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?
Geek once said, "kicking is overrated" I have found myself becoming more in agreement with him.
That suits me just fine. Making any appreciable improvement to my kicking feels like it would be a very, very long and painful haul. So thanks for that reassurance, wookiee.
(Still curious how things go with your new kick campaign, Waterdog)
Geek once said, "kicking is overrated" I have found myself becoming more in agreement with him.
That suits me just fine. Making any appreciable improvement to my kicking feels like it would be a very, very long and painful haul. So thanks for that reassurance, wookiee.
(Still curious how things go with your new kick campaign, Waterdog)
