Do distance swimmers spend less time w/kicking workouts
Former Member
Just curious if sprinters spend more time kicking as a percentage of their overall workouts compared to distance swimmers? Can and do distance swimmers have to spend less time?
I don't think it's specifically a NO Kick! mentality, it's more a Must Get In 3000 in 1 Hour! Mentality....So the workouts have tended to become more swim/pull in nature. Kicking simply takes up a lot of time. Same for drills and other sets that focus on stroke improvement.
Totally agree. And I'll admit when I'm writing my own workouts and have to squeeze them into an hour I rarely kick more than about 500 yards.
I don't think it's specifically a NO Kick! mentality, it's more a Must Get In 3000 in 1 Hour! Mentality....So the workouts have tended to become more swim/pull in nature. Kicking simply takes up a lot of time. Same for drills and other sets that focus on stroke improvement.
Totally agree. And I'll admit when I'm writing my own workouts and have to squeeze them into an hour I rarely kick more than about 500 yards.
