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.
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Till now:
3/1: 30.2
3/8: 28.0
3/15: 27.12
3/22: 27.62
3/29: 26.27
4/4: 27.18
5/10: 25.55
7/2: 25.45
7/6: 24.94
7/26: 25.92
8/10: 23.48
8/12: 25.24
9/6: 23.08
9/20: 24.05
9/27: 23.21
10/4: 24.37
10/11: 24.49
10/25: 23.70
This week - 11/1: 24.89.
Officially discouraged.
Hi Notsofast, you'd not be discouraged. Look like you've reached a wall, it's happens at everybody a day, into a range around 24s, maybe your body is now well used at your routines so it's the time to mix up the things a little bit to try somethings new, maybe the technique can be further improved, at the end don't give up, trust in yourself.
I expect that anybody in good health, focused, can go down at 20s at least, even more if we're talking about yards.
Ande, where are you ?
Till now:
3/1: 30.2
3/8: 28.0
3/15: 27.12
3/22: 27.62
3/29: 26.27
4/4: 27.18
5/10: 25.55
7/2: 25.45
7/6: 24.94
7/26: 25.92
8/10: 23.48
8/12: 25.24
9/6: 23.08
9/20: 24.05
9/27: 23.21
10/4: 24.37
10/11: 24.49
10/25: 23.70
This week - 11/1: 24.89.
Officially discouraged.
Hi Notsofast, you'd not be discouraged. Look like you've reached a wall, it's happens at everybody a day, into a range around 24s, maybe your body is now well used at your routines so it's the time to mix up the things a little bit to try somethings new, maybe the technique can be further improved, at the end don't give up, trust in yourself.
I expect that anybody in good health, focused, can go down at 20s at least, even more if we're talking about yards.
Ande, where are you ?
