How often do you breathe in an open water triathlon swim versus a 1500 meter race in the pool? I recently watched the professional San Diego ITU triathlon and noticed that the athletes tend to breathe quite frequently. Is this the norm? Am I putting myself at a disadvantage by not breathing as frequently?
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Elite open water and 1500m swimmers pretty much all breath once per cycle (every two strokes). They can breath efficiently enough that the air helps them more than keeping their head down. Even some top 100m swimmers breath every cycle. If breathing every cycle slows you down you can probably improve your technique.
Elite open water and 1500m swimmers pretty much all breath once per cycle (every two strokes). They can breath efficiently enough that the air helps them more than keeping their head down. Even some top 100m swimmers breath every cycle. If breathing every cycle slows you down you can probably improve your technique.
