Showing posts with label swimming workouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swimming workouts. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Swimming workout: Productive kicking for backstroke


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This post is all about backstroke kicking and how we can get the most out of it. Many swimmers are poor kickers and as a result their performance is lowered. This workout will help you improve your kicking with some key points that you should have in mind when you swim backstroke.



Warm up
200m choice
100m kick choice

Main
6x50 (25 BS + 25  BS streamline kick) @:15R - keep knees underwater

6x50 (25 BS + 25 BS kick) @:15R - kick water upward

6x50 (25 BS + 25 BS 6 kick switch) @:15R - focus on quick kicking

2x100 (50 BS + 50 BS kick) @:20R - knees underwater, kick water upward, quick kicking

4x50 BS @:15R - focus on productive kicking

Cool down
100 choice

Total: 1700m

Enjoy!!!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Swimming workout: How to breathe forward in butterfly.

Today's post is another great swimming workout that will help you with the breath in butterfly. Butterfly breathing should be as low as possible and should aim to drive the body forward. If it's not done properly, it ruins the body's streamling and stops forward progress. This causes a great loss of energy, which is essential for swimming all strokes and especially the butterfly stroke.

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Swimming workout: Find your balance point in breaststroke

I know that a lot of you enjoy a nice swimming practice on Sundays. So, I have a special workout for you that will help you find your balance point in breaststroke. Before you get into the water you would like to try a dryland exercise that will hep you get the feeling of the basic rocking motion in breaststroke. The exercise is called rocking drill (obviously you can find the same drill under a different name) and you lie on an exercise mat on your chest (prone). Then you alternately rock your head and chest up as you bend your knees and raise your heels toward your buttocks, then you rock you head and chest downward as you straighten your legs. I would love to hear your comments on the workout, and let me know what would you like the focus of the next workout to be. Enjoy!!!
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Low profile breathing swimming workout


A lot of swimmers, especially young ones and beginners, tend to rotate to much or they rise their heads up while breathing in freestyle. Swimmers who do that mistake lose balance and they don't swim straight which leads to neck pain and loss of speed. We all know that the better the technique the better we work out. With that in mind, I'll post various swimming workouts that will help you improve your swimming technique as well as challenge you aerobically. If you have any questions about the workout or the format that I'll use to write it, please make a comment or pm me. 
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Swimming workout: Productive kicking for backstroke

Waterproof Patio Furniture Covers for more information... This post is all about backstroke kicking and how we can get the most ou...