Swimming anyone???

[tongkualongan]

Not a watch but a pacer attached to the goggle.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/21/finis-aquapulse-monitors-communicates-heart-rate-to-swimmers/

There is a similar one without the HRM and function just like a pacer. U can adjuct the pacer to teh stroke rate.

http://www.swimsmooth.com/wetronome.html

THanks for the link! Something new to me!
Anyway , i am looking for a stroke rate counter than can count your strokes instead of setting a pace .

Imagine a watch or device that can count your stroke and time for every 25m in your whole training set automatically and plot it into your computer.
It will be a very good feedback /analysis tool to see how you fare .

eg : After doing a 10 X 100m freestyle set , the gadget can tell you :

1st 100m strokes: 68 time :1:25 heartbeat 140 bpm
2nd 100m strokes: 69 time :1:24 heartbeat 150 bpm
3rd 100m strokes: 70 time :1:23 heartbeat 160 bpm
4th 100m strokes: 70 time :1:22 heartbeat 170 bpm
5th 100m strokes: 70 time :1:21 heartbeat 180 bpm

6th 100m strokes: 68 time :1:23 heartbeat 150 bpm
7th 100m strokes: 70 time :1:22 heartbeat 170 bpm
8th 100m strokes: 70 time :1:21 heartbeat 170 bpm
9th 100m strokes: 71 time :1:19 heartbeat 180 bpm
10th 100m strokes: 73 time :1:17 heartbeat 190 bpm


That will be so cool eh!

 

[nyquist2000]

50m pool (Olympic size ) or 25m pool?

1 lap = go and come back OR 1 length ?

if assuming 40 laps = 1 km , then it is a bit to the slow side ..
if assuming 40 laps = 2 km , then it is considered slightly below average


I think for 100m average is about 2 minutes for the general population.

I think average speed of 1 min per 50 meter is consider quite ok for a distance of 1.5Km which take about 30 mins to complete. What you think?

 

[foosoomin]

Threadstarter,


Can give me a video link, where i can see professional swimmers swim butterfly stroke ? I want the video to be shown from inside water, so that i can see the proper butterfly strokes

 

[tongkualongan]

Threadstarter,


Can give me a video link, where i can see professional swimmers swim butterfly stroke ? I want the video to be shown from inside water, so that i can see the proper butterfly strokes

You are looking at the underwater butterfly video of one of the greastest swimmer of all time and current 100m ,200m butterfly world record holder- Michael Phelps.

 

[tongkualongan]

I think average speed of 1 min per 50 meter is consider quite ok for a distance of 1.5Km which take about 30 mins to complete. What you think?

Yes , 30 mins for 1.5 km should be the target for the general population

 

[foosoomin]

You are looking at the underwater butterfly video of one of the greastest swimmer of all time and current 100m ,200m butterfly world record holder- Michael Phelps.

Brother,


Thank you for this video link of Michael Phelps butterfly stroke

Haha...this evening i'll go swimming & train my butterfly style again. I will train till i'm able to fly one full length, as currently i'm able to fly the most half length only

 

[tongkualongan]

Brother,


Thank you for this video link of Michael Phelps butterfly stroke

Haha...this evening i'll go swimming & train my butterfly style again. I will train till i'm able to fly one full length, as currently i'm able to fly the most half length only

you are welcome, before you do the full strokes, you may want to break down the whole strokes into parts, it works better .

eg: just do the dolphin kick with your arms strecthed in front.

then advance to one arm fly with dolphin kick ( left and then right )
first 20 secs of the video

then the full stroke. 50m current world record holder, Rafael Munoz

 

[ketua]

Like to ask, for those demo / instructional videos, is there anything that's not relevant if our goal is just for fitness instead of competition?

like for e.g. breast stroke requires shoulder to be out of water for competition, but not required if we just train for fitness.

Anything else?

