I've been focusing on stroke work for the past year or so and I'm hitting on a phase I'm hoping others have hit and have answers to.
My 75-85% efforts are when my stroke is best but 1) It seems to fall apart when I really put the pedal to the metal and 2) If I try to slow down to build endurance, the stroke also does not stay together. If I can't maintain stroke mechanics during peak sprints or cardio/muscular endurance sets would that amount to garbage yardage?
This funky middle ground means I get some decent effort in practice, but it seems too short compared to other swimmers workouts. Without building power or endurance using 'the right stroke' I worry that I'm not really making as good of progress as I can.
Thanks in advance.
I feel your pain GregJS! And ditto on the core (Salo's book emphasizes the same approach). It seems like everything I learn also adds a new style of agony : ). But I as I stretch out my stroke, I feel it in my core more and more - hopefully that is good!
I am off to check out that thread, thanks for the find.
I feel your pain GregJS! And ditto on the core (Salo's book emphasizes the same approach). It seems like everything I learn also adds a new style of agony : ). But I as I stretch out my stroke, I feel it in my core more and more - hopefully that is good!
I am off to check out that thread, thanks for the find.
