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clydesdale
Yeah that swimplan site wants you to pay for membership after 14 days no thanks.
Eye of Sauron
For a second, I was excited that BR might have started a "I wanna swim!" thread today.
Nah, it is from December. Ah well.
Time to run. And swim if I fall off the path and into the sound.
And once again Mr. Wizard (aka: Stevie Ray) explains the internet.
I am not sure I agree with some of the advice given so far (kick drills, fins, etc..). To improve your swimming you will find the most benefits from improving your efficiency; and that means taking less strokes; and making each stroke travel a longer distance.
Most of the techniques I have used have come from here :
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
(and the books).
First you need to get a baseline. Count how many strokes you are taking each lap (either 25 m or 25 yds). Unless you are at 12/13 strokes you have a lot of area for improvement. I started at 22 and now I am at 14-16.
The key to taking less strokes is to glide more on each stroke; the drills on the website / book focus on 3 main areas.
1) Stretching your lead arm for each stroke
2) Rotating your body from side to side with your hips
3) Swimming "downhill"; and having the correct head position, slicing your arm into the water, etc...
I was skeptical at first; but my swimming has been improving consistently for the last 6 months after I started applying this.
b
Goals: 20:00 5K, 3:30 Marathon, Finish Marathon, 4:00 Marathon, Finish IronMan, 45:00 10K
HobbyJogger & HobbyRacer
Maybe your most important defect was overstroking -- but I'm not sure that it necessarily follows that that is true for everyone else.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
I am not sure I agree with some of the advice given so far (kick drills, fins, etc..). To improve your swimming you will find the most benefits from improving your efficiency; and that means taking less strokes; and making each stroke travel a longer distance. Most of the techniques I have used have come from here : http://www.totalimmersion.net/ (and the books). First you need to get a baseline. Count how many strokes you are taking each lap (either 25 m or 25 yds). Unless you are at 12/13 strokes you have a lot of area for improvement. I started at 22 and now I am at 14-16. The key to taking less strokes is to glide more on each stroke; the drills on the website / book focus on 3 main areas. 1) Stretching your lead arm for each stroke 2) Rotating your body from side to side with your hips 3) Swimming "downhill"; and having the correct head position, slicing your arm into the water, etc... I was skeptical at first; but my swimming has been improving consistently for the last 6 months after I started applying this. b
So that explains why I suck at swimming. Granted I rarely swim, but I once counted my strokes and it was about 28. I figure I'm hopeless, and I'll just stick with running. It doesn't require nearly as much thought.
Long Drawfs Fast
No,I suck. 45 meters. Count strokes? Who knew? Third time in a pool in 35+ years. Would like to do a race in 2011.
Run until the trail runs out.
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