Posted by heathweaver

Today’s focus was on high elbows. It was really great because I was able to swim consistently at 24 seconds on 25 meters without kicking and not really exerting myself.

I was trying to see if without sprinting I could get a fast speed by using the front quadrant swimming together with high elbows. I found that this worked and it didn’t in a way. It worked because I was able to stay very consistent, swimming faster than anyone else in the pool, but not expend much energy. On the other hand when I try to spring I only gain about 3 seconds, which I think comes mainly from kicking like mad.

I was trying to use hip rotation, but as much as I watch the videos and see the pro’s hips move, I can’t feel much additional force because of it.

I find it so frustrating that when you really want to spend a lot of extra energy you can’t really make much improvement.