Ok, I'm trying to get more serious about swimming. My endurance is getting better with every swim, I'm working on technique, but I can't get the breathing deal down exactly.
I'm trying to breathe every 4th stoke, but I can't figure out how to breathe out under water very consistently. Should I breathe out through the nose or mouth, should I exhale fast or slow? What tips can anyone offer?:confused:
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I'm trying to breathe every 4th stroke (...) What tips can anyone offer?
Breathe more often. I wish I could breathe every third for ever, but that gives me only five breathing opportunities per 25 m, as opposed to eight or nine if I alternate with left one length and right the next. My main reason for coveting alternate-side breathing is the improvement in stroke length.
Ideally, breathing should take care of itself with little conscious effort. Do not raise your head, just use long axis rotation. Once you start choking on water, it's because you are learning a new habit.
I'm trying to breathe every 4th stroke (...) What tips can anyone offer?
Breathe more often. I wish I could breathe every third for ever, but that gives me only five breathing opportunities per 25 m, as opposed to eight or nine if I alternate with left one length and right the next. My main reason for coveting alternate-side breathing is the improvement in stroke length.
Ideally, breathing should take care of itself with little conscious effort. Do not raise your head, just use long axis rotation. Once you start choking on water, it's because you are learning a new habit.
