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
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i am a breaststroker myself.
when doing breaststroke, use some dolphin kicks instead. I don't mean really hard ones, but just lunge your body with your pull, and you should follow that in a dolphin kick position. It helps a lot with your glide and underwater breaststroke movement.
When you kick, keep your knees close together.
during your entire breaststroke race, your knees should never come more than 1 ft apart, and they should aways be closer together than your feet.
Squeeze from the knees instead of the groin. My groin hurt before too, but after i kicked correctly, it went away. But if it's bothering you a lot, rest it for a while.
Well, i don't know how legit my advice is, seeing that i'm only 16, but I think it's what you should do.
and you go 1:09 lcm?
i only go a 1:05 scy, i think when converted, ur time is faster...
i am a breaststroker myself.
when doing breaststroke, use some dolphin kicks instead. I don't mean really hard ones, but just lunge your body with your pull, and you should follow that in a dolphin kick position. It helps a lot with your glide and underwater breaststroke movement.
When you kick, keep your knees close together.
during your entire breaststroke race, your knees should never come more than 1 ft apart, and they should aways be closer together than your feet.
Squeeze from the knees instead of the groin. My groin hurt before too, but after i kicked correctly, it went away. But if it's bothering you a lot, rest it for a while.
Well, i don't know how legit my advice is, seeing that i'm only 16, but I think it's what you should do.
and you go 1:09 lcm?
i only go a 1:05 scy, i think when converted, ur time is faster...
