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

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

67King — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:27:19 GMT

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.

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

ForceDJ — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:06:07 GMT

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

Dan

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

67King — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:41:53 GMT

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

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

ForceDJ — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 18:47:52 GMT

???
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

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

Kyle Deery — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:58:41 GMT

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.