Apparently, I have virtually no core muscles, but I've read about, them so I do believe they exist :). Right now, my attempts at SDK probably just look like small convulsions and they don't really feel like they are helping me get or maintain much forward movement/momentum. I'm also a weak kicker - probably due to the same lack of core strength. But watching videos of olympic swimmers do SDKs - and maybe even more so, watching rxleakem turbo propel himself down the pool with them in real life - makes me think they're worth working on.
One poster (maybe it was on another SDK thread) says that SDKs are more tiring than swimming. But my understanding is that core muscles, when you've developed them, are less prone to tiring than arm and leg muscles. If this is so, SDKs seem like they'd be worth doing just to help the arms and legs last a bit longer. But maybe my understanding is wrong. Anyways, I will try working on the SDKs and see what happens.
Anyone know a type of core strengthening exercise that would be particularly good as supplementary help with SDKs (and/or kicking)?
Apparently, I have virtually no core muscles, but I've read about, them so I do believe they exist :). Right now, my attempts at SDK probably just look like small convulsions and they don't really feel like they are helping me get or maintain much forward movement/momentum. I'm also a weak kicker - probably due to the same lack of core strength. But watching videos of olympic swimmers do SDKs - and maybe even more so, watching rxleakem turbo propel himself down the pool with them in real life - makes me think they're worth working on.
One poster (maybe it was on another SDK thread) says that SDKs are more tiring than swimming. But my understanding is that core muscles, when you've developed them, are less prone to tiring than arm and leg muscles. If this is so, SDKs seem like they'd be worth doing just to help the arms and legs last a bit longer. But maybe my understanding is wrong. Anyways, I will try working on the SDKs and see what happens.
Anyone know a type of core strengthening exercise that would be particularly good as supplementary help with SDKs (and/or kicking)?