Breaststroke is tricky because it uses different muscles than other strokes and puts strain on the knees.I almost never do BR kick sets in practice,preferring to kick full stroke since you keep your momentum that way and put less stress on the joints.I warm up for swimming BR very slowly:50 extremely slow,50 at slow, 50 at slower than 200 pace,50 at 200 pace,50 working on DPS,before I do ant BR sets.
BR definitely uses the inner thigh muscles,but that doesn't mean you should kick out and then squeeze in during the kick,as I have noted before there is no kick out in BR kick.
What do you mean by, "a lot," of breaststroke?
I've done as much as 1200 yards in a workout, and never gotten sore thighs. I sometimes get sore knees, but that is a combination of *** + cycling.
I do at least 1-200 easy free before I do any breaststroke, usually much more than that. I couldn't imagine diving in and going right into a *** breakout cold. After 200, I may mix in a 25 *** for every 75 free, 3-4 rounds, before doing any real *** sets.
What did she have u do? Glad u r getting stronger!!
She has prescribed several different stretches for now. I am waiting until after next weekend's meet to start on weights.
