What's a solid time for 50 meters, when you're 13?|||i'm a breaststroker too, so under :40 is really great if you're only 13.
i personally don't think it's the hardest stroke, but that's because i've been doing it since i started swimming four years ago, i'm 15 now.
my brother and his friend only just started swimming and they think it's the hardest. personally i think fly is the hardest.|||that is wat i go! breaststroke is one of the hardest strokes, it requires good timing and a lot of strength and endurance. most people thing that fly is but more people cant swim breaststroke than fly.|||Under 40 is good and I'm 13. I'm a breaststroker and I think butterfly and backstroke are the hardest for me personally it all depends on what you think is the hardest.|||no, butterfly is harder, but breastroke is hard.
a solid time for 50 yards at 13 is 32.00.
im sure that meters would have to be somewhat higher than that because meters is more.|||breaststroke is the slowest stroke but whether it's the hardest stroke depends on your opinion. Some people find some strokes higher than others. A solid time for 50m for a 13 year old is about 52-53 seconds ish.|||Breastroke, I think its the most fun stroke but is hard. Also, if you go under 40 thats pretty good.|||no. fly is hardest. but breast may be hard if you're not a flyer. but generally fly is hardest.|||Thats good
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Is swimming breaststroke bad for arthritic knees?
The most common cause of knee problems associated with the breastroke is an improper kick. People want to do a 'frog kick' where the knees come out quite wide. Not only can that be bad for the knees, it can also injure the hips.
The proper breastroke kick is a 'whip kick' with the legs held somewhat relaxed and the feet/ankles leading the kick. The knees should not be tensed. The effect of the kick comes mostly from the area below the knees, though the force originates in the large muscles of the upper legs. It's a lot easier to see than to explain: get someone who really knows to show you the proper breastroke kick.
Swimming of all sorts is generally an exceptionally good exercise for persons with arthritis. I have seen several instances of persons improving their arthritis dramatically with regular swim exercise. One woman in particular who swam at a pool I managed in Northern California went from barely being able to get in/out of the pool to the Senior Olympics in less than 3 years, and gained significant mobility out-of-water during that time as well.
Keep it up, just do it right! Best of luck to you.|||swimming and i mean all forms of it...is the best exercise for arthriric joints... gives you adequait exertion without putting weight on your joints...|||I don't think it would be as there would be no strain on the joints due to being in the water and it isn't a load bearing activity. I have a fibromyalgia and it affects my joints and I find that swimming Is a very good exercise as there is no pressure on my joints at all and swimming is a good gentle exercise to do.|||No I have Arthritis and i swim twice a week for an hour. I always do breaststroke I find it is beneficial as you are not putting weight on your joints. Swimming gives a gentle excercise I find it does me good.|||YES, it definitely can be. I'm only 20 but I have an tracking disorder in my knees that's caused much of my cartilage to wear away after being a breaststroker for 12 years through college swimming. If you're already missing cartilage, it may cause the bones to rub against each other which brings pain, swelling, and possibly additional cartilage loss.
If you've tried it before and it doesn't create any pain, you should be okay. However, your best bet would be to stick to freestyle kicking which is much easier on the knees and can stabilize the joint by strengthening the quad and the IT band down the side of the leg.
Additionally, if you're seeing a doctor for your arthritis, he may be able to recommend other exercises that can enhance joint functioning.
The proper breastroke kick is a 'whip kick' with the legs held somewhat relaxed and the feet/ankles leading the kick. The knees should not be tensed. The effect of the kick comes mostly from the area below the knees, though the force originates in the large muscles of the upper legs. It's a lot easier to see than to explain: get someone who really knows to show you the proper breastroke kick.
Swimming of all sorts is generally an exceptionally good exercise for persons with arthritis. I have seen several instances of persons improving their arthritis dramatically with regular swim exercise. One woman in particular who swam at a pool I managed in Northern California went from barely being able to get in/out of the pool to the Senior Olympics in less than 3 years, and gained significant mobility out-of-water during that time as well.
Keep it up, just do it right! Best of luck to you.|||swimming and i mean all forms of it...is the best exercise for arthriric joints... gives you adequait exertion without putting weight on your joints...|||I don't think it would be as there would be no strain on the joints due to being in the water and it isn't a load bearing activity. I have a fibromyalgia and it affects my joints and I find that swimming Is a very good exercise as there is no pressure on my joints at all and swimming is a good gentle exercise to do.|||No I have Arthritis and i swim twice a week for an hour. I always do breaststroke I find it is beneficial as you are not putting weight on your joints. Swimming gives a gentle excercise I find it does me good.|||YES, it definitely can be. I'm only 20 but I have an tracking disorder in my knees that's caused much of my cartilage to wear away after being a breaststroker for 12 years through college swimming. If you're already missing cartilage, it may cause the bones to rub against each other which brings pain, swelling, and possibly additional cartilage loss.
