Just wondering what the general consensus is on whether breathing every stroke is good or bad. In age-group swimming back in the day it was frowned upon; watching the Trials, I've seen most of the top 200/400 free swimmers breathe every stroke. Is that recommended now?
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Just wondering what the general consensus is on whether breathing every stroke is good or bad. In age-group swimming back in the day it was frowned upon; watching the Trials, I've seen most of the top 200/400 free swimmers breathe every stroke. Is that recommended now?
I assume you mean breathing every 2 strokes, which is every stroke on one side.
We were talking about that at practice this morning. If you are able to keep your stroke completely smooth and even, then go ahead and breath as much as you want to. Below the elite Olympic Trials level, most of us don't have a good enough stroke to do that.
Just wondering what the general consensus is on whether breathing every stroke is good or bad. In age-group swimming back in the day it was frowned upon; watching the Trials, I've seen most of the top 200/400 free swimmers breathe every stroke. Is that recommended now?
I assume you mean breathing every 2 strokes, which is every stroke on one side.
We were talking about that at practice this morning. If you are able to keep your stroke completely smooth and even, then go ahead and breath as much as you want to. Below the elite Olympic Trials level, most of us don't have a good enough stroke to do that.
