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
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:.
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:.
