What's your stroke count? Please specify the following:
Age
Gender
25 meters or 25 yards
Stroke (fly, back, breast, or free)
We're looking for your average count for an average-paced, aerobic-level swim -- a sustainable pace. In freestyle, for example, it would be your average stroke count during a 500- or 1000-yard swim. In breaststroke, it would be your average stroke count during a moderate-effort 200 during practice.
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Male, age 23, 25 yards, freestyle. 8 to 9 on a good day when I am really thinking about it. 10 to 11 otherwise. |
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Female, age 33, 25meter pool.
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Male
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Age: 50
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Male, age 41, 25M pool FR: 14 - 15 SPL (1:22 - 1:25 100M pace)
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F, 57, 25M
F, 57, 25Y
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Female, 22, 25 yards
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why does age more matter then the height?! |
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Sometimes, the older you get, there is a loss in flexibility, suppleness, the ability to extend. Us old people have MANY problems besides just being cranky. ;) |
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Perhaps the criteria should include the suit type worn :) |
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Billy, that's mean!
You see, you do not have to be old to be crancky :D |
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forgot to add, that taller people push further off than smaller ones, which shortens the swum distance |
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Good points sprinter... but I know a TON of guys taller than me that didn't push off further, or get more out of each stroke (THANK goodness for that, or I would have never won anything). It's one of the reasons we didn't put it, so that everyone can simply post what they do to make them more aware, and to see what people feel is "good". We get questions all the time emailed asking "what's a good stroke count". You're additional parameters show just how many parameters there are... which means... who knows what a good stroke count is. A good stroke count is whatever a good stroke count is for you, depending on what it is that you want to accomplish. But I see you're not going to give up on this ;) ... so... I'm 178 centimeters tall, 47 years old, and I take approximately the following number of strokes for a 25 meter pool:
But seriously, you're correct, height will ultimately matter to each, but we didn't want to simply demand that taller people take fewer strokes. Man... talk about a can o' worms. :) |
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No, no, I don't want to say that taller people simply take fewer strokes... I am still in denial, you know :D But also, there are so many things, which a swimmer can do right and wrong... it's simply awesome :)
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44, Male. 25 m. FL 11
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At the swim meet today I needed 22 strokes during the first leg of the 100m butterly... it's long course meters. I have to push them down to 18. |
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hi everyone im new here. i dont think this is the right place but i couldnt figure out whereelse to post my question so i hope you guys wont mind. i was wondering if it is faster if for breaststroke u swim on the surface or if after the insweep u go deeper. i heard that the whipkick is more powerful underwater but then wouldnt going underwater in the 1st place increase drag? tq |
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Glenn, you are hilarious! I so know what you mean about fly turning into freestyle! |
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Male , age 31 , tall 1.85 cm, weight 80 kg . straight arm freestyle 13 25 meter pool. |
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45, Male , 25 meters, 18-20, free |
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31, Male, 25 m, 1,78 cm height, 100 kg weight.
Recently while experimenting after practicing TI drills, I managed to beat my best "easy/aerobic" workout times with a 17 stroke average on a 300m swim, feeling much better, with lower heart rates. But I have been unable to repeat it these days. I feel like getting dumber while I am getting older. |
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51, Male, 50 m, 38 free: 25yds 12 free Measured for 100 free each in warm up streamline to flags. |
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M42, 6'3", 25m
25y
50m
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F, 55
25 y
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FEMALE 52 YRS
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20 male 25 meters
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F 41 25 meters (I count by completing 50 meters in 2 25 meters) Free: 26
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Age 30
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@Joseline: 25m on your back with 2 strokes, you've got long arms and you fly like a bird ! |
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i am swim up 10 metres and i am done about 20 to 30 stroke in 30 to 40 minutes and i am enjoyed swimming
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@carny: I rest in between, esp. fly, I still have to develop the endurance to continuously do fly and back - or else I get cramps. |
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