The kicking lane is for kicking
Work your legs
Go fast
Make em burn
It's not blow off chatty Kathy time.
You should be gasping too hard to carry on a conversation
Kicking is the foundation for swimming
What kinda kick sets have you made lately?
What sort of times & sets have you done?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
Ande...here's one for you:
I do "occasionally" work on my kick at practices, but whenever I do a kicking set near the end of a 3000 - 4000 yard practice, I tend to get cramps either in the hamstrings, or calves.
Do you think I should just start off with the kick set right after warmup, or is there anything else that could be done differently.
I usually always do flutter kick with a board, and I'm not sure if streamline kicking would be any less stressful vs. kicking w/ a board.
Thoughts?
Not sure why cramps happen, I rarely get them, but got calf cramps in the last 1000 of the 10k I swam on Sat Aug 20, 2011. Maybe it's a nutrition thing. Some of the guys I train with occasionally get them.
Consider kicking sooner in practice or drinking a sport drink with electrolytes or eating a bananna before or during practice. Sometimes cramps happen when swimmers train further and harder than they usually do. If you're increasing your daily average, slowly work your way up, instead of jumping large amounts like:
3k to 4k or
4k to 5k
Kick with and with out a board.
Have kicking goals for each season.
Ande...here's one for you:
I do "occasionally" work on my kick at practices, but whenever I do a kicking set near the end of a 3000 - 4000 yard practice, I tend to get cramps either in the hamstrings, or calves.
Do you think I should just start off with the kick set right after warmup, or is there anything else that could be done differently.
I usually always do flutter kick with a board, and I'm not sure if streamline kicking would be any less stressful vs. kicking w/ a board.
Thoughts?
Not sure why cramps happen, I rarely get them, but got calf cramps in the last 1000 of the 10k I swam on Sat Aug 20, 2011. Maybe it's a nutrition thing. Some of the guys I train with occasionally get them.
Consider kicking sooner in practice or drinking a sport drink with electrolytes or eating a bananna before or during practice. Sometimes cramps happen when swimmers train further and harder than they usually do. If you're increasing your daily average, slowly work your way up, instead of jumping large amounts like:
3k to 4k or
4k to 5k
Kick with and with out a board.
Have kicking goals for each season.
