When I swim *** stroke and stick to proper technique, I get much more winded then when I swim Freestyle or Backstroke (but not as winded as when I swim butterfly).
In fact, I don't even know if I could finish a 200 yd *** stroke race.
Why is this?
Related to the last post about the kick--a good *** kick drill I've learned is to put your hands behind your back just above your butt, and kick with your legs trying to get as high as your hands. Of course they won't get that high, but you know what I mean. Start with doing 25s of this on an interval with 10-15 seconds rest then increase this to 50s. This is tough.
Another drill is to swim but try to pull yourself as high out of the water as you can. Again, start out small with 25s and increase.
I've always liked *** from when I was a kid, and although I never swam competitively before masters, I'm on the fringe of the top 10 in my age group now for the 100 and 200.
A good endurance set--we've done something like a 2x (50, 100, 150...up to 400) with one free, one non-free. I've done the non-free ***, and a 400 *** is pretty tough. Certainly not something you'd do every day, but a few times a month will keep you in shape for your non-free stroke.
Related to the last post about the kick--a good *** kick drill I've learned is to put your hands behind your back just above your butt, and kick with your legs trying to get as high as your hands. Of course they won't get that high, but you know what I mean. Start with doing 25s of this on an interval with 10-15 seconds rest then increase this to 50s. This is tough.
Another drill is to swim but try to pull yourself as high out of the water as you can. Again, start out small with 25s and increase.
I've always liked *** from when I was a kid, and although I never swam competitively before masters, I'm on the fringe of the top 10 in my age group now for the 100 and 200.
A good endurance set--we've done something like a 2x (50, 100, 150...up to 400) with one free, one non-free. I've done the non-free ***, and a 400 *** is pretty tough. Certainly not something you'd do every day, but a few times a month will keep you in shape for your non-free stroke.