A lot to improve in my backstroke
Swimming grading test will be held in a swimming pool near home, where I go swimming in on Saturdays for the first Sunday in July.
I'm thinking of taking Grade 2.
To pass the test I have to swim 100m individual medley in 2 minutes.
(Time criteria changes by grades and ages)
If I'm able to swim backstroke and breaststroke, which are the slower styles, in 2 minutes respectively, I'm more likely to pass.
Today I tried backstroke. It took 2 minutes and 22 seconds. Much slower than expected.
I didn't have the energy to try another style in the same distance.
Instead I practiced freestyle and breaststroke for a change.
When I swam breaststroke 50m it took 1'03, which is faster than my backstroke of the same distance. My heart rate went up more than 160 bpm.
When I swam freestyle 50m it took much the same time, but it cost much less energy and my heart rate was about 130 bpm.
I need to raise total performance to pass the test, but especially I felt that there is a lot to do in my backstroke.
I'm thinking of taking Grade 2.
To pass the test I have to swim 100m individual medley in 2 minutes.
(Time criteria changes by grades and ages)
If I'm able to swim backstroke and breaststroke, which are the slower styles, in 2 minutes respectively, I'm more likely to pass.
Today I tried backstroke. It took 2 minutes and 22 seconds. Much slower than expected.
I didn't have the energy to try another style in the same distance.
Instead I practiced freestyle and breaststroke for a change.
When I swam breaststroke 50m it took 1'03, which is faster than my backstroke of the same distance. My heart rate went up more than 160 bpm.
When I swam freestyle 50m it took much the same time, but it cost much less energy and my heart rate was about 130 bpm.
I need to raise total performance to pass the test, but especially I felt that there is a lot to do in my backstroke.
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