My breathing is just horrible - I could swim all day long as my arms and legs don't get that tired (I have been a distance swimmer all my life), but my breathing prevents me from doing more.
I have to take a breath just before my turn and just after and I'm stuck on breathing every other stroke (after about two to three hundered yards I can't even hold my breath long enough for bilateral breathing). Shoot, I can barely complete 25 yards under water without practically passing out. It's not that I am out of shape as I swim five days a week (oh, and I am a non-smoker too).
Is there something I can do either in the water or out that will improve my capacity for holding me breath? I know this is a strange question, but I don't feel that the rest of my body is getting the best workout if my lungs are giving out so early.
Thank you.
Parents
Former Member
Try taking up the Flute! :D
There are also a number of Breath Building devices
available that were developed by the late
Chicago Symphony Tubist, Arnold Jacobs.
Look here for ordering info:
www.windsongpress.com/.../Use_Devices.htm
I don't have any myself, so I can't speak to their effectiveness,
but if your really looking to work on lung capacity,
you may want to try them out.
Try taking up the Flute! :D
There are also a number of Breath Building devices
available that were developed by the late
Chicago Symphony Tubist, Arnold Jacobs.
Look here for ordering info:
www.windsongpress.com/.../Use_Devices.htm
I don't have any myself, so I can't speak to their effectiveness,
but if your really looking to work on lung capacity,
you may want to try them out.
