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.
:confused: Is this legal? I was a timer last weekend. I saw a kid swimming breaststroke looks like what u suggested above. He didn't get DQ.
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.
:confused: Is this legal? I was a timer last weekend. I saw a kid swimming breaststroke looks like what u suggested above. He didn't get DQ.
