The Swim Keel is an innovative arena training aid that will soon become an essential part of your training sessions.
The Swim Keel is an innovative training aid patented by arena. It is probably the most revolutionary multipurpose training aid currently available on the market. It will become a vital part of your training sessions, because it allows you to stabilise and develop your stomach area, serving as either a float or pullbuoy.
Swim Keel can be used in six different ways: as a stable pulllbuoy, as an unstable pullbuoy (providing even greater core stability for more experienced swimmers), for developing your butterfly leg kick, as a rehabilitation board or float, for practising your backstroke leg kick and as an aid for finswimming.
The Swim Keel’s versatility makes it useful for all swimmers. Here are two tips for making the most of some of its most interesting uses.
1. Used as a stable (or unstable if you are an experienced swimmer) pullbuoy. The Swim Keel allows you to control the position of your head and shoulders.
If your head is too high or too low, it will affect the position of your hips and legs and this may increase your water resistance.
– To improve your head position, place the Swim Keel between your thighs, this will allow…