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Any advice anyone can give me as to how to have the cardio to go under for the full 15m off everyturn?

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SMSC86	Posted Dec 16, 2009 11:24PM Been watching the 2008 beijing olympics final of the mens 200m crawl and i've been trying to go under water for at least 12m off every turn (eg phelps) but unfortunatly i cannot sustain a good enough cardio. Any advice on how to be able to achieve this with fatiguing as quickly as i'm doing now?
Barbara Hummel	Posted Dec 17, 2009 12:23AM Remember that you're watching him race, not train. In order to go 12m off every turn in a race, he may be training every single practice length at 6 to 10m -- thousands and thousands of times every week.
fiZZLe	Posted Dec 17, 2009 03:54AM What you should be looking at imo, is the DURATION OF TIME he stays under water. Usually 5-6seconds I believe. You should not look to stay under "LONGER" but rather stay under for around 5-6 seconds each underwater and look to improve how far you can go in that set amount of time. While you work on your "conditioning" to perform this skill faster and more efficiently you may look into improving the following -Streamline -Foot/Ankle flexibility and ROM -Body position
Cher Teck	Posted Dec 17, 2009 05:22AM After turn , phelps dive deep and do some dolphin kick.Maybe you can do 360 degree dolphin kick ,dolphin kick on back ,vertical dolphin kick .Most importatn, you hould not lose momentum after dolphin kick
wonderboy	Posted Dec 17, 2009 05:53AM There must be a supplement out there...just kidding. I agree with Barbara. They do it over and over in practice. My kids work on it every day. In fact, once you perfect your technique, as Billy said, you can put yourself in a position where you are tired in practice, and force yourself to do it. Like doing 100's on a short interval, with max dolphins on the last 25. Something like that.
GW	Posted Dec 17, 2009 10:45AM Same as everything else, perfect practice makes perfect. Work, work and more work (done to the best of your ability) will get you as close as possible for you
James Stuart	Posted Dec 17, 2009 05:50PM What ROM is, Billy? I though you exercise ankle flexibility but foot? how you exercised those foot?
fiZZLe	Posted Dec 18, 2009 04:05AM Well there are two specific areas of the foot to stretch to increase flexibility and ROM (Range Of Motion). The ankle joint, the foot, and a "sickled" position ankle stretch. The 3rd stretch is only useful if you do not have much range of motion beyond having your foot parallel to your shin.
James Stuart	Posted Dec 18, 2009 11:36AM Ahh I got it thanks Billy - I was really impressed Rouse's ankles - they are so flexible as while he lie down and he can put his feet touch on floor - incredible!
oldmarlin	Posted Dec 18, 2009 03:53PM You might try putting cones on the bottom of the pool at the 15 meter mark during practice so that you will know how far to go.