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.
What bothers me is when people use fins to make a set, or move up a lane that they otherwise couldn't keep up in. It is a real drag to swim behind someone wearing fins. If you are the only person in your lane wearing fins during a swimming set, please take them off.
I'm not fully understanding this. For example, there was one day the coach put me into a faster lane because of space issues. Now, I could have held up the lane, but I figured it would be better to put my fins on and keep up. I don't see where I got in anyone's way -- in fact, it was the exact opposite.
To the topic at hand, though, perhaps it's people wearing fins when others are not that contributes to the feeling that fins are "cheating." I felt a little bit like that myself, but not because I wasn't getting a good workout. The only reason you wouldn't get a workout with fins is if you lowered your effort level (in other words, if you swam at the same speed you would ordinarily without the fins).
In another thread, I asked about intermediate length fins (longer than zoomers, shorter than regular long fins). I don't know if it's my imagination, but they feel very fast to me, perhaps because I can do a relatively fast tempo with a fair amount of power. So, I have to make sure that I am putting out effort and not just lolly-gagging along.
What bothers me is when people use fins to make a set, or move up a lane that they otherwise couldn't keep up in. It is a real drag to swim behind someone wearing fins. If you are the only person in your lane wearing fins during a swimming set, please take them off.
I'm not fully understanding this. For example, there was one day the coach put me into a faster lane because of space issues. Now, I could have held up the lane, but I figured it would be better to put my fins on and keep up. I don't see where I got in anyone's way -- in fact, it was the exact opposite.
To the topic at hand, though, perhaps it's people wearing fins when others are not that contributes to the feeling that fins are "cheating." I felt a little bit like that myself, but not because I wasn't getting a good workout. The only reason you wouldn't get a workout with fins is if you lowered your effort level (in other words, if you swam at the same speed you would ordinarily without the fins).
In another thread, I asked about intermediate length fins (longer than zoomers, shorter than regular long fins). I don't know if it's my imagination, but they feel very fast to me, perhaps because I can do a relatively fast tempo with a fair amount of power. So, I have to make sure that I am putting out effort and not just lolly-gagging along.
