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.
Hey Shane,
when you get to where you can flutter kick 25's under 20,
which you can, start working on 50's.
Also work on your SDK.
what events are you training for?
Ande
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 4 x 100yd flutter streamlined afap with 2 - 4 min rest alternating free/back. then 2 x 100 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 25 free 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 Shane,
when you get to where you can flutter kick 25's under 20,
which you can, start working on 50's.
Also work on your SDK.
what events are you training for?
Ande
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 4 x 100yd flutter streamlined afap with 2 - 4 min rest alternating free/back. then 2 x 100 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 25 free 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.
