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BomberBomber
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Hi guys,

I'm in run jail for the next three months (Achielles tendinopathy) - so I thought I would try to improve on my swim...

I'm clearly an overglider (swimsmooth definition) - and I want to try to improve my stroke rate...

Just out of curiosity...what is YOUR stroke rate?

let the voting begin :-)

Comments

  • rboglerbogle

    Bo: bummer about your achilles, but I like your approach to making lemonade out of a lemons! 

    Have you seen swimsmooth's page on stroke rate: http://www.swimsmooth.com/strokerate.html ? They are definitely big believers in breaking the over glider habit by cranking up the stroke rate. I had good luck just kicking up the stroke rate, break some bad habits. 

    Mine is still a little low according to them: around 50-55 for a 1:45 ish steady pace. Should ideally be 60-65, I think. I bought a wetronome last year and swam with it a bunch, which got my threshold pace down to low 1:40s from 1:50s, but I need to start using again, and get my rate back up I think. 

  • Tom GlynnTom Glynn
    Tower 26 Swim videos suggest 80+ as the key for open water speed. Very tiring for me! http://tower26.com/
  • BomberBomber
    80 is what I hear aswell...just seems totally unrealistic for me. I'm currently @ 65
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    hmmmm, I don't know at the moment. I'm also in swim jail and the only up side is that I do feel stronger in the swim than ever before. I'll have to do a test and report back.
  • Paul HoughPaul Hough
    Like Nemo, I have no clue. But I am sure it is far short of ideal. In fact, that probably sums up my entire swimming ability. However, after starting swimming late in life 6 years ago, I am better than ever due to continuous impreovement in my technique and having learned what hard really means in the water.

    Nemo - do you mean you are in RUN jail?
  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    I'm in the upper 70s. I tend to shorten my stroke in rough (open) water in response to the conditions, but it's pretty much just a reflex, not a conscious choice...and as a 1:30/100 SCY pool swimmer, I'm not exactly a great model.

    For $35 or so, you can buy a tempo trainer that's the size of a digital watch without the band. You can stick it under a cap and use it as a metronome. Nifty little device.
  • BomberBomber
    I just did the Swim Smooth ramp test (image on link)

    http://boengel1.smugmug.com/Other/101MSDCF/i-Z6K8gNC/0/L/swimsmoothBo-L.png

    Doesn't seem to much difference in speed regardless of cadence for me... Looking at this, I'll probably aim at getting better at 62 (I thought I was 65) and then progress from there...

    Thoughts
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