i have an important question , how can i get my arm recovery/stroke to get faste.r(increase arm speed). I go 23.19 in the 50 free, and i recently went 27.28 in LCM but my arm speed is veryy slow.... any tips ? i would like for my arms to go as fast as cesar cielo or nathan adrians.
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i have an important question , how can i get my arm recovery/stroke to get faste.r(increase arm speed). I go 23.19 in the 50 free, and i recently went 27.28 in LCM but my arm speed is veryy slow.... any tips ? i would like for my arms to go as fast as cesar cielo or nathan adrians.
Be careful about just adding to your turnover rate. When I see people concerned with only armspeed/stroke rate they tend to shorten their stroke to compensate. (I'm a victim of this myself too). Make sure while you're increasing stroke rate, you're also working harder to keep your stroke distance as long as possible, otherwise you'll trade arm speed for distance and net gain will be zero.
As far as learning how to do this faster. I always liked the closed fist sprint for working on fast turnover. It helps you to get used to that stroke rate, breathing, body roll, kicking, etc without having to apply the force of sprinting. Also work on buildup swims. Start slow and work your stroke rate up to the maximum on each swim. Keep your mind focused more on keeping your stroke consistent as you ramp up the stroke rate. If you only concentrate on that rate itself, as I said earlier its very easy to shorten up the stroke on accident.
Also, with a crazy high stroke rate your movements can become more violent and uncontrolled. This can highlight problems with your stroke and/or cause injury if you are currently doing something wrong. I've been working on this same thing this year, and I realized I was sweeping one arm out too wide on the single breath in my 50... not before tweaking my shoulder though. Its such a subtle thing, but it only takes one really wrong violent movement to cause an injury.
i have an important question , how can i get my arm recovery/stroke to get faste.r(increase arm speed). I go 23.19 in the 50 free, and i recently went 27.28 in LCM but my arm speed is veryy slow.... any tips ? i would like for my arms to go as fast as cesar cielo or nathan adrians.
Be careful about just adding to your turnover rate. When I see people concerned with only armspeed/stroke rate they tend to shorten their stroke to compensate. (I'm a victim of this myself too). Make sure while you're increasing stroke rate, you're also working harder to keep your stroke distance as long as possible, otherwise you'll trade arm speed for distance and net gain will be zero.
As far as learning how to do this faster. I always liked the closed fist sprint for working on fast turnover. It helps you to get used to that stroke rate, breathing, body roll, kicking, etc without having to apply the force of sprinting. Also work on buildup swims. Start slow and work your stroke rate up to the maximum on each swim. Keep your mind focused more on keeping your stroke consistent as you ramp up the stroke rate. If you only concentrate on that rate itself, as I said earlier its very easy to shorten up the stroke on accident.
Also, with a crazy high stroke rate your movements can become more violent and uncontrolled. This can highlight problems with your stroke and/or cause injury if you are currently doing something wrong. I've been working on this same thing this year, and I realized I was sweeping one arm out too wide on the single breath in my 50... not before tweaking my shoulder though. Its such a subtle thing, but it only takes one really wrong violent movement to cause an injury.
