Hi,
I feel having more and more oxygen debt as doing more and more flip turn when swimming continuously. There must be something wrong with my technique, like badly timing the last breath before turn and staying too deep and long off the wall. How can you cope with this lack of air problem?
Thanks and regards!
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Almost all my pull sets are done this way. Nice approach. O2 requirements are much lower while swimming with a Pull.
I've seen some really fast distance swimmers (last heat at New England Masters championship meets) do open turns the whole 1000. Didn't seem to slow them down. It's the push off that makes the biggest difference I think, not the flip. I'm not surprised to hear that some have success with open turn.
I agree with what I want to say Coyote says but I don't think that's his name: especially for long distances, say, a hypothetical 10K, just streamlining off the wall, no kicking whatsoever, for me, saved me a lot of energy. It was my rest period. I don't kick neither off the wall, just streamline. To me, the key is to wait to breathe only after 2nd pull.
Almost all my pull sets are done this way. Nice approach. O2 requirements are much lower while swimming with a Pull.
I've seen some really fast distance swimmers (last heat at New England Masters championship meets) do open turns the whole 1000. Didn't seem to slow them down. It's the push off that makes the biggest difference I think, not the flip. I'm not surprised to hear that some have success with open turn.
I agree with what I want to say Coyote says but I don't think that's his name: especially for long distances, say, a hypothetical 10K, just streamlining off the wall, no kicking whatsoever, for me, saved me a lot of energy. It was my rest period. I don't kick neither off the wall, just streamline. To me, the key is to wait to breathe only after 2nd pull.
