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Cycling would not be the right movements for the muscles and coordination in swimming.I agree that cycling is not the ideal exercise for finning. The movement patterns are quite different. Cycling is not commonly used by swimmers to train. There is probably a reason for this.
Scuba finning, or freedive finning, is another story altogether.
The leverage issue is big in fin swimming...But in swimming without fins, the foot provides such tiny thrust, as to have almost no leverage at all...With the freestyle form, many swimmers really pull themselves with their arms, and their feet barely do more than keep themselves from sinking.
In any event, the cycling works my muscles well enough to allow me to swim as fast or faster (with freedive fins and an hp120 and 18 lb wing) as a Gavin or a Suex scooter, for an hour at a time.
Would I be able to be faster still if I could do interval training in the ocean with the freedive fins, 2 days per week, and 2 days per week of aerobic training( LSD- long steady distance or spin days) ?
Maybe I could be more efficient, but all that time in the water would make the fun diving days less fun.....You'd have been in the water too much each week already....
Cycling is fun on it's own...with a group, or mountain biking, whatever....and it provides powerful muscles that are aerobically fit for fin swimming.