Hi all!
I am very greatful for all tips from all of you on how to avoid groin injuries from swimming breaststroke.:toohurt:
I am 37 years old and have been swimming masters now for 3,5 years after a 16 year long break from competitive swimming. I have recently (6 months ago) started to train breaststroke more seriously than before (did IM and fly in the past) but noticed that I was more competitive on the breaststroke than on the other strokes and thought I would give it a go.
My times from last year are 31.2 seconds on 50m *** and 1.09.1 on 100m...I believe I have good potential to lower those times considerably, especially on 100 since I did those times without any previous breaststroke training at all....if I just could get rid of those groin injuries that is...
I train 5-7 swimming practices a week and 1-3 weightlifting practices a week.
All tips are highly appreciated!:notworthy:
Thx!
/Per
I've got three tips for groin injury prevention. Tips 1 & 2 are more like preventative maintenence than anything
1 - stretch before and after practice
2 - regular massages, esp when sore
3 - swim free, back or fly instead :laugh2:
How much of your workouts is actually breaststroke? I've never had any groin problems, but have had shoulder problems. When I was actively training for breaststroke, maybe 25% of a 3,000 yard workout was ***, with free, drills, etc filling in the remainder. But then again, I never had times anywhere close to yours (even yard times close to your meter times), so maybe I didn't do nearly enough.
Although I had some groin problems last year,thats unusual for me and I think it can generally be avoided.I worry more about my knees.I am a pure breaststroker and have been competing 45 yrs and I NEVER do more than 500 full stroke in a workout and 200 of that is in my warmup when I start REALLY slowly and slowly build up.You want to be really warmed up to swim BR as it puts alot of strain on the joints.I do a good amount of BR pull/dolphin kick with fins to work on timing and eggbeater kick to work on leg strength and foot speed. I find eggbeater puts less stress on my groin and knees than BR kick.Then stretch after workout. As to those that don't like BR-thats their loss:thhbbb::banana::banana:.
wow
great links!
Thx!!!
I looked at your invention-video as well. Two questions: Is it worth for a semi-oldtimer to use that paddle as well? Isnt the streamline phase of every push off tricky with that paddle on?
Thx
BR
Per
My entire workout is *** stroke and I find that my biceps hurt before my groin muscles. I'm usualy fine for the first 2000 but after that I throw in more kick board work. You can do drills like sculling and *** stroke w/dolphin kick just to change up the muscles you use in case the kick starts to hurt.
You could always haunt garage sales until you find that inner thigh exercising thingy that Suzanne Summers used to hawk on late night t.v. What was it called - Thighmaster, something like that?
