Breastroke Pullout 101
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Libor
It is well know that the fastest breastrokers have one of the longest and fastest breastroke pullouts. Now why is that? Are they bigger, stronger or smaller and smarter? Not really, they just know when to pul ...
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Sprint Breastroke Workout
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Libor
One of you have asked me to give some workout advice in your comments, so here it is. A few tips for your breastroke 50s and 100s and I am sure it could come handy for longer events as well. First, keep in mind that breastroke is a combination of leg power with good timing, so foc ...
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Week 3: Water Walking!!!
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Understanding FAI (Hip Impingement)
... flexion. Then my regular old excercizes followed by about 45 minutes of pool walking, range of motion and stretching. While walking I pumped my arms and also did like a mock breastroke, so I got a good upper body workout.
What I
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BOO for school, YAY for workouts!
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Marni R.
... ng finishes at worlds) I'm super excited for my upcoming IM in Kentucky! Here is the workout for this morning: Swim (BREASTOKE DAY!!!) 400 warm-up 4 x 200's pull 12 x 50's breastroke (1-3 kick, 4-6 1 pull, 2 kick, 5-8 fly kick w/ breast pull, 9-12 swim) Main set (2x's): 300 kick (middle 100 breastroke) 100 breastroke 3 x 100's (1:25, 1:20, 1 ...
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Special Ed FRED
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Beaker ..
... before and/or after it! 1. Just had a tooth removed - nerve hanging out 2. Pain in ankle - ankle is strapped up 3. Pat has a catheter fitted 4. Hurt shoulder whilst doing breastroke 5. Stabbing pain in leg 6. Vomiting, patient drank too many shots 7. Back has gone whilst changing baby's nappy Luckily we can still cancel down an FRU so none o ...
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Flotsam and Jetsam
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Kendall G.
... doubt, rest with my head down during the race rather than dog paddling like a wus in search of a kayak. 3. In the pool, I practiced switching from 18 strokes freestyle, two breastroke to check my course, and back to freestyle. It is effortless. I will, therefore, beyond a shadow of a doubt, perform this maneuver successfully in the race, swim on ...
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Day 3
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Steve F.
... row [5 sets 8 reps 28KG] Assisted overarm pullups [3 sets 10 reps 40KG assist] Bent over row w/ barbell [5 sets 6 reps 50KG] Single arm row [5 sets 8 reps 18KG] 5PM Swimming breastroke [20 mins PE 8]Thankyou gentleman spoofers that will be me.
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Lots to talk about...
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Jodi T.
... Buoy Third Set- Paddles (no pull buoy) fourth set- Kick (extra 15 seconds between sets) 4 x 150 (100 stroke, 50 free) 4 x 50 under / over (25 underwater no breaths, 25 breastroke) 100 cool down Total 4500. Boring! But at least I still got a workout in. Enjoy the weekend everyone! I'm going to sit outside in the 40 degree rain at the India ...
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07/25/07: Group Swim and a Lower Resting Heartrate
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Andrew H.
... pull) 2x200 swim with 100 kick in between (the lane was doing im's - thankfully Carrie gave me the option to swim freestyle instead, although I did throw in a little bit of breastroke for variety) 100 easy swim 8x100 on 2:30 (the lane was going on a 2:15 interval - I was able to keep up for one...so I slowed down to a 2:20/100m pace, with 10 se ...
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Swimming is the Worst Exercise for Fat Loss
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Rocco C.
... .. how would you recommend I start off? It's been so long since I did a regular routine with weights...KylieAnswer: Swimming is the worse exercise for fat loss. When you swim breastroke or backstroke, you're burning about the same number of calories as a fast walk or a slow jog. However, for some reason, swimming appears to be less effective than o ...
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