Yoga and Swimming
Isnt this the biggest bulls**t ever?!?
Its imposible to use the knowledge you get from Yoga in swimming because the BASICs of Yoga are on nose breathing
I agree that both yoga and swimming share flexibility... but
that doest have to do with anything cause the main problem is breath. I dont know how can people put these two together
I almost drowned NUMEROUS times, and now i am completly starting to forget yoga
just so i could learn how to swim right.
feel free to comment
please
I think you are a little too fixated on the breathing thing. Or, maybe, switch to backstroke so you can do all the breathing you want. I think what we are all saying here is that yoga is of great benefit and the breathing does not get in our way.
Oh, and one more thing, we all like beer.
Payydro,
You lost mean again. Yoga is about using deep breaths to assist with movements, deep exhales to assist with stretches in particular.
Swimming also focuses on deep breathing because, hey, you only have you pie hole above the water for a brief period of time (if you swim properly) so you better inhale deeply when you get the chance. Similarly, you want to thoroughly exhale while you mouth is below the water because when it clears the surface, INHALE baby. Think about the extended discussion of stroke length in other discussion threads. Think about what that means. Longer, more efficient strokes means fewer strokes per length of the pool, which means fewer breaths per length of the pool. And don't get me started about holding my breath until I turn blue after each flip turn when I do it right, and a 25 yard pool feeling like a bathtub that never lets me recover from extreme O2 debt after each turn.
Are you pulling my chain, and I'm the only one who hasn't got the joke yet?
Matt
Paydro....I think what many of us here have tried to convey thats being missed is that yoga is a beneficial "cross training" activity.....what you are doing is to try and be "literal" in your use of yoga while actually swimming.....which anyone would drown if they attempted.
W4HCL explained what would be the closest to actually using something applied from yoga in the pool....but again not during the swimming part.
Interesting thread.
I too find yoga helps with both the mental and physical aspects of swimming and running. One of the major problems I had when I first started swimming was getting absolutely exhausted quickly in even the shortest sets.
I was trying to mimic the rest periods that the experienced swimmers were using and noted in one of the TI books by McLaughlin that using "yoga breathing" during rest and resuming only when you were back to controlled, comfortable breathing (through the nose) was one way to guage a rest interval more appropriate for you.
I did that, and sometimes still do, and have progressed far enough along to keep up in the slow lane sets most of the time.
Just one way yoga techniques can be applied to swimming.
as soon as try to get back to my previous learned Yoga breathin experience
my head breaks under presure when i put my face in the water
and it fills my nose
Yoga and swimming definetly DONT work for me
im going to DROWN if i try to put them together
this was the last time i tryed and no more thats for sure
I LOVE Yoga and it means a lot to me but i will have to choose
Payydro, you keep bringing me back to beer again….I have found that raising a pint or two has really improved my deltoids like nothing else –the only negative I (actually others) see is the results of this training on my abs.
Seriously, I think what many have been telling you is that cross training is a good thing for swimming, whether it is yoga or anything else. If yoga is not beneficial to you for swimming then find another cross training endeavor –just don’t give up the swimming.
of course NOT
why would I try to breathe trough my nose in water???
when i was young i thought that EVEN if you try to inhale while uder water you wont feel very good
but its ok
i wont try to go further with this thread
