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.
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Now I am freaked out. I thought I had a swimming problem, but it could just be a symptom for what is really killing me!??
Did those moments randomly occur? I can pretty much predict exactly when I will be struggling.
When I was a freshman in college (1964) I was tested for max O2 uptake (the definitive test for cardiovascular fitness) and posted the highest score ever achieved. Peter Snell had just broken the WR for the mile and it was his Max O2 uptake record that I beat. Mine was a short lived record because they soon stated testing world class cross country skiers, who destroyed my record. But that didn't keep from going through life figuring I was some kind of Cardio-God. The fact that I would develop some wiring malfunction in my heart was not on my radar. I did not believe the doctors when they came up with their diagnosis. But life can be tricky business. Reality is what it is. I hope that you are just not breathing correctly when you swim. But I also hope that you will get a thorough physical.
Now I am freaked out. I thought I had a swimming problem, but it could just be a symptom for what is really killing me!??
Did those moments randomly occur? I can pretty much predict exactly when I will be struggling.
When I was a freshman in college (1964) I was tested for max O2 uptake (the definitive test for cardiovascular fitness) and posted the highest score ever achieved. Peter Snell had just broken the WR for the mile and it was his Max O2 uptake record that I beat. Mine was a short lived record because they soon stated testing world class cross country skiers, who destroyed my record. But that didn't keep from going through life figuring I was some kind of Cardio-God. The fact that I would develop some wiring malfunction in my heart was not on my radar. I did not believe the doctors when they came up with their diagnosis. But life can be tricky business. Reality is what it is. I hope that you are just not breathing correctly when you swim. But I also hope that you will get a thorough physical.
