So right now in my swimming "career" - I know how to swim freestyle decently. I have some adjustments to make to the stroke and a lot of strength to build up, but I can swim it for at least a mile straight without feeling like I'm going to die.
I'm learning back, from my IndySwimFit video, I have a lot of learning to do. 100 Back is killer on me in terms of cardio... (25 is rough enough), the same goes with *** stroke although - 50 is a little easier, but I'm insanely slow.
I do not know how to do butterfly, and the thought of doing it is for some reason scary! :afraid:
I'm not sure what's the best way to go about this. Do I focus on back and *** and learning them to the point where I can at least do them pretty well THEN learn butterfly? Or do I just work butterfly into my repertoire now and then work on all 3 of them simultaneously? (Have you ever tried to do butterfly on your back with *** stroke arm movements? Its insane! :rofl:)
Mike,
I took up swimming five years ago and started with simple freestyle. I honestly thought that was all I would, or could do. Not in a million years did I think I would ever be able to do IM. I looked at IM'rs at meets like swimming Gods.
However, if you swim every day (that's important, because if you don't you may only be satisfied with free) you will find it is a natural progression to start playing around with backstroke and breastroke. After a while, all that is left is fly. To be honest it was quite difficult for me to learn fly because I would aggrevate my lower back trying to learn and it was frustrating. I persevered and the better I got at fly (timing and feel), the less strain there was on my lower back. Once you become proficient, fly does not put alot of stress on the lower back (more in breastroke). Now I find the 100 and 200 IM are my favorite events (400 less so!).
My advice is just swim at least 4-5 times a week with a good group and all the puzzle pieces will fall into place.
Mike,
I took up swimming five years ago and started with simple freestyle. I honestly thought that was all I would, or could do. Not in a million years did I think I would ever be able to do IM. I looked at IM'rs at meets like swimming Gods.
However, if you swim every day (that's important, because if you don't you may only be satisfied with free) you will find it is a natural progression to start playing around with backstroke and breastroke. After a while, all that is left is fly. To be honest it was quite difficult for me to learn fly because I would aggrevate my lower back trying to learn and it was frustrating. I persevered and the better I got at fly (timing and feel), the less strain there was on my lower back. Once you become proficient, fly does not put alot of stress on the lower back (more in breastroke). Now I find the 100 and 200 IM are my favorite events (400 less so!).
My advice is just swim at least 4-5 times a week with a good group and all the puzzle pieces will fall into place.
