So I have decided to focus on the 1500/1650, partly because I seem to have misplaced the three fast twitch fibers I once owned, and partly because guys named Smith are now swimming the 500 and even the 1000. Geek suggested that I build my endurance with dryland work, but unlike him I have a job and limited time to train, and I don't really want to give up pool time. Any suggestions?
I started breathing bilaterally a few years ago primarily to deal with impingement problems in my left shoulder. It took quite awhile for it to feel natural. Now it does. My 400 free on Saturday was a Masters best for me, and I was breathing bilaterally the entire way. I think that my stroke may be more efficient because I am more symmetric. But the question about oxygen debt in longer races is a legitimate one. At Beijing all of the swimmers in the final of the 1500 were breathing every other.
You might try always breathing to the same side of the pool, so that you breathe to your own right one way and your own left the other way. I used to breathe every third arm for similar reasons as you, but I am faster with more oxygen.
I started breathing bilaterally a few years ago primarily to deal with impingement problems in my left shoulder. It took quite awhile for it to feel natural. Now it does. My 400 free on Saturday was a Masters best for me, and I was breathing bilaterally the entire way. I think that my stroke may be more efficient because I am more symmetric. But the question about oxygen debt in longer races is a legitimate one. At Beijing all of the swimmers in the final of the 1500 were breathing every other.
You might try always breathing to the same side of the pool, so that you breathe to your own right one way and your own left the other way. I used to breathe every third arm for similar reasons as you, but I am faster with more oxygen.
