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.
Hi Emyrold,
nice to hear from you
22 is a good starting point
get someone to time you with a watch
get your time in 10ths of a second
tenths matter especially when your rate of improvement slows down
you don't need to post your training times
just post your test kick, when you blast a 25 kick at the end of each week
ande
Syd,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I have been drinking a lot of electrolytes, eating pears and banana's and it seemed to help a little. But I think the real improvement may come from strengthening my legs, I have never really focussed on them and this will be the first.
Ande,
Thanks for your feedback as well.
Here are my times from tonight.
25 yard pool, slow lanes 7 and 8 do not have a starting block so I just dove from the side and into a streamline.
22 seconds **but I just have a good dive and streamline.
here are some times over a longer period tonight. They are push off the wall, turnover onto my back, streamline and kick to the wall....
10 x 50 (25 fast kick "timed", 25 easy swim, 30 seconds rest)
1) 28
2) 30
3) 32
4) 30
5) 31 ** extra 60 seconds rest after this one...
6) 28
7) 32
8) 33
9) 32
10) 32
5 x 25 fast kick with 15 second rest
1) 34
2) 35
3) 34
4) 34
5) 36 **done, leg's gone, cramping setting in....
Hi Emyrold,
nice to hear from you
22 is a good starting point
get someone to time you with a watch
get your time in 10ths of a second
tenths matter especially when your rate of improvement slows down
you don't need to post your training times
just post your test kick, when you blast a 25 kick at the end of each week
ande
Syd,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I have been drinking a lot of electrolytes, eating pears and banana's and it seemed to help a little. But I think the real improvement may come from strengthening my legs, I have never really focussed on them and this will be the first.
Ande,
Thanks for your feedback as well.
Here are my times from tonight.
25 yard pool, slow lanes 7 and 8 do not have a starting block so I just dove from the side and into a streamline.
22 seconds **but I just have a good dive and streamline.
here are some times over a longer period tonight. They are push off the wall, turnover onto my back, streamline and kick to the wall....
10 x 50 (25 fast kick "timed", 25 easy swim, 30 seconds rest)
1) 28
2) 30
3) 32
4) 30
5) 31 ** extra 60 seconds rest after this one...
6) 28
7) 32
8) 33
9) 32
10) 32
5 x 25 fast kick with 15 second rest
1) 34
2) 35
3) 34
4) 34
5) 36 **done, leg's gone, cramping setting in....
