Alright, im new to this site, Im not a usual swimmer but i recently got in the pool and feel in love. I quickly made friends at the local pool on-base. Im a United States Marine with hopes and dreams in Becoming a Reconnaissaince Marine. In other words Marines with Gills. They are like the SEAL's from the Navy and Pararescue from the Air Force. The guys at the pool quickly tought me how to swim "the right way" cross-over and *** stroke as well as the Side-stroke and other technics. i go to the pool everyday. My biggest problem is dealing with the underwater 25 meter swim. To become a Recon Marine i have to accomplish the following....
1) 500 meter swim with out touching the floor in under 17min.
2) 30 min. tread
3) Deep end Rifle retreaval and then treading water for 5 sec.
4) 5 min. water float by using trousers as floating devise
5) 25 Meter underwater swim (my problem)
I have no problem with any of the others but the 25 meter kills me only because i feel like my lungs are going to explode. is there any tips of any kind out there that can prepare me for my "indoc" or evaluation to see if im sea worthy and serve as a Recon Marine. Thanks for hearing me out. :banana:
I always take a bunch of deep but fast breaths before taking the breath that I'll hold for the underwater swim. Something just short of hyperventilating, but sort of like that. I feel it flexes my lungs out and gets them ready for a really deep breath. Breasstroke pullouts and kicks is the way to go (for me at least), as you can (theoretically) get good distance with each pull/kick without wasting too much energy. How far you can swim under water is a function of how long you can hold your breath and how fast you can make it across the pool without expending a ton of energy (which depletes oxygen).
I always take a bunch of deep but fast breaths before taking the breath that I'll hold for the underwater swim. Something just short of hyperventilating, but sort of like that. I feel it flexes my lungs out and gets them ready for a really deep breath. Breasstroke pullouts and kicks is the way to go (for me at least), as you can (theoretically) get good distance with each pull/kick without wasting too much energy. How far you can swim under water is a function of how long you can hold your breath and how fast you can make it across the pool without expending a ton of energy (which depletes oxygen).
