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.
Do you do any other cardiovascular work? Last summer I wound up taking most of July and all of August off from the pool. I was riding a couple hours a day to and from work though. When I got back in the pool in September I had little or no problem hopping into a lane with intervals similar to what I was doing last spring.
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Do you do any other cardiovascular work? Last summer I wound up taking most of July and all of August off from the pool. I was riding a couple hours a day to and from work though. When I got back in the pool in September I had little or no problem hopping into a lane with intervals similar to what I was doing last spring.
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