I have started swimming for fitness and knew when I started a couple of weeks ago the only thing I was doing right was not drowning. I bought a book "The Essential Swimmer" by Steve Tarpinian and after 2 days of reading began to notice definite improvements as I began to work on correct stroke technique. (moved through water w/ much less effort and less strokes per lap) I am having trouble with the whole breathing thing though. Should I be concentrating on getting the breathing technique correct before I put too much effort and time into perfecting other aspects of the freestyle swim. I find myself swimming 25M without taking a breath because I have so much trouble with the whole breathing thing. Please advise. Thx!
Originally posted by swim4fitness2
.........I find myself swimming 25M without taking a breath because I have so much trouble with the whole breathing thing. Please advise. Thx!
At least you sound like your cardio-vascular sytems are in great shape.
Make sure to work on stroke technique and make this your main focus at the start. You want to practice the right stroke at the start as correcting bad mechanics can sometimes be difficult.
Originally posted by swim4fitness2
.........I find myself swimming 25M without taking a breath because I have so much trouble with the whole breathing thing. Please advise. Thx!
At least you sound like your cardio-vascular sytems are in great shape.
Make sure to work on stroke technique and make this your main focus at the start. You want to practice the right stroke at the start as correcting bad mechanics can sometimes be difficult.
