the reason you are doing 50s, and not 100s, is because kicking is hard for guppies. i don't want to wear you out. the most pitiful thing is a worn out guppy.

the reason you are doing 50s, and not 100s, is because kicking is hard for guppies. i don't want to wear you out. the most pitiful thing is a worn out guppy.

C) your head should be looking down at the bottom of the pool (to me this is the easiest to fix- but when I swim in a group I usually watch the feet of the person in front of me to make sure I am not too close or too far away... should I not do that?)

Any advice on fixing the fish tailing?

if you go to harbor freight or northern tool or probably even home depot look for innertubes for wheelbarrows. inflate that with enough air to float your legs, hopefully the hole is the right size for both feet, but just only. that will bind your feet together but also float your legs. when you fix the fishtail problem then we'll work on the other axis (keeping your legs from sinking).

fixing the fishtailing, that'll be like skipping from 3rd grade to 8th grade.

I have to say that I kinda "liked" workout #3 - following the 1-arm pulls with a 50 kick. It was a good mix up of working different muscles and seemed productive.

I'm sure I still look super awkward breathing on my off side (left), but it is starting to feel a little better.

"Swam with it an felt like my legs were going from side to side."

see notes above on "fishtailing". that's exactly what i want to uncover with this drill. here's the remedy: stop fishtailing.

yes, easier said than done. if you keep doing this drill you will eventually stop your fishtailing. you'll fix what's wrong. the problem is in how you breathe. the mechanics of breathing. if you do this drill with a snorkel you won't fishtail nearly as badly. that tells you what's causing this.

A) that's easy to fix, but we're not there yet. it's easy to fix but it does take concentration.
B) don't worry about that. ignore that for now.
C) if your legs sink it could be that your head is too high in the water. dev paul wrote on a thread somewhere about this challenge that during some of the drills (1-arm pulls) he was practicing the discipline of 1 eye in 1 eye out of the water during breathing.

How's everyone liking those kick sets? My best 25 yd sprint kick has been 25 secs. I really slow down when I go further...about 1:05-1:10 for a 50 and (last night) 2:42-2:46 for a couple of 100's. I know the workout called for 4x50 kick but I wanted to see what my 100 number looked like. Kicking fast is hard, especially when you don't have great ankle flexibility.

Tried day 1 of the week 2 challenge. I added fins for the first two 100s of the 1-arm pulls. Wanted to experience the momemtum, instead of the stall and sink. Big difference. When I did the third and fourth 100s of the 1-arm pulls I was much more aware of my kick.

The Y where I swim has a bunch of buoys. I grabbed a stretchy exercise band from the house and used that in combination with the buoy. Wrapped the ankles and buoy and took off. By the end of each length I was swimming at about a 45 degree angle - legs were sinking even with the buoy.

Pretty sure the lifeguard thought I was having some sort of seizure when used the buoy and tried breathing on my left side. One of my new year's resolutions was to get better (start) breathing on the left. Been doing it consistently during warm up / cool down laps. I know my technique needs work when I breathe on the right side. When doing these exercises and trying to breathe on the left, I look like I'm just learning how to swim.

I could really feel the fishtailing motion when I did the 200s. Minimal action (my perception) when breathing on the right. When breathing on the left, the legs went one way and shoulders/arms when the other.

Thanks for the challenge!!! I'm enjoying the work.