Snorkels... Do you find them a help or a hinderance?
Former Member
Hey Folks,
There is no coral reef where I swim so I find it interesting that more and more fitness and tri swimmers use snorkels during workouts but almost no collegiate team swimmers do at my pool. Has anyone found them to be a great help? By having free flowing air aren't you cheating yourself?
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Does anyone else feel as though they swim slower with the finis snorkel on? I use mine for recovery swimming, drills, and kicking. But if I try to swim hard/faster with it on, it seems to create too much resistance for faster swimming.
Absolutely.
I can swim probably 85% effort for FAST with it. Going all out and it starts coming off on turns and flopping all over the place.
What you CAN do though, is go right from a hard set where your HR is up high, to putting it on and doing some other moderate/hard stuff...or recovery type work. Your still working with some oxygen debt benefit.
Does anyone else feel as though they swim slower with the finis snorkel on? I use mine for recovery swimming, drills, and kicking. But if I try to swim hard/faster with it on, it seems to create too much resistance for faster swimming.
Absolutely.
I can swim probably 85% effort for FAST with it. Going all out and it starts coming off on turns and flopping all over the place.
What you CAN do though, is go right from a hard set where your HR is up high, to putting it on and doing some other moderate/hard stuff...or recovery type work. Your still working with some oxygen debt benefit.