If you've tried it before and it doesn't create any pain, you should be okay. However, your best bet would be to stick to freestyle kicking which is much easier on the knees and can stabilize the joint by strengthening the quad and the IT band down the side of the leg.
Additionally, if you're seeing a doctor for your arthritis, he may be able to recommend other exercises that can enhance joint functioning.
I do not put my head under the wwater during breaststroke?
how do I do this without getting water up my nose and in my ears. Can I still get a good workout without putting my head under the water? regards good people|||Well, you exercise your Cardiovascular endurance by going underwater and holding your breath, but if you don't put your head underwater that just works your muscles pretty much. If you want to attempt to go underwater, the key to not getting water up your nose is breathing (and by breathing I mean blowing air out) out of your nose while under the water a little bit at a time. As for your ears... I don't know... Hopes this helps|||just put your head in the water? i think you get dqd anyway if its not at least half way inn.|||A nose clip or get tutoring from a qualified swimming coach to help pur your head under the water of use a snorkle!|||You can use earplugs and a nose clip and mouth breath.|||Okay ive like only just learnt to swim lol and what you should do is put
your head in i mean i put my ears in the bath wen i was my hair
and my lil sis dose just dont breath and keep bringing your head out
after abiut 6 seconds :D It wont hurt you my 9 year old sis opens her
eyes under water . EVEN I CARNT LOLLOLLOLLL!!!!|||Yes you can get a good work out by not putting your head underwater.
However if you are swimming in a meet etc. you have you have to put your head underwater!
Usually you don't notice water in your ears but if you get swimmers ear often you could always invest in ear plugs or swimmers ear drops for after you swim.
As far as getting it up your nose goes, blow out through your nose while your underwater and inhale through your mouth while you are above water. This is how it is correctly swam and makes a big difference
GOOD LUCK
your head in i mean i put my ears in the bath wen i was my hair
and my lil sis dose just dont breath and keep bringing your head out
after abiut 6 seconds :D It wont hurt you my 9 year old sis opens her
eyes under water . EVEN I CARNT LOLLOLLOLLL!!!!|||Yes you can get a good work out by not putting your head underwater.
However if you are swimming in a meet etc. you have you have to put your head underwater!
Usually you don't notice water in your ears but if you get swimmers ear often you could always invest in ear plugs or swimmers ear drops for after you swim.
As far as getting it up your nose goes, blow out through your nose while your underwater and inhale through your mouth while you are above water. This is how it is correctly swam and makes a big difference
GOOD LUCK
How to swim fast using breaststroke (also known as frog style)?
Have to swim 100m without stopping, within 4 minutes|||4 minutes is enough time for a 400 breast if you put some effort into it! Here are some tips to increase your speed:
1. maintain and practice your rhythm. Sometimes a song or beat in your head can help you maintain your rhythm. Whateve ryou do do not lose this rhythm or you'll slow down!
2. Glide. Use all of your stroke as efficiently as possible and make sure you are gliding until you feel yourself begining to slow. Then take another stroke. The glide can be an important factor between winning and losing a race and the same principle applies to racing against the clock.
3. Use your kick, remember the snap. Make sure you are taking a wide kick with a hard snap that brings the legs the entire distance around and together. Alot of people have a short kick that causes them to lose a lot of power.
4. Breathe when you need too but not too often. Try breathing every 2 strokes and see how you feel. Taking a breath wastes energy so you want to do this as little as possible without slowing down.
Good luck!|||well, i would do daily running because that helps build ur leg muscles a lot. (run about 3-4 miles) (it helps trust me!)
well, when you are on your 100m race. what ever you do. dont get beaten by the guy next to you that is faster. NEVER. this way you will be forced to keep up with them and there fore bringing you up the standards
when you swim, have a nice strong kick the whole way
(remember, this is only a 100m race.) keep you rhythm nice and strong and fast. keep a good pace, dont start out too strong so that u will have no energy in the end. try going fast the first lap but have enough energy to go even faster on the second lap..
While you take these strong strokes, make sure that you glide, it helps plus you dont waste you enegy.
