They Who Shall not be Named II (Page 17)

I made it! But a bit later than normal.... oops!

I hear you all, one button that brings you to today would be perfect.  I never understood the current 'Reply' button when it posts it in your log, like how is the other person suppose to know that!

ooooooh, how long will you be there?

be sure to take lots of pics to share!

Oh well, you're there now!

I don't think its PF, I think its THIS:

http://www.massagetherapypractice.com/Text/1180360627343-3229/pC/1164930096301-0119/

I know that my calves have been very, very tight. But I'm going back to running in Mizunos. 

Dee - I LOVE YOU!!!

I had the most delightful freestyle swim over lunch...

OMG, it truly is 90% arms and 10% legs!!!!  

Without even doing flip turns, my average 100m time was 2.5 mins.

I am floating on air, I am SOOOO excited!!
(no, really?  Tell us something we don't know)

haha yeah not sure if that is a good thing.... in my rush I have no stockings on... naked legs... not sure what I think about that

tnickerson - 2007-11-13 9:23 AM

barqhead - 2007-11-13 8:29 AM
Morning, Tammy. TI has some good points, but there are three things I've seen in the book that I don't agree with. 1. You need to kick, you cannot just drag your legs through the water. This saves no energy!! 2. During the recovery portion of the stroke (when your arm is out of the water) reach as far forward with your hand OUT of the water. Do not let your hand enter the water near your head, then extend it under the water. More tiring, more drag! 3. I don't like how far underwater they want your head. To me, the water line should be at or slightly above your forehead, not at the back of your head. What part of swimming do you struggle with? Pull, kick, body position, breathing? Or do you want to build speed and endurance? I can pm you some workouts if you let me know what you want to accomplish. Have a good one! Pam

Well now, that's a very good question. Ultimate goal is to get faster. I believe to get faster, I need to be more efficient in the water. Problems that I am aware of now:

1. My butt and legs are too low in the water. When I use the pull buoy between my knees I can definitely feel the difference, but I don't know how to correct it swimming without the buoy.

2. When I swim laps, I usually concentrate on reaching out as far as I can, feeling my lats working. When I do this, I can usually get a good roll going and it also seems to relax me. The problem is that if I start thinking about anything else, EVERYTHING falls apart. I don't know how to think about stroke, body position, and kicking all at the same time.

3. I feel like I have one speed. Slow. If I try harder, I actually slow down. If I feel like I'm really poking along, but relaxed, I go a little faster.

I did learn how to bilaterally breath this fall. Is this something you actually do in a race situation? I've never noticed swimmers bilaterally breathing in a race.

Thanks!

I did see the link to the 50 swim workouts. I have to figure out what they are talking about before I can actually do one! I'll take another look at them when I have a little longer.

T,

Bilateral breathing you'll need if the OWS has wind and waves and the swim has legs that are perpendicular to the waves. One way you'll HAVE to breath on one side and the return on the other side. All of my tri's this year had lot's of wind and big waves to them! Also if the sun is rising on one side it sure e is annoying to have to look into it all the time when you can just turn to the other side!

My legs and hips use to sink too and was able to correct it with proper kicking. I developed my kick using Fins and a kickboard, big diff after a month, I was so weak with an improper and dragging kick before that. My first length with fins was 20 seconds slower than my 3rd length when I first got them! Before that if I used a kickboard without fin's I could go backwards at times!

I have been borrowing a pair of Finis freestyle paddles from a friend since early Sept. On the first length I was a total mess with them, after 2 full laps I began to understand what I've been doing wrong. After a month of using them I finally developed the memory to have the proper stroke from beginning to end. IMHO, for the price they are probably one of the best tools one can use to get the proper stroke developed. But without the correct kick (i.e. non-dragging) I'd still be fighting myself. My "slow" speed went from 2:20's to 1:55's after a month.  I have a lot of endurance work to still do but that's for next months challenge

Hope this helps! 

Is it just me or does this sound a little wrong?

oh noooooooo

i lose all my stars in 6 5 posts!

eh, it's ok - i go to work with naked legs all the time

(during the summer - too cold in the winter)

LMAO - it kind of does, especially if you pair it with the naked legs comment

Is it just me or does this sound a little wrong?

aaah yes but ive seen your legs... Im sure the world LIKES you having naked legs