I have been swimming for years on and off now, and every single time that the butterfly came up in prax, i would frieght and just do free back or brest. However, recently my coach got on me and I'm so glad that she did. She forced me to do the butterfly and I ended up being a natural at it. My first time through I did the 50 Fly in the low 27's. Now that I know that I am my own worst enemy in the pool, not the butterfly stroke, I actually enjoy it.
The issue is that I can only go 50 meters of butterfly before I have to switch to free or back due to becoming very tired in my sholders and abs. I want to work up to doing the 100 fly and the 200 fly.
So, my question is, are there any dryland exercises that I can do, in my house per se, that will help me strengthen the various muscles that are used in Fly?
Ande, can you clarify this? Seems like a contradiction.
I'm not Ande but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. :banana:
Your easy speed needs to be fast. Watch Phelps' first 100 meters of a 200 fly or a 400 IM. Using easy speed, he blazes it in 54 or 55 seconds!
I'm nowhere near that fast of course. A trick that I use to get into easy speed mode in a race is to either think about something else entirely, like what I'm going to have for lunch, or just focus on technique, such as my EVF. If I do one of those two things then easy speed seems to take care of itself. And the video posted in this thread is NOT a good example of that because I was exhausted before I entered the water. As James explained, that was our 4th 200 LCM event in around 90 minutes. :bed:
Ande, can you clarify this? Seems like a contradiction.
I'm not Ande but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. :banana:
Your easy speed needs to be fast. Watch Phelps' first 100 meters of a 200 fly or a 400 IM. Using easy speed, he blazes it in 54 or 55 seconds!
I'm nowhere near that fast of course. A trick that I use to get into easy speed mode in a race is to either think about something else entirely, like what I'm going to have for lunch, or just focus on technique, such as my EVF. If I do one of those two things then easy speed seems to take care of itself. And the video posted in this thread is NOT a good example of that because I was exhausted before I entered the water. As James explained, that was our 4th 200 LCM event in around 90 minutes. :bed:
