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I'm new and my first post caused some fighting! Good times! :)
Reading all the responses was perfect for me though. Thanks everybody.
But now I'm wondering why the fast guys swimming the 1500 seem to breath only on one side?
For me I want to do triathlons so I will be swimming longer distances. I've read and been told that bilateral breathing is the way to go. But if I watch Hackett he isn't doing that. At least I don't think so.
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I liked Typhoons Coach's answer.
I swim mostly distance. I prefer breathing bilaterally, but one side becomes more convenient because I'm always sharing a swim lane with others. When circling, I tend to breathe on the lane divider side because otherwise, I'll probably breathe in somebody's splash.
Now. What about butterfly? I prefer breathing as little as possible because it seems that breathing is less streamlined than not breathing.
For butterfly, I prefer to breath to the side when I am just swimming by myself, but if I am swimming with a group I will breath up. Either way, I like to take a breath every other stroke no matter the distance (as long as I am not swimming over a 200 fly....it's not my best stroke and the lifeguard would have to come and get me!).
I liked Typhoons Coach's answer.
I swim mostly distance. I prefer breathing bilaterally, but one side becomes more convenient because I'm always sharing a swim lane with others. When circling, I tend to breathe on the lane divider side because otherwise, I'll probably breathe in somebody's splash.
Now. What about butterfly? I prefer breathing as little as possible because it seems that breathing is less streamlined than not breathing.
For butterfly, I prefer to breath to the side when I am just swimming by myself, but if I am swimming with a group I will breath up. Either way, I like to take a breath every other stroke no matter the distance (as long as I am not swimming over a 200 fly....it's not my best stroke and the lifeguard would have to come and get me!).
