I mostly swim freestyle, actually ... I only swim freestyle. I'm thinking it would be good to throw in a few others, mainly *** and back (forget fly). How much time should I dedicate to these strokes outside of my regular freestyle sets?
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Eric
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The backstroke will fill up your sinuses with water, avoid at all costs.
Billy Fanstone, I damn nearly snorted coffee all over my computer when I read that!
That's just how I feel about backstroke. I don't care much for breaststroke, either. I train free and fly almost exclusively with free making up about 80 percent (and sometimes more) of my workout.
Like inflictfreedom I also wonder whether I should be doing more of the other strokes, or not. Not for racing purposes, mind you. I am only interested in them to the extent that they help me out with my freestyle. I wonder if I did more of the other strokes, would they improve aerobic capacity? Would training the other strokes, perhaps, make me a stronger and faster freestyler?
The backstroke will fill up your sinuses with water, avoid at all costs.
Billy Fanstone, I damn nearly snorted coffee all over my computer when I read that!
That's just how I feel about backstroke. I don't care much for breaststroke, either. I train free and fly almost exclusively with free making up about 80 percent (and sometimes more) of my workout.
Like inflictfreedom I also wonder whether I should be doing more of the other strokes, or not. Not for racing purposes, mind you. I am only interested in them to the extent that they help me out with my freestyle. I wonder if I did more of the other strokes, would they improve aerobic capacity? Would training the other strokes, perhaps, make me a stronger and faster freestyler?
