For dryland sports or work efforts, exhale on muscular exertion is the correct method. But for racing starts in swimming, I prefer to inhale during flight to get a big gulp of air before I hit the water.
Which is better, inhale or exahale when diving off the starting block?
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I am fully inflated when I get on the mark, but when you dive and the body staightens out you have more room for air so you take in a little more. I hold the breath until I reach the surface and in a sprint of 50m or 100m I exhale just before I take my first breath. One or two breaths in a 50, six or seven breaths in a 100.
I am fully inflated when I get on the mark, but when you dive and the body staightens out you have more room for air so you take in a little more. I hold the breath until I reach the surface and in a sprint of 50m or 100m I exhale just before I take my first breath. One or two breaths in a 50, six or seven breaths in a 100.
