Hi, new to the board, back in the pool about 4 months.
Worked up to doing Mo Chambers workouts, but always substituting for fly in the IM's because I just never learned it.
I've always been a lousy kicker, but I bought a pair of Zoomers and quit using the board, which has helped a bunch. I do dolphins front and side and flutter on my back. I just started to dolphin kick off the flip (without the fins), which has really helped reduce stroke count (10 catchup; 13 -- 14 normally; 15 + is a failed lap). I'm 6'2" and dropped from 200+ when I started down to 190 - 195, which feels great.
Today I tried doing the fly legs in the IM's wearing the Zoomers, and I think there's some hope. Can a 44 year old lousy kicker learn to fly? Is it OK to learn with fins? Are there bad habits to watch out for when learning with or without the fins? Or should I forget about fly and just concentrate on the other three strokes?
I'm having a lot of fun swimming again, love the workouts and chat here, and am not afraid of looking like a complete dweeb.
I've looked at the TI stuff and wondered if it was worth a damn . . . this gives me an excuse to exercise my credit card, one of my favorite sports-related activities . . .
Thanks for the advice. I'm up to a whopping 50 meters without drowning, which is a significant improvement over my earlier about 10-meters-then-drowning efforts, but the last 15 is largely sub-surface flailing and then I need to hang on the wall for about forever to recover. I pretend to be figuring out the next phase of the workout -- which probably isn't going to work in the middle of an IM. I'll keep at it for a while.
if you have strong abs, you can do it relatively easily.
LOL, now there's my problem. I abandoned my 6 pack about 25 years ago for those seductive 6 packs filled with green bottles. I definitely can't do it "relatively easily."
I've looked at the TI stuff and wondered if it was worth a damn . . . this gives me an excuse to exercise my credit card, one of my favorite sports-related activities . . .
Thanks for the advice. I'm up to a whopping 50 meters without drowning, which is a significant improvement over my earlier about 10-meters-then-drowning efforts, but the last 15 is largely sub-surface flailing and then I need to hang on the wall for about forever to recover. I pretend to be figuring out the next phase of the workout -- which probably isn't going to work in the middle of an IM. I'll keep at it for a while.
if you have strong abs, you can do it relatively easily.
LOL, now there's my problem. I abandoned my 6 pack about 25 years ago for those seductive 6 packs filled with green bottles. I definitely can't do it "relatively easily."
