If the world record holder and one of the best swimmers of all time doesn’t kick, why does everyone kick??

what is the software that simulates muscles work?

Only way for me to swim is arms only My legs cannot give me any movements just stay static so dont bother (i sink like a brick anyway so completely submerged and a powerful downstroke to breath) Your arms can correct for any drag in real time Subconscious is infinitely faster that conscious thought

skills n talents ive got a serious question because ive been swimming my entire life and ive been doing this since i was 12 is this really a NEW technique or never found?

@@lolatpaladins4930 its more that people get taught to use their legs And very few figure out that they like it better And even fewer where it actually is better such as me because i sink like a brick so flapping my legs does nothing but waste energy and oxygen

bruh same i didn't expect her to be so young lol

Fr! I'm 14 and a swimmer and I am blown away

Bruh what

@LiquidLeaf CEO it was a joke because it sounded like he got goosebumps because he’s attracted to that, obviously he’s not but still funny

I dunno what it is, I thought she was like 20 something.

I liked that one too. 😄

that truly caught me off guard lol

I actually wondered what's her diet comprised of (might be a factor contributing to her succes), so Im disappointed! Anyone, what is her diet?!

@@michaelk1589 I'd assume any unsaturated fats because saturated fats are heavy and make blood thicker, therefore harder to circulate. Also leafy greens contain nitrates which expand the arteries.

I have a very dark secret about the world of competitive swimming. If you thought body builders, power lifters, MMA/UFC fighters and american football players use heavy drugs and use them often, then just wait until you find out what happens in the swimming world... On top of abusing illegal drugs, they even abuse the loopholes in the legal system and use legal medications (from apothecaries - or ''drug stores'' for U.S readers) to get the drugs they need... And it all starts at a very young age. They are fed or are feeding themselves shovels of pills with their already modified diets aka. protein and carb heavy meals, on a daily basis, including hormones, anabolic steroids and peptides, all from as early as 12-13 years old, in order to ''help them grow'' or ''help them improve'' or whatever bullsh*t the trainers, parents or kids themselves either make up or are made to believe/make themselves believe. Most of them are so drugged out, so out of touch with reality and use so many drugs and ''supplements'' on a daily basis, that their bodies become almost numb to the side effects of use (and overuse) of said drugs and ''supplements,'' similar to the way how a person who is a chronic alcoholic can handle amounts of alcohol in their blood that would otherwise kill a normal person. Then on top of all that, as if that wasn't enough, they also consume a f*ck ton of creatine monohydrate shakes, protein shakes and other chemicals-based-shakes or drinks, on a daily basis. Source: My father is a retired swimmer and a swimming coach in Japan, U.S, Germany and Croatia for a bunch of professional national teams in these countries.

I like the part when Ledecky is getting interviewed after a win and everybody else is still in the pool racing.

Of course you realize that the fact that she was 20 seconds ahead means that she was actually cheating by moving less resistance through the water, though. Right?? What other sport can you play where you only have half the burden of the other participants?? 😳

@@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin “freestyle” means the swimmers can do whatever they think is best. They are cheating themsleves

@@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin What are you on about…

@@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin Idk freestyle is called freestyle for a reason

It's easy to hold your breath for the length of the pool so I don't think that would be an issue

As with most distance swimmers ledecky does not get even close to 15m underwater (the legal limit)

@@LunaC... It's harder when you're exerting as much effort as possible to go as fast as possible.

@@LunaC... yeah… you’re full of crap. It sure is easy to hold your breath for the length of the pool, that is if you’re preparing beforehand by relaxing and breathing. Now try it after threshold sprinting for more than 50 meters. Once all of your anaerobic respiration system is depleted, it is a whole lot more difficult to go even 10 meters underwater without great discomfort.

@@JamesSmith-pi6hi is the limit in there for safety reasons?

Kinda confused until I figured you probably meant coach lol

@@PatsliTV lmao yes

Same

Damn

Same here not using legs

Exactly, clickbait title.

@@nygeek6471 nah I’d say it’s pretty accurate

@asava17 I think she is an athlete.

@@davidogungbe8731 no any different tech here. Just better (or more) steroids and astma drugs

I think also because she's really efficient at letting her hips do the work, which naturally creates a kicking motion anyway

Ooh I was wondering about something after watching the video and your comment gave me a great insight into it. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this! I'm a wheelchair user so while I can use my legs, i can't use them much so I tend to swim using only my arms too. This info might help me optimise my swimming!

@@felixhenson9926 Thanks. 1. You might swim freestyle better if you add a small float between your legs. This will stop your legs from sinking too much into the water. Experiment with it. The less you can move your legs, the more it should help. 2. You could also try flippers. These will magnify any effort from your legs.

