Why does it seem that all freestyle swimmers breath to the right? I breath to the left but...yeah..
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I always feel like it's cheating , breathing more often than every three strokes during freestyle, and it's hard to find a good trade-off between a good speed and oxygenation. Usually I find if I'm trying to go fast in competition I need to breath every stroke or two on one side, or in practices I try to stay symmetrical breathing on the left twice, then right twice, etc. Symmetry is really important to me though, in practice. Going fast with imperfect form breathing lopsidely doesn't seem to pay off.
Of course.
I always feel like it's cheating , breathing more often than every three strokes during freestyle, and it's hard to find a good trade-off between a good speed and oxygenation. Usually I find if I'm trying to go fast in competition I need to breath every stroke or two on one side, or in practices I try to stay symmetrical breathing on the left twice, then right twice, etc. Symmetry is really important to me though, in practice. Going fast with imperfect form breathing lopsidely doesn't seem to pay off.
Of course.
