From what I understand, breath control training largely provides little (if any?) physiological training effect other than from the work itself (which is hindered anyway, making it a waste of time for training any of the energy systems).
I assume there is room to mentally adapt and learn how to manage hypoxic suffering. But other than developing a strong aerobic base and increasing level of conditioning, can one actually have room to improve their hypoxic capacity specifically through hypoxic training?
Thank you!
Anything you practice is likely to improve.
Many coaches assign breathing patterns on swim & pull sets.
Bergen, Quick, & Reese assigned hypoxic sets, when I swam for them and Whitney does now.
I prefer breaths per length instead of breathing every 3, 4, or 5
we also sometimes do limited breath 25's 50's & up
Breath control is also important for sprints. Fast dolphin kickers go faster when they SDK further, meaning more time under
water & more SDKs which gets difficult at the end of a race & takes conditioning.
In butterfly, when you lift your head you sink your hips and you might benefit from fewer breaths, Austin Staab the American Record Holder in the 100 fly didn't breathe on his last length.
So some
Anything you practice is likely to improve.
Many coaches assign breathing patterns on swim & pull sets.
Bergen, Quick, & Reese assigned hypoxic sets, when I swam for them and Whitney does now.
I prefer breaths per length instead of breathing every 3, 4, or 5
we also sometimes do limited breath 25's 50's & up
Breath control is also important for sprints. Fast dolphin kickers go faster when they SDK further, meaning more time under
water & more SDKs which gets difficult at the end of a race & takes conditioning.
In butterfly, when you lift your head you sink your hips and you might benefit from fewer breaths, Austin Staab the American Record Holder in the 100 fly didn't breathe on his last length.
So some
