OK gang.
The "kicking" bullies have rounded on me even though I had a fantastic swim this weekend. They are telling me I need to kick, my coach said don't over do it b/c it disrupts the stroke...
I can kick, I maybe didn't intergrate it in my 100FR to their approval but I am not convinced that kicking alone is the way to go.
I think working 100's with kick focus is a better way rather than yards and yards at "meh" pace.
What % of your yards do you kick per week, and how much of that is with fins?
100% agree with Chris!
I will however say this...kicking just for kicking's sake is a waste. As was noted in one of the quotes kicking should be done at an extremally high level of intensity and also done in ways that help integrate it to the desired stroke.
Some of us here have done the shoulder surgery gig (some of us more than once) and can tell you without hesitation that going 100% kick only training for 3-4 months...although mentally challenging...put us in the best shape we've ever been in.
Fins to me are like paddles..good for small doses of additonal resistance work, good at helping with speed swimming sets but mostly screw people up because they use them improperly (to move into a lane and swim with them on fatser intervals for example).
100% agree with Chris!
I will however say this...kicking just for kicking's sake is a waste. As was noted in one of the quotes kicking should be done at an extremally high level of intensity and also done in ways that help integrate it to the desired stroke.
Some of us here have done the shoulder surgery gig (some of us more than once) and can tell you without hesitation that going 100% kick only training for 3-4 months...although mentally challenging...put us in the best shape we've ever been in.
Fins to me are like paddles..good for small doses of additonal resistance work, good at helping with speed swimming sets but mostly screw people up because they use them improperly (to move into a lane and swim with them on fatser intervals for example).
