I teach lessons to a forty year old woman who is having a very hard time breathing. I have been teaching lessons for about ten years and I cannot figure out why she is having such a hard time. She seems to breathe in the correct amount of oxygen and then she slowly exhales through her nose and mouth before breathing again. She has to breathe every two strokes in order to get enough oxygen but even then after a 50 her lungs are burning. She can swim a 1650 in about 35 minutes and she can swim it without stopping but her lungs get tired before anything else. I have had her swim 25's without breathing and she can do that. I am completely stumped as to what her problem is. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Does she have any asthma? Allergies?
Did she have her lungs checked out?
Can she swim backstroke? Does she have the same breatihing problem with Backstroke? If she does, I wonder if that may point to a problem with Lungs rather than technique.
How long has this woman been swimming? How experienced is she? How is her cardiovascular conditioning?
In my case, My cardio was very weak when I first started, and it still is (it's only been 9 weeks). Yea, when I push it too hard, my poor cardio conditioning of the moment makes my lungs want to explode, and a lot of really heavy breathing like that can hurt.
If I don't pace myself, I will get to a point where I can't do even a 400 without stopping and literally gasping for air for 5 or 10 seconds or more. When I do pace myself, I can do 1650 without stopping, it takes me 33 minutes. (by the way, i'm 34)
If I go faster, I will have to stop and gasp.
Well, hopefully the above is not completely useless info...
Does she have any asthma? Allergies?
Did she have her lungs checked out?
Can she swim backstroke? Does she have the same breatihing problem with Backstroke? If she does, I wonder if that may point to a problem with Lungs rather than technique.
How long has this woman been swimming? How experienced is she? How is her cardiovascular conditioning?
In my case, My cardio was very weak when I first started, and it still is (it's only been 9 weeks). Yea, when I push it too hard, my poor cardio conditioning of the moment makes my lungs want to explode, and a lot of really heavy breathing like that can hurt.
If I don't pace myself, I will get to a point where I can't do even a 400 without stopping and literally gasping for air for 5 or 10 seconds or more. When I do pace myself, I can do 1650 without stopping, it takes me 33 minutes. (by the way, i'm 34)
If I go faster, I will have to stop and gasp.
Well, hopefully the above is not completely useless info...
