Does anyone else suffer from oxygen debt after tumble turn?
Former Member
This is not the least of my worries in swimming, but I tend to fall into oxygen debt after tumble turns. In fact, when I keep doing tumble turns in lap swims, it is less taxing to swim 50 LCM than 25 SCY, because I have more time in 50 LCM to recover from the oxygen debt, whereas in 25 SCY, I have to do another tumble turn and fall, yet again, into oxygen debt, before fully recovering from the previous bout.
Do other master swimmers out there suffer from a similar problem? How do you over come this?
This is not the least of my worries in swimming, but I tend to fall into oxygen debt after tumble turns. In fact, when I keep doing tumble turns in lap swims, it is less taxing to swim 50 LCM than 25 SCY, because I have more time in 50 LCM to recover from the oxygen debt, whereas in 25 SCY, I have to do another tumble turn and fall, yet again, into oxygen debt, before fully recovering from the previous bout.
Do other master swimmers out there suffer from a similar problem? How do you over come this?
Yes. Most people don't like the feeling of water up their noses, and will subsequently blow air out their noses as they flip. It sounds like you're expelling too much air throughout too much of your turn. This will be painful, but I suggest you do a few turns w/o expelling any air, and get a feel for when exactly the water comes in - when it starts and when it stops. Then you've got to spend some time perfecting a slow nasal exhale only on the part of the tumble where you take in water through your nose. You can also choose to wear a noseclip.
This is not the least of my worries in swimming, but I tend to fall into oxygen debt after tumble turns. In fact, when I keep doing tumble turns in lap swims, it is less taxing to swim 50 LCM than 25 SCY, because I have more time in 50 LCM to recover from the oxygen debt, whereas in 25 SCY, I have to do another tumble turn and fall, yet again, into oxygen debt, before fully recovering from the previous bout.
Do other master swimmers out there suffer from a similar problem? How do you over come this?
Yes. Most people don't like the feeling of water up their noses, and will subsequently blow air out their noses as they flip. It sounds like you're expelling too much air throughout too much of your turn. This will be painful, but I suggest you do a few turns w/o expelling any air, and get a feel for when exactly the water comes in - when it starts and when it stops. Then you've got to spend some time perfecting a slow nasal exhale only on the part of the tumble where you take in water through your nose. You can also choose to wear a noseclip.
