My shoulder is wrecked pretty badly, but I have an interest in doing triathlons.
Is it reasonable to attempt to complete a tri swimming the breast stroke?
only if youre a huge douchebag
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Don’t ya just love how people feel the need to insult given the cloak of anonymity?
I can breast stroke almost as fast as I front crawl (which still isn’t quick, mind you), so I always thought that would be an option if I developed some sort minor injury during a race.
I would say give it a go. It’s not how you look (though some think so), it’s getting in shape and enjoying yourself.
its about not kicking other people in the face you stupid fuck.
Don’t ya just love how people feel the need to insult given the cloak of anonymity?
I can breast stroke almost as fast as I front crawl (which still isn’t quick, mind you), so I always thought that would be an option if I developed some sort minor injury during a race.
I would say give it a go. It’s not how you look (though some think so), it’s getting in shape and enjoying yourself.
Have you ever taken a frog kick to the head, chest, face, ribs etc? It can put a damper on your swim or even your whole race.
Breaststroke all you want, just stay in the back away from everybody.
Class. Pure class.
If that’s what it takes to git r done, then that’s what it takes. Make sure you seed yourself near the end of your wave and stay off to the side to avoid the aforementioned boot to the head.
Good luck coming back from your shoulder injury and trying to get back racing…
Brad
What is wrong with you? How about you help educate and promote the sport instead of being so unpleasant.
It depends on what kind of injury you have, but for a number of reasons you might have better luck and likely more speed with a modified backstroke (modified so you can sight at regular intervals).
its about not kicking other people in the face you stupid fuck.
I remember my first time on the internet.
could someone please terminate this guys account as replies like this do nothing to help someone inquiring about their first foray into the sport?
This guy/girl is either a worldclass dick or just received divorce papers in the mail. Either way, this helps no one.
I’ve seen it done in sprints, never in anything longer, but I can see no reason why it couldn’t be done. Considering the swim skills of many of the people out there, a well controlled and executed breast stroke is probably no more dangerous or slower than most.
I have a nice scar above my eye from someone frog kicking my goggles in a race. If you have to breasstroke then race dus.
One-arm freestyle should allow you to do your tri without kicking anyone in the head. I know someone who broke a clavicle shortly before Kona and did the Kona swim one-armed. You need to train in the pool one-armed if you don’t already do alot of it as a drill. There are ALOT of people who breast stroke to site. I have collided with most of them.
A couple years ago at KS 70.3 a dude frog kicked me clean in the face about 50 meters or o from the start of our wave. Jacked me up pretty good. For some reason, despite an apparent inability to swim 100m freestyle, he felt comfortable starting in the middle of the front row. I was not amused.
If breast is all you can do, the so be it. Please, please please start t the back though. And realistically, I would suggest that you learn a modified breaststroke where you substitute a soft dolphin kick which is much less dangerous to the other competitors.
You may not like the tenor of his posts, but I would not want to see him deleted. Has a lot of knowledge people can learn from, knows a little bit about cycling. I do not need to only hear from people I approve…Though I ike season’s posts
There is a ultra long distance swimmer in the local lake in summer. He has a massive amplitude of arms (starts straits, then bend at elbows, then pushes out back, not the short pullpullpull of pool swimmers), breathes every second stroke and does a two legged “porpoise” kick. Very smooth and efficient. probably not legal in a pool but pretty slick - he swims with a wet suit.
The dude is already swimming when I get there, change, chat, train for two hours, get out, change, dude still there cruising along.
Not as fast a good front crawl, but faster that the bubble makers at the back.
If you were to do triathlons and could not front crawl for medical reasons, I would suggest doing something similar. You would go faster and not kick people in the face.
G
Thanks for **all **the posts.
I wrestled in college, played semi-pro rugby, and did some mountaineering and my left shoulder is completely fried for anything that’s too far above or to the side of my body. The backstroke is probably a no-go, and training with a one-armed freestyle would give my body even worse proportions than it has (one normal arm, one T-rex arm)
I need a new sport, and my options are very limited. Even road racing in a pack is kind of scary–if I damage my bad shoulder again I’ll need a replacement. There’s as much metal in my bone as they could fit. Replacements last about 7 or 8 years, and I’m only 27, and signing up for 7+ surgeries with a long rehab&recovery time isn’t something I want.
I’m aware that if I do tri’s that I won’t be able to be competitive because I’m going to lose lots of time on my swim. I’m OK with that–I’m mostly interested in competing with myself.
I certainly have no interest in competing in a manner that puts others at risk, so my options seem to be to 1. start in the absolute back, 2. learn some form of invented stroke, or 3. pick another sport (duos or just running)
Duathlon.
time-wise breast stroke is not a show-stopper.
are you sure your shoulder can tolerate breaststroke?