I don't use these often, and I wonder if one can become a good swimmer without them? I think of folks who grew up near water and are "natural" good swimmers; I'm sure they didn't need these tools to learn swimming? Nothing wrong with using them, but I don't seem to have the patience to use them. Today I just kicked across the pool without kickboard and it felt fine.:agree: Can't we improving the kicks without using the kickboard? Samethoughts about the fins and pull buoys... Am I missing something?
I would say so, yes. It's really the same thing as hypoxic training. Would just an hour or two of training a day like this stimulate the body to create more red blood cells? It's seems doubtful to me.
I've swam in Flagstaff (altitude around 7500 to 8000 feet) a few times, and I don't think there's much you can do to prepare for the change in altitude.
To the toys--yes I do have a gear bag with zoomers, a pull buoy, and paddles. I take it nearly every day, but only use the stuff maybe once or twice a month. Depends on the set is. I try to avoid long pull sets with paddles since so many others on here complain about shoulder problems. None of those for me yet, but don't want to chance it.
I would say so, yes. It's really the same thing as hypoxic training. Would just an hour or two of training a day like this stimulate the body to create more red blood cells? It's seems doubtful to me.
I've swam in Flagstaff (altitude around 7500 to 8000 feet) a few times, and I don't think there's much you can do to prepare for the change in altitude.
To the toys--yes I do have a gear bag with zoomers, a pull buoy, and paddles. I take it nearly every day, but only use the stuff maybe once or twice a month. Depends on the set is. I try to avoid long pull sets with paddles since so many others on here complain about shoulder problems. None of those for me yet, but don't want to chance it.
