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 don't think you need to do 1,000 kick a day
you'd be better off doing 200 or 250 very fast
ie
20 x 25 kick
odds easy on 45 (concentrate on DPK distance per kick)
evens fast on 30
or
5 x ( 75 easy swim, rest 30 sec, 25 k AFAP)
Not really following through as this is the first time to post on this thread, but here's my progress:
Went from barely getting 250yds of kick in per workout to doing 1000yds of kick now. It still takes me about 27 minutes to get it done but the time is dropping. I did a 50 of dolphin kicking on my back (push from wall) in :46, which is a 14 second drop from when I first started. It still takes me about :20 to do a 25yd flutter kick with a board, but I'll keep with it.
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i don't think you need to do 1,000 kick a day
you'd be better off doing 200 or 250 very fast
ie
20 x 25 kick
odds easy on 45 (concentrate on DPK distance per kick)
evens fast on 30
or
5 x ( 75 easy swim, rest 30 sec, 25 k AFAP)
Not really following through as this is the first time to post on this thread, but here's my progress:
Went from barely getting 250yds of kick in per workout to doing 1000yds of kick now. It still takes me about 27 minutes to get it done but the time is dropping. I did a 50 of dolphin kicking on my back (push from wall) in :46, which is a 14 second drop from when I first started. It still takes me about :20 to do a 25yd flutter kick with a board, but I'll keep with it.
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