Need some thoughts on my new training strategy. I've been swimming masters for the last 5 years and had pretty consistent results. I swim my tail off all season, deal with the ups and downs, aches and pains that come with it and have been fortunate enough to always taper well. The one weakness I've have noticed through film, experience, coaches and peers, are my legs. I just don't have any. Always relied on my upper body and height to carry me along. So I've decided to change it up this season. For the most part of the year I've really worked on building my wheels; climbing stairs, squats, etc. For the first part of the season I'm going to spend the first 8 weeks kicking. HARD! The whole entire workout! With a board, without a board, with a snorkel and work those walls. I tried a little of this at the second half of last season when my shoulders were giving me a little trouble. 2 nights a week I just kicked the whole workout and it really boosted my conditioning. Any thoughts on this type of periodization?
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Yeah - do keep us posted. Might actually inspire this other legless wonder to try working on his "kicking issues."
Geek has no legs. I have seem him swim freestyle. His kick quit after the dive. I do have to admit, when I stopped focusing on my kick and focused more on the actual stroke, my swimming started to get better. Geek once said, "kicking is overrated" I have found myself becoming more in agreement with him.
There are some people, like Chris S. and Fort, that are natural kickers, where it is a true weapon for them. For the rest of us, I am not sure how much better swimming becomes by improving the kick alone. The cardio will definitly become better but I don't know how much it will improve your whole stroke beyond that fact.
Yeah - do keep us posted. Might actually inspire this other legless wonder to try working on his "kicking issues."
Geek has no legs. I have seem him swim freestyle. His kick quit after the dive. I do have to admit, when I stopped focusing on my kick and focused more on the actual stroke, my swimming started to get better. Geek once said, "kicking is overrated" I have found myself becoming more in agreement with him.
There are some people, like Chris S. and Fort, that are natural kickers, where it is a true weapon for them. For the rest of us, I am not sure how much better swimming becomes by improving the kick alone. The cardio will definitly become better but I don't know how much it will improve your whole stroke beyond that fact.
