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:)
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I do not know how to do butterfly, and the thought of doing it is for some reason scary! :afraid:
Lots of good advice - don't be scared at all. My coach told me to swim a length fly, no instruction or anything and I just got on and did it. The fact I was 8 at the time might have helped though!
I'd suggest that you build up the kick and the core steadily, then add the arms, one at a time at first to help with timing. Don't get discouraged if you feel like you're going backwards at first on the kick though, it took a few weeks for me to get back into doing more than 25m at a time.
I do not know how to do butterfly, and the thought of doing it is for some reason scary! :afraid:
Lots of good advice - don't be scared at all. My coach told me to swim a length fly, no instruction or anything and I just got on and did it. The fact I was 8 at the time might have helped though!
I'd suggest that you build up the kick and the core steadily, then add the arms, one at a time at first to help with timing. Don't get discouraged if you feel like you're going backwards at first on the kick though, it took a few weeks for me to get back into doing more than 25m at a time.
