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Don’t Neglect Your Swim Kick in Training

Don’t Neglect Your Swim Kick in Training

New triathletes are often told that need to “save their legs” in the swim to be ready for the bike and run. The reasoning is that the kick provides a very small percentage of total propulsion in the water, so conserving energy there will help later on in the race. While not kicking at all is a bad strategy (see The Four Functions Of Your Swim Kick on Triathlete.com), I can see where taking it easy in this department will…

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