I don't know if any of you have been following the new feature at the Swimming World website called "A day in the life" which has been following the daily routine (written by the subject) of various swimmers. It has been fascinating reading anyway, but now they feature a masters swimmer: Dennis Baker. We have expressed awe and admiration for his feats, now learn what he does to achieve his high level plus his life on a veritable coaching merry-go-round. And do note that most of his workouts are in meters. Day 2 has just been posted.
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try working on breathing with your chin in the water. if you do it well, some one standing behind you should not be able to tell which strokes you are breathing on.
for racing i follow:
50- breathe when necessary
100- breathe 2 or 3 strokes
200- breathe every stroke. (air is food)
in practice, the waves often dictate just how high i have to come up to breathe, but i still like to breathe every stroke. it also helps to identify potential collisions (and help avoid them) in our 6 foot wide lane pool.
try working on breathing with your chin in the water. if you do it well, some one standing behind you should not be able to tell which strokes you are breathing on.
for racing i follow:
50- breathe when necessary
100- breathe 2 or 3 strokes
200- breathe every stroke. (air is food)
in practice, the waves often dictate just how high i have to come up to breathe, but i still like to breathe every stroke. it also helps to identify potential collisions (and help avoid them) in our 6 foot wide lane pool.
