Syd do you relate your drop in times only to the kick. I think your stroke must have also improved.
Did you also increase your swimming time or was it just you did more kicking.
Any time spent in the water will help you swim faster. Add as much time sculing as you adde kicking your times will continue to drop.
You are quite right George. It is probably not only due to the increase in kicking alone. I have been working a lot on my stroke and my body position in the water. Interestingly though, my actual swimming time has decreased.
I do believe though that kicking sets provide a tremendously good aerobic workout. For me, a kick set of 10 x 50m at 1:00 is LEG-NUMBINGLY exhausting. My pulse races and my legs go into spasms. Also kicking goes a long way in improving core strength. My abdominals ache after a hard kicking set (particularly fly). Perhaps these are kick training's two greatest values.
Syd
Syd do you relate your drop in times only to the kick. I think your stroke must have also improved.
Did you also increase your swimming time or was it just you did more kicking.
Any time spent in the water will help you swim faster. Add as much time sculing as you adde kicking your times will continue to drop.
You are quite right George. It is probably not only due to the increase in kicking alone. I have been working a lot on my stroke and my body position in the water. Interestingly though, my actual swimming time has decreased.
I do believe though that kicking sets provide a tremendously good aerobic workout. For me, a kick set of 10 x 50m at 1:00 is LEG-NUMBINGLY exhausting. My pulse races and my legs go into spasms. Also kicking goes a long way in improving core strength. My abdominals ache after a hard kicking set (particularly fly). Perhaps these are kick training's two greatest values.
Syd
