I like to swim with fins some days, I have the zoomers and some regular fins. I notice when I swim finless that I feel slow as a snail.If I have been using the fins for a couple of days. I know some swimmers that only use fins as thats the only way they have been able to learn, to them I say great what ever works for exercise but have noted to them that they should at least be able to swim finless to get out of the pool for safety if they fell into water anywhere.
Here is my philosophy:
I view swimming ultimately as a sport between me and myself. I can therefore make my own personal rules and guidelines. Swimming with fins makes me swim faster/with less energy. I count my yardage as swimming naturally or doing something that makes it harder. Drills, kick boarding, pulling, etc make me work harder to go the same distance.
I'm not saying fins are bad, that they don't have benefits and that I didn't swim x amount of yards w/fins, I just don't count them in my distance for the day. I would only be cheating myself.
It's like saying I biked 40 miles today, but it was all downhill.
That's my method. You can do what you want too.
And I always do! "Cheating" seems like a harsh word. People here even say one is cheating if one wears a legal tech suit.
If you are using less energy with fins, you're not swimming hard or fast enough with them. My AFAP fin sets leave me absolutely exhausted. I think I should get double credit in the GTD for them.
Here is my philosophy:
I view swimming ultimately as a sport between me and myself. I can therefore make my own personal rules and guidelines. Swimming with fins makes me swim faster/with less energy. I count my yardage as swimming naturally or doing something that makes it harder. Drills, kick boarding, pulling, etc make me work harder to go the same distance.
I'm not saying fins are bad, that they don't have benefits and that I didn't swim x amount of yards w/fins, I just don't count them in my distance for the day. I would only be cheating myself.
It's like saying I biked 40 miles today, but it was all downhill.
That's my method. You can do what you want too.
And I always do! "Cheating" seems like a harsh word. People here even say one is cheating if one wears a legal tech suit.
If you are using less energy with fins, you're not swimming hard or fast enough with them. My AFAP fin sets leave me absolutely exhausted. I think I should get double credit in the GTD for them.
