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
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Repeating: if you exhale, your C02 removal from the blood will end and you will soon have the strong urge to breathe. If you are breathing every stroke than you can exhale as you wish, if you are taking your time to take a new breath, then exhale appropriately, exhaling stronger when you will be taking a breath. I went swimming today and noticed that I breathe in then hold for a little while then slowly exhale, but harder when I am approaching the time to breathe again. As I only breathe to the left, If I am holding my breath, skipping a breathing opportunity, then I will not exhale until I start the next cycle, which in my case is always one sided. If I am swimming fly then I wait to exhale at the cycle that I will take a breath that might happen every two and eventually every stroke. Keep in mind that the relaxed exhaling during the stroke is only that, it has no influence in your performance, but might make you distressed by the stronger urge to breathe once you have exhaled completely. Once you have exhaled completely, your strong urge to breathe will hit you fast. I speak not as a swimmer, but as a gas passer....billy(passing gas professionally and sometimes on his own)fanstone
Repeating: if you exhale, your C02 removal from the blood will end and you will soon have the strong urge to breathe. If you are breathing every stroke than you can exhale as you wish, if you are taking your time to take a new breath, then exhale appropriately, exhaling stronger when you will be taking a breath. I went swimming today and noticed that I breathe in then hold for a little while then slowly exhale, but harder when I am approaching the time to breathe again. As I only breathe to the left, If I am holding my breath, skipping a breathing opportunity, then I will not exhale until I start the next cycle, which in my case is always one sided. If I am swimming fly then I wait to exhale at the cycle that I will take a breath that might happen every two and eventually every stroke. Keep in mind that the relaxed exhaling during the stroke is only that, it has no influence in your performance, but might make you distressed by the stronger urge to breathe once you have exhaled completely. Once you have exhaled completely, your strong urge to breathe will hit you fast. I speak not as a swimmer, but as a gas passer....billy(passing gas professionally and sometimes on his own)fanstone