I hope this helps|||PRACTICE
its always all about practice. 4 minutes is PLENTY of time to swim 100m. work on your stroke/technique, your kick, your pulldowns, and your turns. make sure you are doing the stroke properly. if you are, i dont see how you wouldn't be able to finish without stopping.|||difficult with breast stroke, however u can try long distance underwater sessions along with breast stroke for faster swim...|||well, i am a compitive swimmer and i love breast stoke. 4 mins is enough to do a 200 or 400, but a 100 m. you can do under 2 mins EASY. you didnt say if you swim much but it is simple. here are some notes you can use that i use.
1. maintain and practice your rhythm. sometimes a song or beat in your head can help you maintain your rhythm. Whatever you do do not lose this rhythm or you'll slow down! use a fast beat rhythm.
2. Glide. Use all of your stroke as efficiently as possible and make sure you are gliding until you feel yourself begining to slow. When doing long distance dont slow your glide down, keep it the same speed. count in your head with the 100 m. I count 1, then 2. so you get the nesary glide you need. The glide can be an important factor between winning and losing a race and the same principle applies to racing against the clock.
3. Use your kick, remember the snap. Make sure you are taking a wide kick with a hard snap that brings the legs the entire distance around and together. Alot of people have a short kick that causes them to lose a lot of power. The longer the better, and make your legs longer and fast.
4. Breathe when you need too but not too often. Try breathing every 2 strokes and see how you feel. Taking a breath wastes energy so you want to do this as little as possible without slowing down. Enless your technique is differnt, like my stoke you must bring your head up so you breath, sometimes you can be DQed for staying under for 2 stokes so come up but dont breath just move your head a bit and your arms to propel forward.
5. Last, remember a count or rhythm, Glide!, breathing technique, fast, quick long kick, and have fun. The 100m is very easy and if it is in a 25 or 50m. poo learn to do fast turns. Do you know how to do a pull out, or a open turn? If you need to use them, if you are in a 25 or 50m. pool. The turn and pull out is the escial part!
6. When you first dive in 1.glide count 1,2,3
2. pull your arms done 1,2
3. kick count 1, 2 and you should be on the surface and then you swim!
the turn is a two hand turn, just remember that and if you need to do it ask a compitive swimmer or the reason you are doing the 100m.
Have fun with it! i know i would!
Good luck!|||Swimming is my favorite sport and breastroke is my favorite event. When pulling with your arms, try to have a medium wide stroke, and pick up your turn over rate. The faster you pull the faster you will go. Make sure you get a good glide that way you don't get tired as fast. Whenever you are kicking, make sure that your legs touch each other before and after each kick. Hope this helps!|||Um, well i hate to bring u down, but 100m without stopping isnt that hard! Im not trying to come across mean, i just want to bring that point forward. I was a swimmer for 5 years, and my sister has been swimming for 3 years. She is the top swimmer in the state and is ranked withing the top 10 in the country. Being only 10 years old she has tremedous dedication. She practices everyday, 6 days a week, for about 2 hours. I would suggest practicing like u never practiced before. Everyday, even for a short amount of time, get in the pool and swim.
In breast, its all about the legs...that means kick! Work on your leg muscels. The second thing, besides arms, is the turn, work on a quick, touch-and-go at the wall. good luck!
P.S- my sisters time is a 125.32, and mine is a 134.67! dont give up, u'll get it!!!|||keep your head down and pull as hard as you can with your arms with your hands cupped!|||Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming. The fastest breaststroke swimmers can swim about 1.67 meters per second.
Breaststroke is swum while leaning on the chest, with the arms only breaking the surface of the water slightly and legs always underwater, while the head is underwater for the second half of the stroke. The kick is sometimes referred to as a "frog kick" because of the resemblance to a frog's kick. The body is often at a steep angle to the forward movement. This slows down the swimmer more than any other style.
A special feature of competitive breaststroke is the underwater pullout. From the streamline position, one uses the arms to pull all the way down past the hips. As the arms are pulling down, one downward dolphin kick is allowed, though still optional. This is followed by the recovery of the arms to the streamline position once more, and then a kick. The pullout at the start and after the turns contributes significantly to the swimming times. Therefore one way to improve the swimming times is to focus on the start and the turns.
1. maintain and practice your rhythm. Sometimes a song or beat in your head can help you maintain your rhythm. Whateve ryou do do not lose this rhythm or you'll slow down!
2. Glide. Use all of your stroke as efficiently as possible and make sure you are gliding until you feel yourself begining to slow. Then take another stroke. The glide can be an important factor between winning and losing a race and the same principle applies to racing against the clock.
