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.
Originally posted by jennyfer80
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.
IMO breathing every 5-7 strokes for a 500 is absolutely crazy. If you can bilaterally that's great, otherwise breath once per cycle.
Conventional wisdom says breathing slows you down, but has anyone ever seen any empirical evidence to provde this? It seems to me that for any race longer than 50 yards or meters any speed benefit gained by breathing less is more than offset by oxygen debt.
Originally posted by jennyfer80
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.
IMO breathing every 5-7 strokes for a 500 is absolutely crazy. If you can bilaterally that's great, otherwise breath once per cycle.
Conventional wisdom says breathing slows you down, but has anyone ever seen any empirical evidence to provde this? It seems to me that for any race longer than 50 yards or meters any speed benefit gained by breathing less is more than offset by oxygen debt.
