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.
Bill your pentathlon is going to be great - this was my first masters meet ten years ago and you are further along in your training than I was at that time. You are going to have a blast! Just don't miss your heat - they go very quickly.
Actually if you want to step up your training I was thinking you would be a good partner in one of my LT sets. I am to a point where I am struggling to maintain the sendoff on the 100's on my own. Since you are faster I thought you could help pull me through the last third of the set. So what do you think, the week of March 13th, 1/2 hour of 100m free on 1:40? Would not be quite LT for you but would really help me! Ann
Bill your pentathlon is going to be great - this was my first masters meet ten years ago and you are further along in your training than I was at that time. You are going to have a blast! Just don't miss your heat - they go very quickly.
Actually if you want to step up your training I was thinking you would be a good partner in one of my LT sets. I am to a point where I am struggling to maintain the sendoff on the 100's on my own. Since you are faster I thought you could help pull me through the last third of the set. So what do you think, the week of March 13th, 1/2 hour of 100m free on 1:40? Would not be quite LT for you but would really help me! Ann
