If one is not comfortable with bilateral swimming or swimming three strokes but wants to breathe every single stroke on one side and perfect one's rhythmic breathing, it would probably be inhale 1000-1 and exhale 1000-1,1000-2 isn't it? It looks pretty straight but the exhalation does not always come out rhythmically. I went through some of the posts on breathing on this but could not find anything . I know that single stroke breathing would not require the rhythmic breathing skills to the same degree but the idea is to improve as much as possible.
I don't think I hold my breath at all when breathing every stroke cycle.....if I do it is for a split second as I return my head to a normal position. But pretty much as soon as my face is back in the water I exhale. In other words (I think), inhale 1001/exhale 1001 per stroke cycle. You just need to inhale as much as you need to get to your next breath. I definitely do not take in a full lung if I'm breathing every stroke cycle. You might be holding your breath for too long or not be exhaling fast enough if you are finding that you are not 'ready' for your next breath when it comes around....is that your problem? Seems you need to inhale less or exhale faster?
I don't think I hold my breath at all when breathing every stroke cycle.....if I do it is for a split second as I return my head to a normal position. But pretty much as soon as my face is back in the water I exhale. In other words (I think), inhale 1001/exhale 1001 per stroke cycle. You just need to inhale as much as you need to get to your next breath. I definitely do not take in a full lung if I'm breathing every stroke cycle. You might be holding your breath for too long or not be exhaling fast enough if you are finding that you are not 'ready' for your next breath when it comes around....is that your problem? Seems you need to inhale less or exhale faster?
