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?
Chris says yes kick and yes with fins.
What did you guys (Paul, Chris) think of the posted workout above from a kick POV.
I personally hardly ever use fins. The book I quoted talked about fins, saying it is like doing strength training. But I do other kinds of strength training.
Fort loves fins, so do some others. I think they are fine to use as long as you don't learn to depend on them. I would suggest not using them all the time. Don't depend on them to make intervals.
Fins are generally hard on my knees and ankles, which are very loose; that's one reason I don't use them a lot.
Your kick set looks good to me, except that you use fins throughout.
Here are what I would consider to be two common mistakes:
-- too much of the kick set is social/recovery kick. The kick set is not a goal in and of itself, it is just a set stuck between two (harder) swim sets.
-- people only kick hard on 25s.
"High intensity" could just mean take a good bit of rest between repeats and try to hold the fastest possible average. Get your HR up, feel the burn in your legs. Care about your time and try to improve it. You don't want your legs to die after the first 25 of a race, so you need to kick hard for longer distances.
Chris says yes kick and yes with fins.
What did you guys (Paul, Chris) think of the posted workout above from a kick POV.
I personally hardly ever use fins. The book I quoted talked about fins, saying it is like doing strength training. But I do other kinds of strength training.
Fort loves fins, so do some others. I think they are fine to use as long as you don't learn to depend on them. I would suggest not using them all the time. Don't depend on them to make intervals.
Fins are generally hard on my knees and ankles, which are very loose; that's one reason I don't use them a lot.
Your kick set looks good to me, except that you use fins throughout.
Here are what I would consider to be two common mistakes:
-- too much of the kick set is social/recovery kick. The kick set is not a goal in and of itself, it is just a set stuck between two (harder) swim sets.
-- people only kick hard on 25s.
"High intensity" could just mean take a good bit of rest between repeats and try to hold the fastest possible average. Get your HR up, feel the burn in your legs. Care about your time and try to improve it. You don't want your legs to die after the first 25 of a race, so you need to kick hard for longer distances.
