I am slow, and when I mean slow, I mean slow. I can do a 26 sec 50 with fins, but without I come in just under 1:20! I think a big part of it is just taking the fins off and doing a lot of kick sets to learn to feel the water better with my feet. I have a good breaststroke kick so I don't think my problem is an overly weak pair of legs, although they could be in better shape. Also, myankles are fairly flexible as I can point my toes and make my feet bend backwards past an even position with my shins. However, I do think that I need to loosen up my ankles when I kick. I feel like I get more out of my kick for those brief moments when I allow my ankles to snap back and forth with my kick. I think I actually need to relax more to kick faster as weird as that sounds.
I suppose the answer to my question is that I simply need to take of the fins and do kick set after kick set until I learn to feel the water better with my feet and become more efficient.
I am officially sore. My yardage is down, but my legs are really getting a workout doing a 500 to 1000 kick set a day. I can see that a few months of effort now will pay off in the future.
Anyway, I am down to under 35 seconds per 25 and even hit a 28 or 29 a few times on my regular sets. I will do an all out 25 from a dive this next weekend.
What would be a reasonable 3 month goal? What would be a reasonable 6 month and 1 year goal?
I am officially sore. My yardage is down, but my legs are really getting a workout doing a 500 to 1000 kick set a day. I can see that a few months of effort now will pay off in the future.
Anyway, I am down to under 35 seconds per 25 and even hit a 28 or 29 a few times on my regular sets. I will do an all out 25 from a dive this next weekend.
What would be a reasonable 3 month goal? What would be a reasonable 6 month and 1 year goal?
