My masters coach, who used to coach high schoolers, insists that we do (lately all) kick sets with running shoes (all stroke kicks, usually 5 sets of 100 or 2 hundred). I absolutely hate it! I can't feel the water on my feet, I feel like it's way too much effort to make any positive forward movement, and don't see how it will make me a faster swimmer. :bitching: So, am I just a big whiner, or do any of you see any benefit from a masters swimmer swimming with running shoes?
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By the dates, we are close to the same age. Would you like to do that kind of workout now? :cane:
Yes and no. I was in the best shape of my life then, and was actually able to swim a 200 *** without dying. I still incorporate certain elements of the training we did then into my workouts now - speed-assisted swimming, running stadium steps, core work, drills, hypoxic work, etc etc.
But swimming 15,000+ meters a day was not the best thing for me personally. So I think that I train "smarter" now, in my old age.
By the dates, we are close to the same age. Would you like to do that kind of workout now? :cane:
Yes and no. I was in the best shape of my life then, and was actually able to swim a 200 *** without dying. I still incorporate certain elements of the training we did then into my workouts now - speed-assisted swimming, running stadium steps, core work, drills, hypoxic work, etc etc.
But swimming 15,000+ meters a day was not the best thing for me personally. So I think that I train "smarter" now, in my old age.
