I just learned from Wikipedia that competitive butterfly swimming requires less energy than breaststroke . Is that right?
I feel reaststroke requires much less energy than butterfly. At least when I am tired, I can still swim breaststroke, but there is no way I can swim butterfly.
Now I can only swim butterfly for 50 yards. At the beginning of the swim I feel everything is quite right. But after 25 yards I rely so much on the second kick to bring my arms over the water. Yes I am tired. If you ask me which part of my body is the most tired, I can't tell.
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Also, breaststroke is much more reliant on lower body muscles (just think how much the hip and knee flexors have to work during breastroke compared to the other strokes). Consequently, you're engaging the larger muscle groups .. which in turn demand more oxygen .. etc etc ...
Also, breaststroke is much more reliant on lower body muscles (just think how much the hip and knee flexors have to work during breastroke compared to the other strokes). Consequently, you're engaging the larger muscle groups .. which in turn demand more oxygen .. etc etc ...
