New to USMS

Ocean swims doing fly?

Okay-- I'll take the bait. Why only fly? I'm just curious. 40 laps of fly only sounds like hell to me. (And I like fly.) At any rate, welcome to USMS! It's a great organization and you will have a blast! :cheerleader:

A good start is the SPMA website - http://www.spma.net/. This is the website for the USMS zone you are located in. I live in San Luis Obispo, so I am not overly familiar with your precise location in relation to other SoCal locations. However, the website has a "places to swim" connection that will bring up a list of clubs with USMS connections. Any of these clubs would be worth looking into, or seeing how close they are to you. You can also look for USA swimming clubs in the area as well (seperate organization, but still some clubs have Master's teams or would let adults train with them). There are at least a few (probably a lot) of people on this forum that either swim in or around your area, so you might get club specific reccomendations.

Thanks for all the good advice. Why only fly? I, to my misfortune, discovered the fly 6 months ago and fell in love with it and since then my body wants to only swim the fly (it's not me, I swear). Is it bad? I always swum Freestyle and *** stroke. Is 40 fly laps each session is little? Ocean swim, of course not fly

Fly is wonderful when you get it right, enjoy. 40 laps of fly is a lot, you must be doing it right.

Hi all, I just got the USMS card and I am interested in improving my butterfly swimming techniques. ( I am interested only in a butterfly swim) I don't know where to start, where to go and what to do. I am 46 yrs old male, live in Sherman Oaks, California. I swim 5 times a week, 40 fly laps. I would like to swim in a team, competition, work-out, ocean swimming, etc. Any directions? I commend you on your dedication to butterfly but I also must warn you. Ignoring the other 3 strokes will hurt your fly. So don't focus solely on butterfly but instead balance your workouts so butterfly is your primary focus but still do the other three strokes.

Thanks for all the good advice. Why only fly? I, to my misfortune, discovered the fly 6 months ago and fell in love with it and since then my body wants to only swim the fly (it's not me, I swear). Is it bad? I always swum Freestyle and *** stroke. Is 40 fly laps each session is little? Ocean swim, of course not fly Swimming only butterfly would serve the same purpose as only doing bicep curls in the weight room (take a look at Hulk to see what I mean). Practicing the same repetitive motion over and over stalls your overall development because the body adapts so quickly. Swim all 4 strokes, kick, use toys, mix it up in general and especially apply the principles of periodization....regardless is you are interested in open water swimming, pool swimming, competing, not competing...and you will see more break thru's, be less inclined to burn out and reduce your chances of injuries both chronic and acute.

40 laps fly is alot of fly, but it's still only 1000 yds. I would mix in all the strokes and really develop a good aerobic base with free. If you want to compete, have you timed yourself at all? Is your fly fast? If not, then perhaps reduce the volume of fly and make corrections to get flater and faster.