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
Parents
Former Member
I, too, am a breaststroker, who returned to swimming after about a 15 year layoff and I'm 36. I started swimming masters about 4 years ago, and over the last 2 I've been tailoring my workouts more to breaststroke than I used to. When I first started doing this, I had some knee pains, and also some groin pain. Usually when this happened, I would cease kicking for a while until the area healed, and then slowly get back at it. Now, I can do half of a 3,000m workout breaststroke, and haven't had any knee or groin pain in almost a year. I think after your body gets used to using these muscles and the general strain that a breaststroke kick puts on the legs, you'll find you have fewer issues.
I think it's been stated already, but warming up VERY slowly with breaststroke, especially the kick is very important, and some stretching will also help, but only when your muscles have warmed up.
Basically, I'm was in the same boat you're in now about a year and a half ago, and I no longer have any issues with training, so keep at it, and you'll be fine, just stop and rest the legs when you experience any pain or soreness...
I, too, am a breaststroker, who returned to swimming after about a 15 year layoff and I'm 36. I started swimming masters about 4 years ago, and over the last 2 I've been tailoring my workouts more to breaststroke than I used to. When I first started doing this, I had some knee pains, and also some groin pain. Usually when this happened, I would cease kicking for a while until the area healed, and then slowly get back at it. Now, I can do half of a 3,000m workout breaststroke, and haven't had any knee or groin pain in almost a year. I think after your body gets used to using these muscles and the general strain that a breaststroke kick puts on the legs, you'll find you have fewer issues.
I think it's been stated already, but warming up VERY slowly with breaststroke, especially the kick is very important, and some stretching will also help, but only when your muscles have warmed up.
Basically, I'm was in the same boat you're in now about a year and a half ago, and I no longer have any issues with training, so keep at it, and you'll be fine, just stop and rest the legs when you experience any pain or soreness...
