My question is about freestyle stroke that i am learning at this time. When i try to do a lap, as i go to the deeper side of the pool (5+ ft) i feel very very exhausted. I'm perfectly okay in the less deeper side though (5 ft and below). Is there anything i could be doing incorrectly and losing all my energy? I am unable to finish one lap because i am losing all my energy!
I agree w/ Karl_S. Anxiety can rob you of energy with both poor breathing efficiency and unnecessary recruitment of muscles. Recommend you spend some of your workout time "brain training" the anxiety away. Some stuff that I have done are: alligator breathing standing in the shallow end, back floating in deep end, zero energy front floating in deep end, blow down bobbing in deep end. IMO this is where swim training turns into a rewarding journey into your mind :)
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I agree w/ Karl_S. Anxiety can rob you of energy with both poor breathing efficiency and unnecessary recruitment of muscles. Recommend you spend some of your workout time "brain training" the anxiety away. Some stuff that I have done are: alligator breathing standing in the shallow end, back floating in deep end, zero energy front floating in deep end, blow down bobbing in deep end. IMO this is where swim training turns into a rewarding journey into your mind :)
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