Why is breaststroke so hard?

Former Member
Former Member
When I swim *** stroke and stick to proper technique, I get much more winded then when I swim Freestyle or Backstroke (but not as winded as when I swim butterfly). In fact, I don't even know if I could finish a 200 yd *** stroke race. Why is this?
  • Don't say that. Paul and John Smith used to give me a good run in the 100 IM years back based on three strokes only. Luckily, my two good strokes (back and ***) out paced their three great strokes. As long as you can turn your feet out, you can do breaststroke. Just keep working on it.
  • I find this to be true. I can do other strokes but not ***. i don't think I will ever be able to swim IM because of my lack of a *** stroke.
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