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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Fly may be a different story. I do better in the 200 fly breathing every other stroke, but then again my breathing mechanics in fly are indeed terrible. I could probably improve my 200 fly more by improving my breathing mechanics than by improving my capacity to withstand oxygen debt.
That's one of my goals, to improve fly mechanics enough that I can breath every stroke sometimes without slowing down too much.
Fly may be a different story. I do better in the 200 fly breathing every other stroke, but then again my breathing mechanics in fly are indeed terrible. I could probably improve my 200 fly more by improving my breathing mechanics than by improving my capacity to withstand oxygen debt.
That's one of my goals, to improve fly mechanics enough that I can breath every stroke sometimes without slowing down too much.
