I'm a newbie with a quick question on Hines "Fitness Swimming." Should I wear the fins for the T-15 swim tests?
Here's a little background. I'm in good shape just new to swimming. I've been following the workouts pretty closely. I'm finishing the Blue workouts. My stoke per distance averages 12/25m without fins (those are individual strokes not cycles). I can get it down to 9 if I'm doing a lot of gliding. However my cruise times on the T-15 aren't improving.
Right now I'm doing the tests without fins. On most of the balance drills I use them. On the swim drills I generally don't. I thought I shouldn't be using them for the tests but at one point in the book Coach Hines seems to indicate it may be OK for newbs to do.
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The Hines book say you can do it with fins to get your Cruise time for swimming with fins. If you don't plan to swim the workouts with fins then best do T-15without.
The Hines book say you can do it with fins to get your Cruise time for swimming with fins. If you don't plan to swim the workouts with fins then best do T-15without.
