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.
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If your breathing is preventing you from swimming longer, I don't think it's how long you can hold your breath.
There are many excellent swimmers that breath every 3 strokes to their strong side (meaning stroke/breath, stroke, stroke/breath), and swim fast and long.
If your breathing is preventing you from swimming longer, I don't think it's how long you can hold your breath.
There are many excellent swimmers that breath every 3 strokes to their strong side (meaning stroke/breath, stroke, stroke/breath), and swim fast and long.
