In workouts I'm breathing every stroke and into and out of every flipturn. Even worse, once I am really gasping for air (in the middle of a hard set or on the 3rd turn of a 100) I am almost coming to a stop off the turn to catch my breath. I've been swimming 2000-3000 yards 3x/week for the last 18 months dropping intervals and increasing speed but I guess I am still just not in good enough cardiovascular shape?
Of course, it can't help that I have been constantly reinforcing bad habits. But can I just keep plugging away and eventually the fatigue from swimming the length will at least equal the fatigue from the turns?
The alternative I imagine is some kind of hypoxic training that is going to make me miserable. But I'm willing to do what I've gotta do at this point.
Health issues aside, are you exhaling air between breaths or when you turn your head to breathe?
All of the exhalation should be done before the mouth surfaces is your main point?
I have the same problem of being killed by turns - it's mostly conditioning though, but one thing that helped me was avoiding blowing out the nose on the turn.
Health issues aside, are you exhaling air between breaths or when you turn your head to breathe?
All of the exhalation should be done before the mouth surfaces is your main point?
I have the same problem of being killed by turns - it's mostly conditioning though, but one thing that helped me was avoiding blowing out the nose on the turn.
