I've been using a snorkel for kicking 25y lengths while getting fresh breaths at each end, but run out of air doing 50y lengths continuously, apparently due to breathing the same air, as the breaths keep getting more quick and shallow, not a good situation.
One of the comments here is that we breathe about .5 liter of air at rest, compared to a 40 cm tube with 2 cm diameter containing 1 liter of air, thus causing the same air to be breathed with increasing co2, unless we more than double the resting breathing capacity with each breath. I'm usually quite relaxed with my breathing when kicking, so this is a particular issue.
Is there a way to overcome the dead space and be able to kick farther comfortably with the snorkel?
Perhaps taking super long breaths, or breathing out through the nose between breaths?
Thanks for the feedback.
It's a Whale center snorkel from Ebay, and it does have a strong plastic smell.
I tried going farther than 25y today, breathing out through my nose.
This was working okay, but I stopped at 35y as the chlorine was affecting my breathing.
It also affected me just swimming normally, so this wasn't an issue with the snorkel today.
I'll need to sort this out, maybe after the summer at the other pool, and will stay with 25y until then.
Thanks for the feedback.
It's a Whale center snorkel from Ebay, and it does have a strong plastic smell.
I tried going farther than 25y today, breathing out through my nose.
This was working okay, but I stopped at 35y as the chlorine was affecting my breathing.
It also affected me just swimming normally, so this wasn't an issue with the snorkel today.
I'll need to sort this out, maybe after the summer at the other pool, and will stay with 25y until then.
