Before I get started, I just want to say that I'm already aware of how nothing can be better than simply swimming the stroke.
Anyways, I swim at my city's community center pool and it is quite crowded in the lap lanes, on top of that, the people are not exactly polite. I need to work on my butterfly(and other strokes too, but mostly fly) for when my school's swim season starts, so it's pretty important.
Does anyone know any good drills or weight sets that I can possibly do to improve my butterfly without much time in the water? (I'm kinda starting to get sick of playing frogger every day trying to avoid people)
Thanks!
Oh, on a side note, whenever I swim for a while, I get really noticeable dark circles under my eyes, does anyone know the cause?
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One-arm fly is a crappy substitute but it's better than nothing. At least you can still get the body motion in with the single arm pull. Not a great supplement but it's better than nothing at all.
Yeah, I try to do one-armed fly sometimes, but for me, under water kicking helps me get through the body motions (except arms, of course)
Are you targeting a specific butterfly race (50/100/200)?
During swim season, I usually just do 50 fly in the Medley, and the first 50 of the IM. But this year I will probably be doing the 100 fly also.
Usually towards the end of my workouts, usually around 8:00pm, the lanes clear up. I'll see if I can try and throw in a couple hundred yards butterfly. And i have a lot of room to work on turns because the pool is only 20yds.
Anyways, I did some searching and found out why I get black circles under my eyes, and it's because of my goggles. I'm probably going to buy a new pair soon. My buddy recommended "Swedish" goggles, are those any good?
One-arm fly is a crappy substitute but it's better than nothing. At least you can still get the body motion in with the single arm pull. Not a great supplement but it's better than nothing at all.
Yeah, I try to do one-armed fly sometimes, but for me, under water kicking helps me get through the body motions (except arms, of course)
Are you targeting a specific butterfly race (50/100/200)?
During swim season, I usually just do 50 fly in the Medley, and the first 50 of the IM. But this year I will probably be doing the 100 fly also.
Usually towards the end of my workouts, usually around 8:00pm, the lanes clear up. I'll see if I can try and throw in a couple hundred yards butterfly. And i have a lot of room to work on turns because the pool is only 20yds.
Anyways, I did some searching and found out why I get black circles under my eyes, and it's because of my goggles. I'm probably going to buy a new pair soon. My buddy recommended "Swedish" goggles, are those any good?
