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:
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I always take a bunch of deep but fast breaths before taking the breath that I'll hold for the underwater swim. 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).
Good tip..normal breathing does not provide max oxygenation of the body..several really deep breaths and trickle out breathing through the nose can greatly increase the time you can hold your breath..breathe deep down in the belly and fully expand lungs and belly (it's a yoga practice),fill 'em up and push off..good idea to practice for a week or so on land once a day to get the technique and timing..
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I always take a bunch of deep but fast breaths before taking the breath that I'll hold for the underwater swim. 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).
Good tip..normal breathing does not provide max oxygenation of the body..several really deep breaths and trickle out breathing through the nose can greatly increase the time you can hold your breath..breathe deep down in the belly and fully expand lungs and belly (it's a yoga practice),fill 'em up and push off..good idea to practice for a week or so on land once a day to get the technique and timing..