You had me at the first paragraph. I experienced similar outcomes when I swim (swom? Swimmed? Swem?)

@@odi_de_podiswam 🏊‍♀️

Barely using arms would be more accurate, dummy

@@Hat3eer it’s a joke....

😂

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@BedlessSteve Sure it was a joke, but the weirdness of not using arms while running seem comparable to me to the weirdness of swimming without using your legs. Both are clearly quite possible, but it seems unintuitive to get a world record doing it. (For running it must be impossible though, right?)

Nah not really some races are a marathon

@@rezzbuilds8343 you know what the world record marathon pace is? 4:30 per mile. That’s a sprint to most ordinary folks

@@colesmith6874 that isn't no damn sprint. Unless you're fat or old. And it's not about relative, those guys can certainly sprint much faster than the pace they run in the marathon. The point of a distance race is tactics, patience, pacing, and focus for hours at a time. A sprint is a completely different mindset. No comparison, every distance is different and certainly not a sprint

@@rezzbuilds8343 yes, I understand that the distance is long mentally, and for those elite runners it certainly isn’t a sprint. But for the average person, a 4:30 mile pace is a sprint. In fact, there is a video in KZfaq where people, even runners, try and hold the pace as long as they can, and most of them can’t make it a few hundreds meters. Perhaps sad, but true

@@colesmith6874 shoot at them with a gun and then you will see a sprint

We’re used to seeing 1st language english speakers butchering pronunciation

He tries and I like that

I went back because I didn't notice, but it's true. I'm Spanish and she pronounced Mireia Belmonte flawlessly.

Yeah I can vouch for Egerszegi Krisztina, that was a very good pronounciation.

They're not said flawlessly tho? At least not the scandinavian names, not that I really care. But not sure why you would compliment him on it, if it isn't true.

And then shaking my shaking my body like a worm

@@rustonelvergara5505 Gotta get that spine movement like a fish

is your name "bob"?

I use only my ears when I swim to conserve energy

same here, i don’t even go in the water, that way i barely have to exert any energy!

Right?!

Nonsense. Her kick style is nothing to do with drag.

@@NoTaboos Drag contributes to a lot, actually. It wastes energy. If she can minimize her drag, she's optimizing her energy expenditure to maintain speed for longer. Combined with an exceptionally powerful physique and she's like the hypercar amongst the supercars of her fellow peers.

it had to do with energy conservation. She said it. her words. but now here you are , knowing better than katie ledecky.

@@BrokenLifeCycle gibberish

Less tired makes sense - leg muscles use a hell of a lot of energy.

Same. I never swam competitively but I don't think i've ever felt that kicking made me faster. it just created a bunch of drag and tired me out

I can attest to this. I was a national ranked swimmer when I was younger. and i would try to focus on conserving my leg power and tried to glide as best as possible. At the last 100 of a 500 I would use the last of my energy in my legs

I wrote the same, seems like a click bait title for people that don't know the mechanics

As a (retired) competitive swimmer, the topic is curious to me because it is so obvious. The size and muscle mass of your legs are too "expensive" to use for propulsion. Kick just enough to maintain a streamlined position. The rules change a little for a sprinter.

My friend, you have a swimming memory of a lifetime... thanks for sharing. My first Ledecky viewing was her 1500m Olympic debut. She led the pack early, and the announcer stated what a shame because she will never last at that pace. He blamed her lack of poise on being 15 yrs old. Each lap she continued to pull away, and won easily. I was amazed and inspired at Ledecky’s fearless determination. One of Olympics best memories for me. Ranks with Greg Louganis, Epke Zonderland, and Jessie Diggins.

@@rickmurray294 I'm not hugely into cross-country skiing but as a Swede it's my duty to watch it every year. It's just scary how good she is, especially in a sport where Norwegians and Swedes are supposed to be dominant. And in a sense we are, but Diggins and Johaug (Norway) on a good day gives me nightmares.

Great story about witnessing greatness unfold right before your eyes, the evolution and future of a sport in the water right in front of you. Extraordinary.

Witnessing top notch USA made&approved PED's at work. Or do you think people didnt know how to swim these past several decades?

👍🏻Awesome story! Thanks for sharing!

cuz she was eating them up bro lol

I thought he was actually gonna say a food and i was so intrigued lol

Finally, an original KZfaq comment without the skull emoji.

Haha! Well played

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Lol I've done the same actually, but more because I'm a bodybuilding and any other type of beat tires me out in the water quickly

I'm also paraplegic. I swim without any leg movement.

I believe that gives you an unfair advantage HAH!

I disagree, people would definitely notice that swimming without their legs uses less energy. It's just whatever is most comfortable for each person.

