devashish_paul wrote:
Can I ask you what we should to to focus on in terms of proper hip rotation with the buoy and keep timing good? I agree that more swimming and harder swimming of all kind regardless of tools will add up.
I guess it depends on your stroke. what i do see happening is that with the pb people manage to twist their hips less, and of course their hips are higher in the water , and because they have to think a bit less about that they have more time to think when their hips should start to turn in relation to where they are with their hands going through the water . so i guess the answer is timing and stability as cues.
to focus a bit on variations
I would have 2 strokes , a crusing stroke that is long and more hip driven and a more windmill stroke in at the start, in bigger bunches, and choppier water and around buoyes which is much more shoulder driven. so usually when i do pull work i focus more on a crusing speed that uses as little energy as possible for the speed i go and the right hip timing ( also AOS swimmer ) and when i go faster my hips are not nearly as important and i actually kick more . but especially in Ironamn races I would say i am abut 75% in cruise mode and i find swimming with a pb very similar than swimming in a wetsuit.
I live in a country were all the races are wetsuit swims in fact i have never done an oly in non wetsuit so for me i put most off my eggs in swiming the best i can in a wetsuit if i was to live in florida that would change and I would defo do more kicking.
i used to train with a guy that was a pretty solid swimmer as a child 4.10 for 400m when i swam with him free i pretty much have to draft him to stay with him and it hurts . if we swim paddle and pb i would gap him by half a lenght over 400. and usually i would beat him in the open water. he uses more legs i more arms.
the thing is there is really very little incentive to swim faster than 53 min unless i cycle sub 4.30 in an IM so iam better of to spend more energy training for the run.
so what iam trying to say a lot in this discussion here is not neccecarily about the swim but what is best in triathlon .
if i was a swimmer i would kick like a maniac as a triathlete i dont need it as i control my speed more with the arms this is not the only way and for many people i do recommend more kick if their stroke demands it.
For instance i love the stuff tallswimmer writes yet at the same time as a swimmer if you can cruise 100m in 1,10 you are there in the ironman races so it is a bit different what swimmers need and what triathletes need. its not so much about speed but energy conversation you dont really win a trathlon in the swim ( unfortunatley i would say) so you have to have the pic picture as much in mind as the swim.