Can I breast stroke an ironman?

Some dudes will be okay with it.

Depends if she's into you.

No one cares. You want to do the breaststroke all the way, go for it.

At the Big Shoulders 5k swim in Chicago that sells out 1000 spots

In 48 hrs, some guy always does the 5k entirely butterfly.

So just settle in at the back of the pack and enjoy!

You can breast stroke the swim and possibly the run, but it'll be hard to keep up that arm motion during the bike stage, especially when deep fatigue sets in.

Did an ironman with the backstroke before. Nobody gives an F.

Hurts just thinking about that.

Oldgiy1 wrote:

At the Big Shoulders 5k swim in Chicago that sells out 1000 spots

In 48 hrs, some guy always does the 5k entirely butterfly.

No Shit, that's a lot of butterfly

Er... wrote:

Hurts just thinking about that.

Oldgiy1 wrote:

At the Big Shoulders 5k swim in Chicago that sells out 1000 spots

In 48 hrs, some guy always does the 5k entirely butterfly.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

No Shit, that's a lot of butterfly

Er... wrote:

Hurts just thinking about that.

Lies. Impossible.

I think your legs will be shot if you do this. With freestyle you can get away with using less of your legs (which is what you want to do in an Ironman when you have the bike and run to still come).

Butterbutt wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

No Shit, that's a lot of butterfly

Lies. Impossible.

butterfly is the dumbest stroke out there. Total waste of energy.

Seriously mate? wrote:

I think your legs will be shot if you do this. With freestyle you can get away with using less of your legs (which is what you want to do in an Ironman when you have the bike and run to still come).

Even with a dolphin kick?

dumb wrote:

Butterbutt wrote:

Lies. Impossible.

butterfly is the dumbest stroke out there. Total waste of energy.

It requires a ton of energy and muscle power. It's only a dumb stroke if you're a pathetic weakling

Sure. I've done it several times. No issues. Just get lots of yardage in while training. It's a slower stroke of course, but it is superior for sighting in open water. Good luck.

Tom Boettcher & Dan Projansky.

Right up wrote:

dumb wrote:

butterfly is the dumbest stroke out there. Total waste of energy.

It requires a ton of energy and muscle power. It's only a dumb stroke if you're a pathetic weakling

So, if you fall overboard you start butterfly swimming?

try-ath-uh-leet wrote:

Sure. I've done it several times. No issues. Just get lots of yardage in while training. It's a slower stroke of course, but it is superior for sighting in open water. Good luck.

I did this as well for my first two tris. I wasn't that comfortable open water swimming in a crowd, and being able to see was helpful.

Nope., wrote:

Right up wrote:

It requires a ton of energy and muscle power. It's only a dumb stroke if you're a pathetic weakling

So, if you fall overboard you start butterfly swimming?

Falling over is because of too little balance and athleticism compared to the motion of the boat. Real men accidentally push the boat away from under them to enter the water.

There are always people who do breastroke or backstroke at an Ironman race. People may think they are idiots, but they do it.

Have you tried freestyling with a wetsuit? I was about to give up on doing a tri because my freestyle was so bad, but the extra buoyancy of a wetsuit made a huge difference. I felt like I was wearing flippers.