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 was having a bit of a recovery/drill workout today, but decided to do some flutter kicking at the end of my workout for sh*ts and giggles. Hmmm.... I'm not so good.
Baseline test sets: (from a push, no underwater pushes etc., with a board, can't be too precise because there was only a pace clock)
25 yards: 16
50 EZ
50 yards: 37.5 ish
50 EZ
50 yards with fins for fun: :25
100 EZ
I was a little freaked out that I was so much faster with fins, so I did another 50 without, :38.5 ish (tired)
Good thing I rarely do more than a 50 free. Dolphin kicking is so much more fun.
I was having a bit of a recovery/drill workout today, but decided to do some flutter kicking at the end of my workout for sh*ts and giggles. Hmmm.... I'm not so good.
Baseline test sets: (from a push, no underwater pushes etc., with a board, can't be too precise because there was only a pace clock)
25 yards: 16
50 EZ
50 yards: 37.5 ish
50 EZ
50 yards with fins for fun: :25
100 EZ
I was a little freaked out that I was so much faster with fins, so I did another 50 without, :38.5 ish (tired)
Good thing I rarely do more than a 50 free. Dolphin kicking is so much more fun.
