Yesterday a friend of mine who has just started lifting weights mentioned that she was surprised at what little upper body strength she had. That started me thinking about my upper body vs lower body strength.
I can just zip right through pull sets where as I feel as if I'm trudging through kick sets. I realize that means my kick is weak. (I've had coaches watch my kick to make sure I'm kicking correctly and I always throw in some kick sets even if there isn't one in the workout)
Anyway, my question is: What is typical for most swimmers, is pulling generally faster than kicking? In other word, should the time for, say 100m of pulling, be faster than 100m of kicking, or vice versa, or should they be about equal?
Pulling should, unless there is a problem, always be quicker than kicking. When pulling, you are lifting the legs with a buoy, therefore reducing the effort to move them along and enabling yourself to concentrate on stroking.
When kicking you lose your arms completely and use only your legs to propel your whole body through the water.
Pulling should, unless there is a problem, always be quicker than kicking. When pulling, you are lifting the legs with a buoy, therefore reducing the effort to move them along and enabling yourself to concentrate on stroking.
When kicking you lose your arms completely and use only your legs to propel your whole body through the water.
