This was interesting:
Leg muscles require far more oxygen than the arms do, he added, so the legs “must be fit” or a swimmer risks early exhaustion.
“The amount of kicking that most elite swimmers do in practice has gone up at least 20 percent in the past few years,” Troy said.
He said that coaches used to have athletes kicking less because “it takes more time in the practices to kick than to swim,” so you get “less overall swimming volume.” But most of them have come to realize that less volume with more kicking produces world records.
George is not going to like this!:duel:I have to admit though, ever since I started to focus on core work and kicking I have seen some significant drops in my times.
This was interesting:
Leg muscles require far more oxygen than the arms do, he added, so the legs “must be fit” or a swimmer risks early exhaustion.
“The amount of kicking that most elite swimmers do in practice has gone up at least 20 percent in the past few years,” Troy said.
He said that coaches used to have athletes kicking less because “it takes more time in the practices to kick than to swim,” so you get “less overall swimming volume.” But most of them have come to realize that less volume with more kicking produces world records.
George is not going to like this!:duel:I have to admit though, ever since I started to focus on core work and kicking I have seen some significant drops in my times.
