IM Order

RE: IM Order

aquaFeisty — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:49:34 GMT

I am with Jeff... keep the order as it is. Butterfly first allows you to really work the SDK off the start. Backstroke allows a nice recovery from the fly and since it is only the 2nd stroke you can still get a decent SDK off the turn. *** lets me catch up to the people that blasted by me on backstroke. And then freestyle... turn the legs on and go. I love the IM. :D Alas, I am sooo not speedy at it!! Oh, and reading my post over, I am talking mostly about the 100, I guess...

RE: IM Order

Former Member — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:07:17 GMT

Just fly and crawl, forget the rest.

RE: IM Order

Former Member — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:56:22 GMT

Stick *** 1st.

RE: IM Order

swimr4life — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:26:49 GMT

Fy, ***, Back and Free! I'm a sprint flier and freestyler so putting the backstroke before the free would give me a chance to suck in some oxygen to be able to finish harder on my free. I'm usually well into oxygen debt after doing the *** pullouts and feel kind of like this icon...:dedhorse: :rofl:

RE: IM Order

Former Member — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:55:05 GMT

***, fly, back, free The underwater pullout is nice off the start. Fly second because its still early on in the race and I still got energy to hold my stroke. Back third because I want free to be last.

RE: IM Order

Jeff Commings — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:58:33 GMT

The order is just fine. It allows certain muscles to rest while others are being worked. Fly and *** use the same muscle groups, so putting a stroke between them allows for those specific muscles to rest. Free at the end uses every muscle you have, which makes the IM challenging, not the breaststroke.

RE: IM Order

FlyQueen — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:17:00 GMT

*** to get it over with and with the dive and pullout I should have to do less actually swimming of breaststroke ... then back to give those muscles a rest ... fly and free ***,Back,Fly,Free ... let the flyers rise up and kick some butt. My regular 400IM time and my 400IM reverse time I think were exactly the same in practice... but alas, I am NOT a 400IMmer ...

RE: IM Order

Former Member — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:03:39 GMT

I personally would like to see breaststroke first to get it over with. I always got killed on the bck half of IMs b/c of breastroke. By the time freestyle rolls around I lose all momentum and finish weak. Would rather start weak with breaststroke switch to free, then fly then finish strong with backstroke. I may try it this week in practice for grins...

RE: IM Order

Former Member — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:59:24 GMT

I agree with Jeff, I really like the IM order. I love going out hard in fly and back, *** leg is a nice breather, and free is the best stroke to bring it home.

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The Fortress — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:49:01 GMT

***, fly, back, free. Nice long pullout on the start means you don't have to do much ***. Then you can get down to business with the meaningful strokes and not get killed on your second 50.

RE: IM Order

bbpolhill — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:53:38 GMT

Free at the end uses every muscle you have, which makes the IM challenging, not the breaststroke. I only made the breaststroke comment because I've seen so many breaststroke haters amongst the posts.