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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hey Ande,
i am getting bored with my weekly kick set and have reached a plateau as well. could use a change of pace and some accountability wouldn't hurt either. basically i do 4x100yd flutter streamlined afap with 2-4min rest alternating free/back. then 2x100 with fins. times range from 1:30-1:35 w/o fins and :58-1:05 with fins.
today i tried one of the sets you suggested, 25 flutter sprint followed by 75 active recovery swim. did this 8 times from a push using pace clock:
18,18,17,18,18,17,18,17
finished up with 25free swim + 75 recovery. time was 12-13 ish
one thing i noticed already is that my kick was not deep enough. the 17's were using a deeper kick with slightly slower tempo. it actually felt slower but the clock doesn't lie.
wish i had a better way to time myself. i will try to find something.
anyway thanks for all the good advice you give on this thread.
hey Ande,
i am getting bored with my weekly kick set and have reached a plateau as well. could use a change of pace and some accountability wouldn't hurt either. basically i do 4x100yd flutter streamlined afap with 2-4min rest alternating free/back. then 2x100 with fins. times range from 1:30-1:35 w/o fins and :58-1:05 with fins.
today i tried one of the sets you suggested, 25 flutter sprint followed by 75 active recovery swim. did this 8 times from a push using pace clock:
18,18,17,18,18,17,18,17
finished up with 25free swim + 75 recovery. time was 12-13 ish
one thing i noticed already is that my kick was not deep enough. the 17's were using a deeper kick with slightly slower tempo. it actually felt slower but the clock doesn't lie.
wish i had a better way to time myself. i will try to find something.
anyway thanks for all the good advice you give on this thread.
