise back off, let the stiff neck recovery, and ease into it
more gradually.

-S-

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Quoted message said:

When I swim open water, I tend to get a stiff neck.

Besides the obvious solutions of, not doing head up, and doing back
stroke/crawl... any othere solutions?

A stiff neck may indicate nothing more than too much, too soon. Best

to

Quoted message said:

have someone watch your stroke and fix anything that's wrong with it,
and otherwise back off, let the stiff neck recovery, and ease into it
more gradually.

-S-

Take a dab of superglue and pply to your chin, then tuck your chin until
it touches you chest. Now swim crawl stroke more correctly.
seriously, and I am serious and wiling to help IF you are willing to
learn, open-water swimming doe require advanced navigation skills.
sometimes this is by picking your head up and viewing straight in front
of you, more often you breathe bi-laterally and keep a check on your
surroundings or the position of the sun.

If you swim with your head up, it pulls your hips forward and pushes your
feet down, so you are swimming in this position / instead of nice and
flat across the water's surface --

Get back to the pool and work on your form and body positioning. ASK for
feedback from those that can watch you. Be sure to explain your goal is
distance open-water swimming.