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Pull sets with bands, NO buoys - HOW??????

67King
6 months ago

Okay, I can do a 25.  I get it, you swim hard, head way down.  I'm bottom heavy, but whatever.  I've seen some sets where there are 4X100 like that.  What am I missing here?  I'm actually a pretty decent swimmer, most of these sets are distance, presumably triathlete friendly, and I'm generally a much better swimmer than even very good triathletes (better than the few locals who make Kona).  But I simply cannot do a 100 without a buoy, much less 4 of them.

Am I missing something?  What am I doing wrong, here?

  • 6 months ago

    Keeping your core tight, popping your hips up higher than usual, keeping a quick and consistent stroke rate, and throwing in cheat kicks is how most people do it. It takes a certain type of swimmer to really benefit from pulling with a band so always go back to your "why". If you are "bottom heavy" doing it without a buoy may not be for you, especially for 100's intervals. 

  • 6 months ago

    ???
    OP is a bit (a lot) confusing. You can’t swim 100m without the assistance of buoys but claim you’re a better swimmer than the Kona IM qualifiers you know??? That’s a 2.4 open water swim. If you can’t do that swim without the aids…which can’t be used in a race…then how are you a better swimmer than them? 

    Dan

  • 6 months ago in reply to ForceDJ

    Perhaps you didn't read the title?  It isn't that I can't have a buoy, it is that my feet are tethered with a band, meaning my legs are dead weight, and I can't kick.  Which obviously is also not scenario one would see in a race.  FWIW, my last open water race, a 10K, I was 3rd male, ahead of at least two Kona qualifiers that I know of, and behind none that I know of.  Have trained regularly with two others who weren't in this one.  knoxvilleopen-waterswimmers.squarespace.com/new-page-1

  • 6 months ago in reply to 67King

    Ok I get it now. Maybe a lava suit (neoprene jammer) might help keep your lower extremities more in line.

    Dan

  • 6 months ago in reply to ForceDJ

    So interestingly, I've been focusing on my abdominals in trying to keep my body straight.  Turns out, at least according to one of the coaches I see on occasion, it is my lower back that I need to work on engaging to do this properly.  Hopefully I'll figure out soon, I'm down for a bit, now (COVID).  The neoprene jammer makes sense, since so many of the tri guys I see use them.