3. Use your kick, remember the snap. Make sure you are taking a wide kick with a hard snap that brings the legs the entire distance around and together. Alot of people have a short kick that causes them to lose a lot of power.
4. Breathe when you need too but not too often. Try breathing every 2 strokes and see how you feel. Taking a breath wastes energy so you want to do this as little as possible without slowing down.
Good luck!|||well, i would do daily running because that helps build ur leg muscles a lot. (run about 3-4 miles) (it helps trust me!)
well, when you are on your 100m race. what ever you do. dont get beaten by the guy next to you that is faster. NEVER. this way you will be forced to keep up with them and there fore bringing you up the standards
when you swim, have a nice strong kick the whole way
(remember, this is only a 100m race.) keep you rhythm nice and strong and fast. keep a good pace, dont start out too strong so that u will have no energy in the end. try going fast the first lap but have enough energy to go even faster on the second lap..
While you take these strong strokes, make sure that you glide, it helps plus you dont waste you enegy.
I hope this helps|||PRACTICE
its always all about practice. 4 minutes is PLENTY of time to swim 100m. work on your stroke/technique, your kick, your pulldowns, and your turns. make sure you are doing the stroke properly. if you are, i dont see how you wouldn't be able to finish without stopping.|||difficult with breast stroke, however u can try long distance underwater sessions along with breast stroke for faster swim...|||well, i am a compitive swimmer and i love breast stoke. 4 mins is enough to do a 200 or 400, but a 100 m. you can do under 2 mins EASY. you didnt say if you swim much but it is simple. here are some notes you can use that i use.
1. maintain and practice your rhythm. sometimes a song or beat in your head can help you maintain your rhythm. Whatever you do do not lose this rhythm or you'll slow down! use a fast beat rhythm.
2. Glide. Use all of your stroke as efficiently as possible and make sure you are gliding until you feel yourself begining to slow. When doing long distance dont slow your glide down, keep it the same speed. count in your head with the 100 m. I count 1, then 2. so you get the nesary glide you need. The glide can be an important factor between winning and losing a race and the same principle applies to racing against the clock.
3. Use your kick, remember the snap. Make sure you are taking a wide kick with a hard snap that brings the legs the entire distance around and together. Alot of people have a short kick that causes them to lose a lot of power. The longer the better, and make your legs longer and fast.
4. Breathe when you need too but not too often. Try breathing every 2 strokes and see how you feel. Taking a breath wastes energy so you want to do this as little as possible without slowing down. Enless your technique is differnt, like my stoke you must bring your head up so you breath, sometimes you can be DQed for staying under for 2 stokes so come up but dont breath just move your head a bit and your arms to propel forward.
5. Last, remember a count or rhythm, Glide!, breathing technique, fast, quick long kick, and have fun. The 100m is very easy and if it is in a 25 or 50m. poo learn to do fast turns. Do you know how to do a pull out, or a open turn? If you need to use them, if you are in a 25 or 50m. pool. The turn and pull out is the escial part!
6. When you first dive in 1.glide count 1,2,3
2. pull your arms done 1,2
3. kick count 1, 2 and you should be on the surface and then you swim!
the turn is a two hand turn, just remember that and if you need to do it ask a compitive swimmer or the reason you are doing the 100m.
Have fun with it! i know i would!
Good luck!|||Swimming is my favorite sport and breastroke is my favorite event. When pulling with your arms, try to have a medium wide stroke, and pick up your turn over rate. The faster you pull the faster you will go. Make sure you get a good glide that way you don't get tired as fast. Whenever you are kicking, make sure that your legs touch each other before and after each kick. Hope this helps!|||Um, well i hate to bring u down, but 100m without stopping isnt that hard! Im not trying to come across mean, i just want to bring that point forward. I was a swimmer for 5 years, and my sister has been swimming for 3 years. She is the top swimmer in the state and is ranked withing the top 10 in the country. Being only 10 years old she has tremedous dedication. She practices everyday, 6 days a week, for about 2 hours. I would suggest practicing like u never practiced before. Everyday, even for a short amount of time, get in the pool and swim.
In breast, its all about the legs...that means kick! Work on your leg muscels. The second thing, besides arms, is the turn, work on a quick, touch-and-go at the wall. good luck!
P.S- my sisters time is a 125.32, and mine is a 134.67! dont give up, u'll get it!!!|||keep your head down and pull as hard as you can with your arms with your hands cupped!|||Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming. The fastest breaststroke swimmers can swim about 1.67 meters per second.
