December is already here and I'm feeling like training has really begun.
NYAC tri swim has been back for almost 3 weeks now and I keep telling myself that I made a great decision going back to this swim squad. It was super expensive but I now know that keeping with it will only help me in the long run.
"What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger" is a line that I keep repeating to myself. The big thing about the new swim coach Brent is that he is big on technique and even bigger on kicking drills. In the last three weeks, we haven't piled on the meters - in fact it's been quite the opposite. Very few meters, but a tone of kicking drills. Here are a few..
head up, hand over hand just kicking - don't scull
right arm out - just kick
left arm out - just kick
one arm swim - focus on the kick
hold the board and one arm swim - focus on kick
hold the board at bottom face in the water and breath while kicking
hold the board at the top and kick hard
one arm swim with other hand on back - breath on hand on back side - focus on not dropping elbow to breath
As you can see there has been a tremendous amount of kicking. As a "non kicker" there were and still are tough. However, we did 50 yards hard today and I broke a min at 55sec. I even passed people, which I have never done either. I know this will make me a better swimmer getting me closer to that 1:00 -1:05 goal for the swim.
Brent has also been very vocal about the amount of meters we'll be doing in the winter months. He's said the goal will be to improve the swims by 2-4000m in the workouts. On monday we did 9x100 on 2:00 and today we did 12x100 on 2:00. We're getting anywhere between 20-30 sec rest which is great for this point.
Keep going, it'll only make you stronger....
NYAC tri swim has been back for almost 3 weeks now and I keep telling myself that I made a great decision going back to this swim squad. It was super expensive but I now know that keeping with it will only help me in the long run.
"What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger" is a line that I keep repeating to myself. The big thing about the new swim coach Brent is that he is big on technique and even bigger on kicking drills. In the last three weeks, we haven't piled on the meters - in fact it's been quite the opposite. Very few meters, but a tone of kicking drills. Here are a few..
head up, hand over hand just kicking - don't scull
right arm out - just kick
left arm out - just kick
one arm swim - focus on the kick
hold the board and one arm swim - focus on kick
hold the board at bottom face in the water and breath while kicking
hold the board at the top and kick hard
one arm swim with other hand on back - breath on hand on back side - focus on not dropping elbow to breath
As you can see there has been a tremendous amount of kicking. As a "non kicker" there were and still are tough. However, we did 50 yards hard today and I broke a min at 55sec. I even passed people, which I have never done either. I know this will make me a better swimmer getting me closer to that 1:00 -1:05 goal for the swim.
Brent has also been very vocal about the amount of meters we'll be doing in the winter months. He's said the goal will be to improve the swims by 2-4000m in the workouts. On monday we did 9x100 on 2:00 and today we did 12x100 on 2:00. We're getting anywhere between 20-30 sec rest which is great for this point.
Keep going, it'll only make you stronger....
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