Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time
Former Member
I'm interested in hearing from people that did it for the 1st time in their life as a Masters swimmer. Who is the oldest out there to accomplish this feat?
I'm 42 and went for a best of 101.xx for the 2nd season in a row. I think I am going to do it, maybe next year. But I know I am not getting younger.:frustrated:
I might add a couple hundred yards of kicking earlier in the season but end up abandoning it because it hurts so much I start to feel the returns are eventually negative. I need to strengthen my legs but that is the reality. kicking a 50 in a minute is my best and then I am sore.
This is a big red flag to me. If you can improve your kicking you will get under a minute for a 100 free. 1:00 for a 50 kick is not good. Lots of people who are poor kickers end up giving up on it, but if you want to sprint you have to have a good kick, IMO. My advice is to really work on your legs. This will have the added benefit of helping your start (where you feel you go too deep and end up "dead in the water").
Use fins sometimes if you want, but don't start using them as a crutch. All that will happen then is you'll take them off and be a bad kicker again.
I might add a couple hundred yards of kicking earlier in the season but end up abandoning it because it hurts so much I start to feel the returns are eventually negative. I need to strengthen my legs but that is the reality. kicking a 50 in a minute is my best and then I am sore.
This is a big red flag to me. If you can improve your kicking you will get under a minute for a 100 free. 1:00 for a 50 kick is not good. Lots of people who are poor kickers end up giving up on it, but if you want to sprint you have to have a good kick, IMO. My advice is to really work on your legs. This will have the added benefit of helping your start (where you feel you go too deep and end up "dead in the water").
Use fins sometimes if you want, but don't start using them as a crutch. All that will happen then is you'll take them off and be a bad kicker again.
