Can someone explain to me the differences in the Kicking Rhythms? I feel that my kick is not consistent and is really holding me back. I feel like w the pull buoy I can swim all day but once I add in the kick I tire a lot quicker. Maybe this is common for everyone.
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Great I'm glad it came through clearly...sometimes things get lost in text only. Just stick with it b/c once your body figures out you are only going to let it swim with the core engaged then it will come quickly. Might even be a mental component there not sure. But all of a sudden you will just take off kind of like your first rip around the block w/o training wheels and that is your new 'normal'. And man it's fun so stick with it!
One little tidbit. You have to push through that barrier daily, don't make it like a drill day or something. If you make a decision that this is how I'm going to swim from now of it will come quickly. And if you completely falter at 2K and have a 3K written down? That's a tough one. When I fell apart we bagged it and did some kicking drills or something else b/c there is no sense swimming junk yardage with poor form....at least IMO. I'd take it to the point where I'd pop and do a few hundred more just to make sure I squeezed every drop out that day, but would not pound in yardage 'just because' once my form went back to the old way. Make sense? Might not be easy to do b/c I come from the HTFU era, but it's only for a bit until you ingrain it.
Great I'm glad it came through clearly...sometimes things get lost in text only. Just stick with it b/c once your body figures out you are only going to let it swim with the core engaged then it will come quickly. Might even be a mental component there not sure. But all of a sudden you will just take off kind of like your first rip around the block w/o training wheels and that is your new 'normal'. And man it's fun so stick with it!
One little tidbit. You have to push through that barrier daily, don't make it like a drill day or something. If you make a decision that this is how I'm going to swim from now of it will come quickly. And if you completely falter at 2K and have a 3K written down? That's a tough one. When I fell apart we bagged it and did some kicking drills or something else b/c there is no sense swimming junk yardage with poor form....at least IMO. I'd take it to the point where I'd pop and do a few hundred more just to make sure I squeezed every drop out that day, but would not pound in yardage 'just because' once my form went back to the old way. Make sense? Might not be easy to do b/c I come from the HTFU era, but it's only for a bit until you ingrain it.
