Is Breathing after every 3 strokes on diff sides help you go faster?
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I dont know i mean it feels like it does.. but it will take me a while to get used to.. im a sprinter and i dont think it will help me sense im not supposed to breath on the 50.. LOL. And its like crazy because my time on a 25m pool for a 50 is 26s.. And i need 23.5 for state.. what should i do?? i've tried bettering my flip turn on the end of the first 25 i do it better .. but it didnt seem to help my time.. so i dont know what else to do i cant not breath.. i mean idk i can try but ugh.. U know??
If you're breathing every three strokes in a 50 free, you're breathing way too much. If you want to improve your time, you're probably going to want to breathe a lot less. I think my last 50 I swam, I was 2 breaths down and 3 back, which is more than most people (alas, sprinter I am not), but it is a good place to start. Breathing is horribly ineffecient. The less you breathe, the better.
To answer your question, I don't think breathing every three strokes will help you go faster per se, but it will help you balance out your stroke, which will drive effeciency which will help you go faster.
If you're breathing every three strokes in a 50 free, you're breathing way too much. If you want to improve your time, you're probably going to want to breathe a lot less. I think my last 50 I swam, I was 2 breaths down and 3 back, which is more than most people (alas, sprinter I am not), but it is a good place to start. Breathing is horribly ineffecient. The less you breathe, the better.
To answer your question, I don't think breathing every three strokes will help you go faster per se, but it will help you balance out your stroke, which will drive effeciency which will help you go faster.