@@BixlerByBurgess If we're strictly just talking about using less energy, then literally just floating to end to end would use far less energy. But we're not just talking about using less energy. We're talking about racing. It's just a gross understatement to compare her style to "swimming without their legs". When clearly, she's using her legs, albeit lesser than her competitors, but still in the precise manner to swim not only with conserving a lot more energy, but also still being *FAST*

Very True M-T, in short means, You all doing the same thing (that being the style) but different from each other. An example being, Every boxer can throw a good punch but only one gets to win in the fight( and both of them are boxing, which is simply the same thing). So it boils down to the individual.

Exactly

Ok

Watched Janet evans in the 80s and was blown away.

Janet Evans was dope. I think of Evans every time I see Ladecky win another medal. Ladecky is Janet Evans 2.0.

She can't be the most dominant swimmer right now, let alone top 3 of all time. At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships alone, 24 swimmers swam faster in her best event (1,500m freestyle) than her own personal best in that same event.

@@jamesedward3619 ummm I'm sorry to burst your bubble there, but in 2019 she was and still is the current world record holder, so the only people who rimmed faster than her personal best were men. And over the last couple of years she has been dealing with illnesses and the pandemic, but this year once again she holds the seasons best time in the 1500 free for women. (If you want proof go to speedo swimming world rankings website, where you can search by season, stroke type, distance and gender.)

@@aaronburtram3175 Like I said, and like you just acknowledged, there were many swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships who swam the 1,500 freestyle faster than her. Therefore, she cannot be the most dominant swimmer in the world, nor in the top 3 best swimmers of all time. She's not the world record holder. The world record is 14:31.02 and it's held by Sun Yang.

You did :D 1:42

how did she compete? she couldn't have been above the 16 year-age threshold

@@ashleyrocke4144 I don’t think there’s a set age limit for the Olympics. In Rio, a 13 year old from Nepal swam. Every sport has an international regulatory body that governs the rules, including age limit. Like gymnastics, from what I remember, the minimum age limit is 16. Boxing is 18. Diving, is 14 I believe. I couldn’t find one on swimming, but it’s probably around 13-15 if diving is 14.

@@sk10246 Interesting. I bet they set different age limits depending on how risky the sport is. Boxing is more dangerous than gymnastics, and gymnastics is more dangerous than swimming.

@Sierra K ohhhh I see. I normally watch gymnastics and accidentally assumed the age limit was 16 across the board

Most swimmers have used a buoy and felt how much more efficient they are. You just have to put your center of gravity onto your rib cage/chest and your legs won’t be a drag

semi-correct, as a swimmer legs when going full power can produce a lot of propulsion but are very inefficient, so that's why they are key in shorter races but in longer ones it isn't smart to use them too much

@@geckygeck8999 When I swim I don’t rly use my legs and mainly my arms except for sprinting lol

For someone as heavy as me, if i don't kick my lower half body declines to an angle, it feels similar to dragging dead feet on floor by walking with hands. I tried different type of stuff, an occasional kick like this woman in video might help tho but for me kicking is required.

@henk Jekel yep agree. We could never create drag by kicking because the point of kicking is not primarily propulsion but to maintain the streamline of your own body to stay horizontal and flat. As i said, without kicking you will not only tilt lower body down adding to actual drag but also strain to your hands by a big amount.

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I also don’t kick while swimming in the ocean. So if the world record holder doesn’t kick, why is everyone kicking??

Same here, buddy 😀

I can say the same thing. I’m 49 and learned to swim at 42. After taking an adult simmers learner class. It was the best things I had accomplished in my life. I was swimming practically everyday after for 3years before I started a traveling job. My mother told me I was doing to turn into a fish. I’m not trying to brag but it must have come naturally quick to me because I had lifeguards and swimming students ask me how long I have been swimming. When I told them I just learned, they couldn’t believe. Ther was diving instructor watching me one day and I greeted her and asked how she was doing. She said I’m fine, I’m just sitting here admiring your swimming. She wanted me to be on her master swim club. Regarding the no kick swim. I totally know what your talking about. When lap swimming I include a no kick swim and on the flipturn( yes, I know how to flipturn yay!!) start a new lap of regular freestyle my legs naturally want to just stay extended and my upper body feels freer for some reason and I can literally feel my body moving faster through the water with less effort and resistance. It’s almost as if the shoulders are telling my legs “Thanks, but we got this. Just focus on staying inline with the upper body and we can take care of the rest and just cruise through the water. Cuz it sure does feel like your cruising through the water like a dolphin. I know Kathy ledekey knows that she exhausting less energy doing this cuz I sure do feel like I expend less energy doing this.

