Geochuck's: Kicking is a Total Waste of Time Thread

While there has been quite a big improvement in my kicking and (probably most importantly) a strengthening of my core and an increase in aerobic capacity as a direct result of kicking sets, I still fear that it hasn't helped me much in my swimming. I think I have got better at kicking with a board but haven't improved much in integrating that kick into my swimming stroke. I can really relate to this observation of Syd's - my kick has gone from worse to bad in isolation, following some months of forcing myself to do some kick in every workout. But on integration into a full stroke, it just uses up breath and I doubt I can swim appreciably quicker full stroke than pulling with a buoy (maybe slower over 300m and longer) . BTW, I ain't no sprinter - no fast twitchers to speak of!

While there has been quite a big improvement in my kicking and (probably most importantly) a strengthening of my core and an increase in aerobic capacity as a direct result of kicking sets, I still fear that it hasn't helped me much in my swimming. I think I have got better at kicking with a board but haven't improved much in integrating that kick into my swimming stroke. I can really relate to this observation of Syd's - my kick has gone from worse to bad in isolation, following some months of forcing myself to do some kick in every workout. But on integration into a full stroke, it just uses up breath and I doubt I can swim appreciably quicker full stroke than pulling with a buoy (maybe slower over 300m and longer) . BTW, I ain't no sprinter - no fast twitchers to speak of!