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?
And BTW - for those of us who have achy joints (RA) - I find that kicking with a kickboard does NOT help my shoulders one bit - it actually makes things worse for my shoulders and my neck. Very true. There's also a school of thought that kicking with a kickboard is not as beneficial as without because your body position with a board is not similar to your body position while swimming. I do both, but I do think, for flutter kick, you're better off kicking without a board, arms at your side and practice core rotation with your head in your swimming position -- face down, kick X kicks on your right side, rotate to left side while keeping kick going strong, kick X kicks on your left side, breathe while on your side, lather, rinse, repeat.
And BTW - for those of us who have achy joints (RA) - I find that kicking with a kickboard does NOT help my shoulders one bit - it actually makes things worse for my shoulders and my neck. Very true. There's also a school of thought that kicking with a kickboard is not as beneficial as without because your body position with a board is not similar to your body position while swimming. I do both, but I do think, for flutter kick, you're better off kicking without a board, arms at your side and practice core rotation with your head in your swimming position -- face down, kick X kicks on your right side, rotate to left side while keeping kick going strong, kick X kicks on your left side, breathe while on your side, lather, rinse, repeat.
