i breath to both sides and i prefer to breath every 3 strokes even though it has always made my coaches crazy. they prefer one breath down and one back. however since i never practiced that it messed up my stroke rhythm and stuff. i have always loved the fact that summer sanders breathed every stroke when she used to swim fly.
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this was supposed to go under the first post about bilat breathing. sorry about that :(
yes they prefered 1 breath down and 1 back for 50 free and the 1 breath for the last lap of my 100 and every 5-7 for 200 -500 free.
i always drove my coaches crazy. i have very poor technique but i made it work for me and got very fast and had a low stroke count. they couldn't understand how i did it. i have been working on it a lot though because i hate looking like a crazy woman when i swim. the key for me is catchup drill whenever i as swimming.
as for the breathing - i need air to swim fast. i use my legs a lot and they just suck the oxygen because they are bigger muscles.
but now i swim by myself and i can do whatever i want!
its strange though because when i breath to my right side it is at a different point in my stroke, about a half a second behind my breathing on my left side. i can't really figure it out, tried to fix too, but no success.
this was supposed to go under the first post about bilat breathing. sorry about that :(
yes they prefered 1 breath down and 1 back for 50 free and the 1 breath for the last lap of my 100 and every 5-7 for 200 -500 free.
i always drove my coaches crazy. i have very poor technique but i made it work for me and got very fast and had a low stroke count. they couldn't understand how i did it. i have been working on it a lot though because i hate looking like a crazy woman when i swim. the key for me is catchup drill whenever i as swimming.
as for the breathing - i need air to swim fast. i use my legs a lot and they just suck the oxygen because they are bigger muscles.
but now i swim by myself and i can do whatever i want!
its strange though because when i breath to my right side it is at a different point in my stroke, about a half a second behind my breathing on my left side. i can't really figure it out, tried to fix too, but no success.