 

[foosoomin]

Reply to tongkualongan on Post # 267,


The 1st video, i can train my core strength via this dolphin kick

The 2nd video, i will use this method to train my arm & shoulder as well. I intend to left fly 3 times, right fly 3 times, then full stroke 3 times. I want to see how strong my arm/shoulder can withstand

Indeed a good training

 

[papaya00]

Check out the CSC swimming competition this coming sat 1pm at toa poyah. =D

 

[foosoomin]

Just came back from swimming


Siong man, tried left front crawl with dolphin kick x 1 swing, follow by right front crawl with dolphin kick x 1 swing, then follow by a full stroke butterfly...able to swim full length. In the end very "chuan", have to rest quite some time. Repeat this stroke for another full length, then swim other stroke

Too tedious already but it's a nice try though

 

[tongkualongan]

Just came back from swimming


Siong man, tried left front crawl with dolphin kick x 1 swing, follow by right front crawl with dolphin kick x 1 swing, then follow by a full stroke butterfly...able to swim full length. In the end very "chuan", have to rest quite some time. Repeat this stroke for another full length, then swim other stroke

Too tedious already but it's a nice try though

gx gx , congrats , if it doesn't kill you , it will make you stronger
i dont think i can finish 50m butterfly

 

[tongkualongan]

Like to ask, for those demo / instructional videos, is there anything that's not relevant if our goal is just for fitness instead of competition?

like for e.g. breast stroke requires shoulder to be out of water for competition, but not required if we just train for fitness.

Anything else?

hmmm , i see your point but hard to answer this one leh.

in my opinion , if you do the competitive stuff, naturally you will gain fitness, i think for fitness wise, it is more like the sets/program you are doing than the technique involved , but on the other hand, with proper technique,, you will have less injury and it might work the correct muscles.

although the breast stroke is a pretty good example of a normal vs competition mode. I cant think of any other example rite now.

actually the diff is to arch your back for breast stroke for the competition mode . lots of pple think it is using the arm to come out, I use my back

http://swimtwitter.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-went-to-swim-meet-in-okotoks-few-days.html

I think if you want fitness, join a master swim team , i think they should have some in SG .

In my team , they are pple from 40-60 years old who join just for fitness, and it works, an example of a training day,

warm up 600m ( misc strokes , drills )


4 X 100m free
2 X 200m free
1 X 400m free
2 X 200m free
4 X 100m free

rest time varies from fast group to slower group. I think everyone who can decently swim 200m non-stop can join

 

[foosoomin]

gx gx , congrats , if it doesn't kill you , it will make you stronger
i dont think i can finish 50m butterfly

I will train harder.....

I cannot finish 50m butterfly too, arms are too weak already

 

[tongkualongan]

My swimming set of the day

Warm up : 500m warm up swim , 300m drills ( any ) , 200m (kick ) , 100m pull.

Main Set : 1800m

100 free
100 fly (drills and fly )
100 free
100 back
100 free
100 breaststroke

Above times 3 non stop.



I have also done some reviews on paddles in my blog

http://swimtwitter.blogspot.com/2010/05/swimming-paddles-review.html

 

[nyquist2000]

Good sharing session so far. Thanks for contributing.


For swimming lesson, clickhttp://sscswimtutor.brinkster.net/

 

[foosoomin]

i have managed to swim 3/5 of the length via butterfly, i saw improvement liao...total is 14 strokes then "pump chek"

Will train even harder

 

[crandfs]

Yes! Finally I am starting to grasp the knack of butterfly, starting to fly instead of flailing about like a drowning butterfly

 

[foosoomin]

Reply to crandfs on Post # 278,


Yo brother.

Haha...no worries man...In the beginning stage of learning butterfly is like swimming deeper into the water, like wanna drown...Keep up the good work in training butterfly stroke

I'm also training my butterfly stroke too, wanna train till able to fly one full length lap

 

[crandfs]

So far I can butterfly swim 30m in 26s. Is this fast or slow? The NIE pool is only 30m(I think) long, not standard length anyway.