Hello everyone! I, like many others, am getting back into swimming after taking about 5 years off. I swam distance in high school and joined masters in college. Through those years, I religiously flip turned during each workout/race. Now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I've come to realize that flipping concumes a great deal of energy. So here is my question, since I'm starting over from scratch, do I flip or not during my workouts? My ultimate goal is to build enough distance to re-join a masters program. Do I flip or not flip, that is my question.
Thanks!
Kristen
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Hello everyone! I, like many others, am getting back into swimming after taking about 5 years off. I swam distance in high school and joined masters in college. Through those years, I religiously flip turned during each workout/race. Now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I've come to realize that flipping concumes a great deal of energy. So here is my question, since I'm starting over from scratch, do I flip or not during my workouts? My ultimate goal is to build enough distance to re-join a masters program. Do I flip or not flip, that is my question.
Thanks!
Kristen
Kristen,
Welcome to the forum and back to swimming! I would recommend that you start off doing flipturns all the time. Everything is going to feel weird starting back and you are going to be tired anyways... go for it. I think about 2 good weeks of solid work on flipturns at every wall... you will start doing them like it's second nature. Have fun and good luck.
Besides if you don't do flipturns, you're more likely to stop and take more breaks if you grab the wall (while wanting to do an open turn). Just some thoughts... ;)
Hello everyone! I, like many others, am getting back into swimming after taking about 5 years off. I swam distance in high school and joined masters in college. Through those years, I religiously flip turned during each workout/race. Now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I've come to realize that flipping concumes a great deal of energy. So here is my question, since I'm starting over from scratch, do I flip or not during my workouts? My ultimate goal is to build enough distance to re-join a masters program. Do I flip or not flip, that is my question.
Thanks!
Kristen
Kristen,
Welcome to the forum and back to swimming! I would recommend that you start off doing flipturns all the time. Everything is going to feel weird starting back and you are going to be tired anyways... go for it. I think about 2 good weeks of solid work on flipturns at every wall... you will start doing them like it's second nature. Have fun and good luck.
Besides if you don't do flipturns, you're more likely to stop and take more breaks if you grab the wall (while wanting to do an open turn). Just some thoughts... ;)
