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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got a few questions:
what sort of suit did you wear?
with a board or with out?
we're these from a push?
are your easy 50's on like 1:30?
also work to integrate your new improved kick into your stroke
ande
Thanks Ande,
I wear a chlorine resistant practice brief. It is indestructible.
With board, from a push.
I am doing the 75s on 1:40. Push, kick, get time, ez 50 back, rest 20-30 seconds.
I started the fixed interval last week I think. Before that I was just giving myself more then 10 seconds rest, but less then 30. Since I am as interested in building kick endurance as well as speed, I figured moving to a fixed interval made more sense than what I was doing.
Integration is not a problem. I have always been able to kick my feet fast when I was supposed to, but I never generated much propulsion. My new kick isn't throwing off my old stroke at all :)
got a few questions:
what sort of suit did you wear?
with a board or with out?
we're these from a push?
are your easy 50's on like 1:30?
also work to integrate your new improved kick into your stroke
ande
Thanks Ande,
I wear a chlorine resistant practice brief. It is indestructible.
With board, from a push.
I am doing the 75s on 1:40. Push, kick, get time, ez 50 back, rest 20-30 seconds.
I started the fixed interval last week I think. Before that I was just giving myself more then 10 seconds rest, but less then 30. Since I am as interested in building kick endurance as well as speed, I figured moving to a fixed interval made more sense than what I was doing.
Integration is not a problem. I have always been able to kick my feet fast when I was supposed to, but I never generated much propulsion. My new kick isn't throwing off my old stroke at all :)