@@drunization i learned to swim a couple of weeks ago it’s the best achievement in my life I’m just 14 I jumped of a very high diving board and I just came back to the surface no problem swimming is so fun

She should add not using her arms as well, saving even more energy hence being even faster.

Damn you're right she's impressive :o

ikr?!??!?!

towel catches on her head though, almost nailed it

Not really. Womens talent pool in sports is so shallow...they hardly have competition between themselves.

@@forestcityfishing4749 and you? Sitting at home munching on your Doritos? Have something to back up your claims before you open your mouth

@@forestcityfishing4749Thanks for letting us know you have no idea what you are talking about love

@@ewyes5935 he's right doe.

@@ewyes5935 thats not a good comback

Not enough events. She wins 4 of 5 every olympiad in 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 4x200 through 2036 and she's two short....

@Xi Jinping That only happens when a person gets pregnant and it's temporary too.

@@swimmingrobot1219 no puberty causes it too. I was reading an autobiography of Amanda Beard (a former Olympic swimmer) and she said a young swimmers body is the best because there’s no breasts or hips causing drag. As she developed (prior to having children) her performance got worse.

@@tatimarie8277 she's a fully grown adult rn, not a teenager. She doesn't have to worry about puberty changing her body and her swimming rn

@@tatimarie8277 I just checked online- if there's any confusion, she was 15 at her first olympics- but she's 24 now, I believe tokyo 2020 is her 3rd olympics. So, ya no puberty to worry about! Not for her at least

Easier said than done🤯

Love for the physics

It's ALSO about energy consumption, you don't move any muscle on your body for free

But drag also increases energy consumption. Her technique is simply far and away more efficient.

@@matthewirizarry8467 Drag does not increase energy consumption, legs are floating naturally without needing for you to kick, you just need some little adjustment kicks to prevent your legs going left and right, and that's exactly what she does

Yep, Ledecky turns on her kick in the last 150-50 meters kicking constantly through a long-distance causes the fatigue mentioned in the video

For longer distances, a lot of swimmers try to conserve energy by not using their legs too much, they usually turn it on in the last few laps.

An olympic swimmer USES their legs every 50m, when they turn at the wall.

When talking about this. I always reccomend going to the pool, and seeing which way you can go faster. However to me at some point you have already lost too much air, where you now have your body forcefully react and hurt you for air. That’s why most don’t use their legs a lot. However if you used only arms you would have to support not the full arm, but the wings. Your pushing the water. Your feet don’t push but slap the water. It allows you to move, but it’s very hard to do 50m with only feet. At some point you need to go up. With going up you would be forced to use the arms. While arms allow you to push the water or pull. That’s why their more effective. However you can’t just use your arms. You must use your legs, and build up the torso

This is how I first learned to swim. Kicking only became a hindrance to me.

Same here lol. I guess we are more common than I thought

I tried keeping my arms stationary and only using my legs, and I found it was actually taking me in the opposite direction! I stopped focusing on frequent kicking since then.

Not exactly like this or you would be a world record breaker, or maybe you are. Enjoy your swimming 👍

Exactly

Clickbait is what it is. Not that that's bad.

Oh thanks!

Using legs doesn't slow you down it drains energy. She still kicks legs but less frequently.

@@giorgirogava5870 I mean, you still have to make it up with your arms no? You are probably consuming the same energy unless using your legs are very inefficient for moving forward. If the legs are the problem energy-wise, then the problem is that legs are an inefficient way to generate speed.

@AJ213 I mean that was video about. She makes up for his legs with arms and that's more efficient

@@giorgirogava5870 But why is it less efficient? You sure its not the drag?

@@AJ213ProbablyIdk moving your legs might increase drag or reduce it, but it certainly increases your speed and that's more important. That's why she didn't completely stop using them but it is more beneficial to save little energy from legs and youse it with arms cause arms are using that energy better, but your arms have limit too, so that's why she can't channel whole energy into arms.

damn that's dope

"i'm not a good swimmer" "i've done 2 full distance Ironman" Jeeez man, I also want to be not a good swimmer, like you))

Pretty sure she doesn't flail her arms around

Same! I used to hate kicking so I just used my arms

I do this too because i dont want to be splashing around with my legs looking like an idiot

Yes, the whole video is merely clickbait. Look at that skinny little bearded con artist. He's never done a day's exercise in his life.

Dude same

I injured my wrist and I have to kick for a week. There’s nothing like the burn in your shins when you kick swim sets with fins

@David Bowman It’s pretty good, as long as you go close to your swim pace

I was a competitive distance swimmer in 80s in GB and also done the same . Using a kick less gave me extra if I needed to up the speed in last 50 -100