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?
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Interesting point. I don't know how to answer that except that I have done pull sets with my coach watching and she never said anything about it. I don't seem to have any difficulty just 'turning off' my legs and concentrating on my stroke. In fact, when I've tried to use a bouy, fighting to maintain good balance is very distracting.
Interesting point. I don't know how to answer that except that I have done pull sets with my coach watching and she never said anything about it. I don't seem to have any difficulty just 'turning off' my legs and concentrating on my stroke. In fact, when I've tried to use a bouy, fighting to maintain good balance is very distracting.
