Greetings all!
I'm experiencing some mysterious swimming-related shoulder pain for the first time in my life - bummer. In the meantime, I'd like to do some workouts that only involve kicking while I address the shoulder issue w/ rest and pt.
Any idea on some good workouts? I'm a 39 y/o Masters Swimmer in pretty good shape who routinely does 3,500 - 4,500 yard workouts 4x week when healthy. I'd like to incorporate Zoomers in these workouts.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My apologies if I'm posting in the wrong area.
Thanks in advance!
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I love to do kicking. I never use a board because it ruined my neck. Put on your zoomers. Kick one length. Count while kicking. Rest that amount. Do it a gain but try to go quicker. Repeat this for 300 yards.
Then fly kick underwater as far as possible. If you can't do one length come up and flip to you back and fly kick back to where you started. So you are at least doing 50yds. Repeat. You will be shocked by how quickly your length underwater will increase. Do up to another 300 yds. When I really work on this I can build great distances. Never over do the underwater though because you will be hurting the airbags in your lungs. Come up when you have to.
Then kick 300yrds doing each 25 yds on a different side.
Then do 300 yds Krazelburg sit kicking. Everyone will look at you as if you are weird but it really builds your thighs. Then do one leg kicking on your back for 300 yds. Use a different leg with each length.
Do another 300 yds on your side, different side each 25yds. Start at the top if you can.
I think when I had to do kicking workouts, I couldn't repeat this for a long time. I did it right after I had a colectomy though. After one week of only kicking, my doctor told me I could do stroke work every three days. I got to where I could repeat it twice. Then I had my pull-through, I had a temporary illeostomy that was removed and my stomach was reconnected to my small intestine. I went back to doing this for 1 week. I had already lost some of my lung capacity
I love to do kicking. I never use a board because it ruined my neck. Put on your zoomers. Kick one length. Count while kicking. Rest that amount. Do it a gain but try to go quicker. Repeat this for 300 yards.
Then fly kick underwater as far as possible. If you can't do one length come up and flip to you back and fly kick back to where you started. So you are at least doing 50yds. Repeat. You will be shocked by how quickly your length underwater will increase. Do up to another 300 yds. When I really work on this I can build great distances. Never over do the underwater though because you will be hurting the airbags in your lungs. Come up when you have to.
Then kick 300yrds doing each 25 yds on a different side.
Then do 300 yds Krazelburg sit kicking. Everyone will look at you as if you are weird but it really builds your thighs. Then do one leg kicking on your back for 300 yds. Use a different leg with each length.
Do another 300 yds on your side, different side each 25yds. Start at the top if you can.
I think when I had to do kicking workouts, I couldn't repeat this for a long time. I did it right after I had a colectomy though. After one week of only kicking, my doctor told me I could do stroke work every three days. I got to where I could repeat it twice. Then I had my pull-through, I had a temporary illeostomy that was removed and my stomach was reconnected to my small intestine. I went back to doing this for 1 week. I had already lost some of my lung capacity
