Forum: Elite Lane

strength training for Breaststroke (Posted by Glenn Skjæveland)

Glenn Skjæveland — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:17:05 -0000

i will try them out
and i hope it will work

thank you for the answer

strength training for Breaststroke (Posted by sprinter)

sprinter — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:49:01 -0000

Wide hold pushups/ close hold pushups, pull ups, kipping pull up, rocket jumps/ squat jumps with weights, hamstring excercises, core strength of any kind. Also train turning your feet out (you can use a thera band). I hope this helps. I am not a BR expert; I am just thinking with muscles are being used most.

strength training for Breaststroke (Posted by Glenn Skjæveland)

Glenn Skjæveland — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:56:33 -0000

does anyone have some good strength exercise specific for breaststroke
my coach recommended that I start training strength more directed to breaststroke

I already know that squats are a good exercise, but what is most used triceps or biceps

Hopping for good response

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Glenn Mills — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:43:56 -0000

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100 Free Pace Help (Posted by Tony)

Tony — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:11:26 -0000

For the 100 free, you don't want to imitate your 50 free breathing pattern.

At the beginning of your race, you'll feel excellent. No lactic acid built up, no oxygen debt, etc. HOWEVER, it is CRUCIAL at this stage to be getting in as much air as you can. Oxygen doesn't enter your muscles until about 30 seconds after you breathe it in, so air you breathe in now will help you a great deal later. So on the first 25 - 50 I recommend you breathe EVERY cycle. This will ensure you'll have enough oxygen in your body not to die later.

Below I shall put a race strategy that is used by many.

First 25: Here is where you want to go at an easy speed, but while still going quickly. You don't want to go out so hard so that you're going to die later, but you also don't want to go out too slow. Make sure you focus on YOURSELF here. Don't look at others. If other people want to swim 11 seconds their first 25 yards, then so be it. You'll win in the end anyways.

Second 25: Here is where you build up, slowly. Increase your kick a little, increase your stroke rate a little, etc. You still shouldn't be going ALL OUT, but you SHOULD be going fairly quickly.

Third 25: This is where you pump it up. You should have your kick just about it's fastest right now. You should be breathing every 4-6, depending on your swimming style. I personally breathe every 2 strokes the entire race, but that's because it works for me.

Last 25: This is where you leave it all in the pool. At this point, you might feel like you want to just stop and give up. However, this is possibly the most important part of the race. Here is where the great seperate from the good. You give it your all right here. Don't leave anything left. Your kick should absolutely be monstrous, you should only breathe 2-4 times this length, and your turnover should be lightning quick. However, you should also try to maintain good technique.

If you follow everything I just told you, I'm sure you could get near your goal time. Also, you might want to do some 100 pace sets in practice. For example, do something like 10x50 on 2:30 holding a :25 for each of them. Yeah, it sounds kinda painful, but it's really good for you.

100 Free Pace Help (Posted by Brendon)

Brendon — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:08:59 -0000

Idk if my times are considered "elite" but I didn't know where else to post it cuz I'm to old for age group lol. But anyways my 100 free time is about :51 high to :52 low SCY. My 50 free is about 23.60 and I need to go about a 50.69 or faster on my 100. My question is, how should I #1 strategize my race and #2 what should my breathing pattern look like? Should I breath about once or twice a length like the 50 Fr?

And while I'm at it anyone know good 200 Free race strategies?

most yard/meter swam in practice (Posted by wonderboy)

wonderboy — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:11:32 -0000

Boring.

is ada kok still alive? (Posted by colm)

colm — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:51:31 -0000

thanks..i was reading about her last week..
i am trying to learn butterfly stroke..
http://swimvideo.info/Batterfy-technique

which monofin is right? (Posted by Dustin Myers)

Dustin Myers — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:27:10 -0000

I would say check out this one:

http://www.finisinc.com/equipment/technica...

It's made of the soft rubber like normal fins are. You still get the benefits of a monofin but its easier on the ankles. The old ones were made of a stiff plastic, and really hurt the ankles

which monofin is right? (Posted by Alina)

Alina — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:14:38 -0000

I am an experienced Masters swimmer who specializes in the sprint free and butterfly. I'd like to improve my underwater dolphin kick and would like to start training with a monofin. Which model would be best?