In general, when I swim with a group, I notice that I usually am at the front on kick sets without fins. When, however, we have sets with fins, I usually fall behind. Why is this?
The other day, I was swimming with the high school group and they were begging to do a 10 x 100 kick with fins on 1:10. No way could I make this. When I suggested doing 10 x 100 kick on 1:45 without fins, nobody thought they could make it. In fact, the coach gave a small set of 100s on 1:45 that was without fins and I thought it was pretty easy while the others could barely make it.
In any case, why do I stink on fin work when I am a pretty strong kicker without the fins? Is this a bad thing?
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for me fins and paddles seem to increase the muscle load while decreasing the aerobic cost of swimming. someone with average v02 but very good strength(male/female, sprinter/distance?) should get more benefit from this shift.
fins seem to forgive problems like bad body position so they should really help a strong swimmer with technique issues.
also, fin kicking a lot does not seem to benefit naked kicking and vice-versa so you should be better at the one you do more of. :2cents:
for me fins and paddles seem to increase the muscle load while decreasing the aerobic cost of swimming. someone with average v02 but very good strength(male/female, sprinter/distance?) should get more benefit from this shift.
fins seem to forgive problems like bad body position so they should really help a strong swimmer with technique issues.
also, fin kicking a lot does not seem to benefit naked kicking and vice-versa so you should be better at the one you do more of. :2cents:
