So my kick sucks, or rather I don't do much kicking so it's very inefficent. It takes me about 30 seconds to do 25 meters. I don't use fins since I don't much like them. I have a very slow two beat kick in freestyle, and on longer fly sets I'm lucky to get one kick per beat. My only strong kick is in the ***.
I'm a strong swimmer, I'm close to having a top 10 in the 200 fly, so it's not a case of the rest of my stroke being bad. I think that if I can actually get some sort of kick then I can drop my times. I do dolphin kick off the walls, and that works well for me. I've tried swimming 25s underwater kick, but that doesn't work for me, after a couple of kicks I slow down and they are inefficent.
So how can I improve my kicks? Do I need to do 1000 kick sets every so often? There are times when I try and kick during workouts, but I seem to forget after a minute or so. It seems to me that while I have stong legs, they just don't want to kick, maybe my core isn't strong enough, and my mind says, you're moving fast enough, why worry about wasting the energy kicking?
I think this is my breakthrough to the next level, I've been at my times for awhile now.
Former Member
Poolrat,
I have never been in a "spin" class. There are no health clubs/gyms here on the island. But I'd sure think it would be of benefit for both legs and cardio. Maybe a shortcut to better both of these systems.
And the monofin mentioned above, I have only seen these fins used in demonstrations at pool races. Maybe I need one of those for my 18 miler, but I think it is mainly for dolphin kick. These can certainly turn a swimmer into a mermaid. Oh, I have seen the monofin used for those extreme divers who dive on a single breath to depths of what? 300-400 feet?
Donna
