I've always tried to breathe every other stroke in fly, but watching the elites at Worlds breathe every stroke made me want to try it out. So recently I experimented with breathing every stroke in fly. Findings after a couple workouts where I averaged about 600 total yards of full-stroke fly:
Breathing every stroke has a negative impact on my body position
I can help that by kicking harder
The additional oxygen that I get from all the extra breathing helps fuel the harder kicking, but it seems like I'm working harder overall (higher perceived pulse rate at the end of each swim, but I didn't actually measure it)
Stroke counts and times are about the same
So I think I've found a useful drill to make me kick harder, but I doubt I'll be trying this in a race anytime soon. Has anyone else (who hasn't always swum fly this way) messed around with breathing every stroke in fly? What were your findings?
I am still trying to figure this out. I tend to breathe every stroke on the fly leg on my 400 IM(went out at 1:08 at Indy). In the 200 fly, I tend to breathe every stroke for the first 100, attempt to breathe 3 stroke, then skip a breathe on the third 50 and breathe every stroke on the last 50 but not the last 4 stroke or so. I didn't have great success with it at Indy but I had better spliting at a inseason. I am still trying to work out the kinks on this. But, for the 100 fly, I am just doing to do 2 up, 1 down approach. I don't have the Phelpsian speed to do that on the 100 fly. I hope to figure this out soon though. But, for the 400 IM, breathe every stroke, that I was able to solve.
on the 200IM , i breath every other but the 400 IM , 2 up 1 down . unless on the last 25 i need more air then every. as an asthmatic, this is the better solution for me.
I am still trying to figure this out. I tend to breathe every stroke on the fly leg on my 400 IM(went out at 1:08 at Indy). In the 200 fly, I tend to breathe every stroke for the first 100, attempt to breathe 3 stroke, then skip a breathe on the third 50 and breathe every stroke on the last 50 but not the last 4 stroke or so. I didn't have great success with it at Indy but I had better spliting at a inseason. I am still trying to work out the kinks on this. But, for the 100 fly, I am just doing to do 2 up, 1 down approach. I don't have the Phelpsian speed to do that on the 100 fly. I hope to figure this out soon though. But, for the 400 IM, breathe every stroke, that I was able to solve.
on the 200IM , i breath every other but the 400 IM , 2 up 1 down . unless on the last 25 i need more air then every. as an asthmatic, this is the better solution for me.
