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?
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I recently switched to breathe every stroke fly after reading about it on the forum a while ago. It is my new normal - feels great - and seems easier. The reasons for this listed above make sense. I haven't been in a meet since I've started this though. I don't know if I'll do it in a race or not...we'll see
Not sure I'd use it for the 50m, hence the need maybe for practicing every two once in a while, or totally hypoxic over 25m for instance.
Anyone feels faster every stroke as opposed to no breathing at all? I'm faster when I don't breathe, or so I feel. Darn, I am thinking, I haven't tested that *yet* this season!
But for a hundred, I'd start every two for 4 strokes, then every stroke for the remaining.
I recently switched to breathe every stroke fly after reading about it on the forum a while ago. It is my new normal - feels great - and seems easier. The reasons for this listed above make sense. I haven't been in a meet since I've started this though. I don't know if I'll do it in a race or not...we'll see
Not sure I'd use it for the 50m, hence the need maybe for practicing every two once in a while, or totally hypoxic over 25m for instance.
Anyone feels faster every stroke as opposed to no breathing at all? I'm faster when I don't breathe, or so I feel. Darn, I am thinking, I haven't tested that *yet* this season!
But for a hundred, I'd start every two for 4 strokes, then every stroke for the remaining.
