By freestyle I mean front crawl. At the pool I see many people swim only freestyle. Some regulars swim it continuously for more than an hour, nothing else, day after day. Unless they are preparing for some coming race, I wonder why they don't get bored? It's also easy to get injury if you swim only one style for long term. Does anyone here belong to this category? If so, I'm interested to know what's your mindset. :D
Running workouts include
running backwards
starts
plyometrics
box jumps
overspeed
hills
drills (high knees, skips, bounding, kareoke)
bleachers
sled
racewalking?....no.
from my perspective, there are alot of things that go into running and a fair amount of a workout is things other than straight running.
When I started swimming, I figured freestyle was all I was interested in. I found out the other strokes would make me a better freestyler. I thought of the other strokes as drills that taught skulling and feeling the water which help in freestyle. Just like running, there is alot that goes into training freestyle.
Running workouts include
running backwards
starts
plyometrics
box jumps
overspeed
hills
drills (high knees, skips, bounding, kareoke)
bleachers
sled
racewalking?....no.
from my perspective, there are alot of things that go into running and a fair amount of a workout is things other than straight running.
When I started swimming, I figured freestyle was all I was interested in. I found out the other strokes would make me a better freestyler. I thought of the other strokes as drills that taught skulling and feeling the water which help in freestyle. Just like running, there is alot that goes into training freestyle.