Breaststroke is swum while leaning on the chest, with the arms only breaking the surface of the water slightly and legs always underwater, while the head is underwater for the second half of the stroke. The kick is sometimes referred to as a "frog kick" because of the resemblance to a frog's kick. The body is often at a steep angle to the forward movement. This slows down the swimmer more than any other style.
A special feature of competitive breaststroke is the underwater pullout. From the streamline position, one uses the arms to pull all the way down past the hips. As the arms are pulling down, one downward dolphin kick is allowed, though still optional. This is followed by the recovery of the arms to the streamline position once more, and then a kick. The pullout at the start and after the turns contributes significantly to the swimming times. Therefore one way to improve the swimming times is to focus on the start and the turns.
Are whipkick more efficient when doing breaststroke?
So I have been swimming the breaststroke lately and people have told me I've been doing the kick wrongly. I have been doing the 'frog-kick' where my knees are not stationary(open and close).
So I eventually switched to whip kick(focusing on keeping the knees close together and just whipping the outward pointing feet together). However, after like a month of doing the whip kick,I still find it slower than the wrong "frog-kick".
Why is this so?Am I doing the whip kick wrongly?Any help is greatly appreciated,thanks! :)|||Not only is frog kick slower, it is illegal in competition. Your knees are not allowed to be wider than your feet during the kick.
Focus on the main "pulling surfaces" of your kick. While your feet are circling around, focus on pushing the water with the area from your big toe down to your arch. When your feet have reached the widest point, focus bringing both legs together.
One of the common problems people have with whip kick is drawing the knees up toward the chest. Instead, lift the soles of your feet up toward the surface.
Hang in there -- you'll get it eventually.|||The whip kick is designed to be faster. When i used to swim freestyle i would bicycle kick on my breath and my coach told me to change it and when i did i felt slow but now i don't do that anymore and i am much faster. Same thing here. The frog kick takes more time to execute and creates more drag. The Whip kick you have less drag and you can kick faster just keep working and practicing with it and you'll get faster.
So I eventually switched to whip kick(focusing on keeping the knees close together and just whipping the outward pointing feet together). However, after like a month of doing the whip kick,I still find it slower than the wrong "frog-kick".
Why is this so?Am I doing the whip kick wrongly?Any help is greatly appreciated,thanks! :)|||Not only is frog kick slower, it is illegal in competition. Your knees are not allowed to be wider than your feet during the kick.
Focus on the main "pulling surfaces" of your kick. While your feet are circling around, focus on pushing the water with the area from your big toe down to your arch. When your feet have reached the widest point, focus bringing both legs together.
One of the common problems people have with whip kick is drawing the knees up toward the chest. Instead, lift the soles of your feet up toward the surface.
Hang in there -- you'll get it eventually.|||The whip kick is designed to be faster. When i used to swim freestyle i would bicycle kick on my breath and my coach told me to change it and when i did i felt slow but now i don't do that anymore and i am much faster. Same thing here. The frog kick takes more time to execute and creates more drag. The Whip kick you have less drag and you can kick faster just keep working and practicing with it and you'll get faster.
What's state qualifying time for 100 breaststroke in iowa?
I swim a 1:14, I'm a junior at a fairly bad swimming school and my goal is to make it to state and swim in college, I have a certain college in mind that's not very good that I think I can make it at. Think I can do it? anyone?|||normally you need a division of your school to figure it out. Sorry
What muscles are worked doing breaststroke swimming?
i did competitve swimming for eleven years :)
all of your upper muscles are worked, and your calves, and your ankles and toes even get a workout!
swimming is THE best sport, it works every muscle in your body within all the 4 strokes so keep it up!|||Pretty much all providing you are doing it properly taking your head under and not just holding it above the surface.|||pecs, lats, triceps, biceps, back extensors and all of the leg muscles|||almost every muscle in your body. swimming is the best exercise you could do.|||Bi-ceps|||arms legs, abdominals and bum|||titties|||a lot! your lungs,arms,chest mostly
all of your upper muscles are worked, and your calves, and your ankles and toes even get a workout!
swimming is THE best sport, it works every muscle in your body within all the 4 strokes so keep it up!|||Pretty much all providing you are doing it properly taking your head under and not just holding it above the surface.|||pecs, lats, triceps, biceps, back extensors and all of the leg muscles|||almost every muscle in your body. swimming is the best exercise you could do.|||Bi-ceps|||arms legs, abdominals and bum|||titties|||a lot! your lungs,arms,chest mostly
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)