This morning after my swim I felt like I had jumped a major hurdle in my swimming. As I have posted before I was struggling with breathing and holding my breath instead. I would swim the length of the pool (25M) without breathing. This week I have really been concentrating on making myself breath. Today for the first time I felt the urge to breath and not hold my breath. I know this sounds dumb but it was like it felt really natural to breath and I started feeling more relaxed while breathing. I have only been in the pool for 4 weeks trying to swim correctly. As I have said before the only thing I was doing correctly before was not drowning.
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I am using fins. They were a big help in getting comfortable in getting a rythym down. Now I just have to not become dependant on the fins.
On a side note, I had someone who swam on teams for 10 years observe me Sat. A.M. She had encouraging words in that I am not as bad as I thought I was. She did point out a couple of areas to work on but thought overall my technique was good. My wife said I did not need the ego boost. (lol)
I am using fins. They were a big help in getting comfortable in getting a rythym down. Now I just have to not become dependant on the fins.
On a side note, I had someone who swam on teams for 10 years observe me Sat. A.M. She had encouraging words in that I am not as bad as I thought I was. She did point out a couple of areas to work on but thought overall my technique was good. My wife said I did not need the ego boost. (lol)
