My coach is telling me to "just take in a deeeep breath". do you guys just do that?? breathe deeply from your chest?? I breath like I run, from my chest. I heard/read or something about diaphragmatic breathing technique.
I realize that I'm new and all, but I get soooo frustrated getting winded. I can't help but think I'm doing something wrong. He tells me to just keep going and "work it out". I'm turning my head to side, getting deep breath, I'm not sure I"m exhaling as much or right as I should and I might be getting too much air in. After 3 or or 5 complete rotations of r and left (what is that called) strokes, I bob up and am so winded. That's so hard for me cause I can run 2 relatively easy miles on a treadmill at 7 mph.
Thanks,
Mark
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Well, I don't have to worry bout that anymore: I walked out on the coach this am. He strolls in 20 minutes late, says he's gonna coach from the side of the pool and not get into the water today. He's telling me to stop stopping and breathing, that I have to overcome that urge. I'm telling him I CAN"T BREATHE! He says it's all in my mind, bla bla bla, I'm up 1/2 the nite with my son who had a nightmare since 3 am and I have been in the water for the past 10 days and I reached a breaking point when he told me to swim 1/2 the pool without stopping and to stop adjusting my glasses when I did stop and to rest 10 seconds and keep going.
I feel like he's pressuring me without giving me any instruction or drills to work on. He's convinced that hypoxia is all in my head. I am convinced that he's not listening to me or helping me tweak a possible cause of this feeling. JUST STOP IT, he's telling me.
So...I'm outta the water for a few days and this other lifeguard walks by and tells me to meet him 6:30 Monday am, he'll be my swimbuddy for awhile., that I'm motivated and doing ok and I should be frustrated, that he'll teach me some drills that will make this easier.
So...There.:eek:
Mark
Well, I don't have to worry bout that anymore: I walked out on the coach this am. He strolls in 20 minutes late, says he's gonna coach from the side of the pool and not get into the water today. He's telling me to stop stopping and breathing, that I have to overcome that urge. I'm telling him I CAN"T BREATHE! He says it's all in my mind, bla bla bla, I'm up 1/2 the nite with my son who had a nightmare since 3 am and I have been in the water for the past 10 days and I reached a breaking point when he told me to swim 1/2 the pool without stopping and to stop adjusting my glasses when I did stop and to rest 10 seconds and keep going.
I feel like he's pressuring me without giving me any instruction or drills to work on. He's convinced that hypoxia is all in my head. I am convinced that he's not listening to me or helping me tweak a possible cause of this feeling. JUST STOP IT, he's telling me.
So...I'm outta the water for a few days and this other lifeguard walks by and tells me to meet him 6:30 Monday am, he'll be my swimbuddy for awhile., that I'm motivated and doing ok and I should be frustrated, that he'll teach me some drills that will make this easier.
So...There.:eek:
Mark
