I am new to swimming...I basically am only able to swim free 50yds at a time without getting "winded". I use a kickboard for about 100yds and then start up with free again. I try to keep it up for 45 minutes to an hour. Am I kicking too much w/ the board? Would it be better to alternate free with back versus free with kickboard?
Basically I need to figure out how to get to more continuous swimming.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks!
I do the humming too, and I have often wondered if it is audible to the other swimmers.
Now I just think of it as my very own whalesong-I am 1whale after all!
I hum and sing -- and did quite a lot of it when I acquired a coach and actually had to learn the strokes. Songs gave me the rhythm and duration so I would not collapse betw. strokes, e.g. (Billy Strayhorn songs were excellent.) I made up some songs of my own for gliding purposes. Oliver Sacks has written of neurologically impaired people able to move fluently by musicking themselves along. It's all good.
The original recommendation for humming to unclench jaw and relax breathing apparatus sounds right on, and may ease the whole experience.
:applaud:
VB
I do the humming too, and I have often wondered if it is audible to the other swimmers.
Now I just think of it as my very own whalesong-I am 1whale after all!
I hum and sing -- and did quite a lot of it when I acquired a coach and actually had to learn the strokes. Songs gave me the rhythm and duration so I would not collapse betw. strokes, e.g. (Billy Strayhorn songs were excellent.) I made up some songs of my own for gliding purposes. Oliver Sacks has written of neurologically impaired people able to move fluently by musicking themselves along. It's all good.
The original recommendation for humming to unclench jaw and relax breathing apparatus sounds right on, and may ease the whole experience.
:applaud:
VB
