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.
Anybody here working on becoming FASTER whether by improving your flutter kick, SDK or raw sprinting speed?
Pick a program, follow it and post your results
It works if you work it!
I've been trying to do a standard flutter kick set at the end of my warmups of 10 x 50s @ 1:00 w/ a board. 6-8 months ago I was kicking, but not giving it all (more of the kick 'n chat version), and was barely making the intervals.
I gradually started giving more and more effort though, and eventually got to where I could hold :50s @ 1:00 interval.
For the last couple weeks I've been able to hold pretty consistently under :45 seconds per rep @ 1:00 interval, with my best avg last week @ :42s. My fastest for one 50 was a :39.
I know that I have a good kick, but the key is being able to use it near the end of my races (400IM) when I really need it.
Anybody here working on becoming FASTER whether by improving your flutter kick, SDK or raw sprinting speed?
Pick a program, follow it and post your results
It works if you work it!
I've been trying to do a standard flutter kick set at the end of my warmups of 10 x 50s @ 1:00 w/ a board. 6-8 months ago I was kicking, but not giving it all (more of the kick 'n chat version), and was barely making the intervals.
I gradually started giving more and more effort though, and eventually got to where I could hold :50s @ 1:00 interval.
For the last couple weeks I've been able to hold pretty consistently under :45 seconds per rep @ 1:00 interval, with my best avg last week @ :42s. My fastest for one 50 was a :39.
I know that I have a good kick, but the key is being able to use it near the end of my races (400IM) when I really need it.
