Hi
I really mean when is the right time to exhale.
Should I slowly exhale while swimming or should I hold my breath until I need air exhale and then turn to inhale?
Thanks for helping out this newbie
I've tried, but I have a hard time exhaling through several strokes and then breathing. It was hard to tell from the videos posted by Michael whether any of these swimmers does that. The first video of Thorpe clearly shows him holding his breath and only expelling his air maybe a stroke before he breathes. In most of the other videos, the swimmers were breathing every 2 strokes, in which case of course they're going to need to be expelling almost immediately. I'd be surprised if most swimmers constantly exhale while breathing every 3 or more strokes... I'm with ehoch on this.
I've tried, but I have a hard time exhaling through several strokes and then breathing. It was hard to tell from the videos posted by Michael whether any of these swimmers does that. The first video of Thorpe clearly shows him holding his breath and only expelling his air maybe a stroke before he breathes. In most of the other videos, the swimmers were breathing every 2 strokes, in which case of course they're going to need to be expelling almost immediately. I'd be surprised if most swimmers constantly exhale while breathing every 3 or more strokes... I'm with ehoch on this.
