Hello,
I'm excited to be here and excited to be back in the water again after about 12 years!
I have numerous questions/things I'm excited to improve on so I thought I'd start with one: my whole life (so basically for 30 years) I've only been breathing on the right when I do freestyle. Any tips for breaking this habit and learning to breath on the left? I honestly can't even remember how I learned to breath on the right the first time around....I've just always only done it that way. I think I'm partly afraid if I just try it, I'll end up drinking the pool..plus it just doesn't feel natural.
Thanks!
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Do you do any side kicking?
Go one length of the pool on your left side, left shoulder and hip perpendicular to the bottom of the pool, left arm stretched up. Hold that position for the length of the pool and kick and exhale under water, turn up a bit to inhale.
Then return with your right shoulder and hip perpendicular to the bottom.
It will help with getting used to breathe on both sides AND with rotation.
Our Coach has us do up to 4x100 sets of this almost every workout.
Do you do any side kicking?
Go one length of the pool on your left side, left shoulder and hip perpendicular to the bottom of the pool, left arm stretched up. Hold that position for the length of the pool and kick and exhale under water, turn up a bit to inhale.
Then return with your right shoulder and hip perpendicular to the bottom.
It will help with getting used to breathe on both sides AND with rotation.
Our Coach has us do up to 4x100 sets of this almost every workout.
