Hello all,
I am new to this forum, as well as to competitive masters swimming (nutshell: swim club member in my youth, returned to it as an adult solely for exercise, but something about turning 40 made me want to get more serious:)
Reading posts on this forum, I have seen people talking about implementing things like t-shirt swimming, parachute (??), as well as dryland training wearing a snorkel (seriously?;).
Can anyone say anymore about the tricks they use to improve lung capacity. I need 0-1 breath on the 25m, but a whopping 5-7 when I do a 50m.
Thanks!
Jennifer
I do some breathing drills in my workouts sometimes to focus solely on breathing. For example, doing 25s taking 1 or 2 breaths, or breathing on every 6th stroke to start and then increasing from there - every 7th, 8th, etc. doing 50s breathing every 2nd or 3rd stroke and increasing from there - every 4th, 5th, etc. Whatever the distance, pick a starting point and increase from there - it should feel comfortable and progress to feeling somewhat challenging as you exercise your lung capacity. My endurance and lung function during swimming have improved. At 59 a one-hour workout is now an easy routine.
Nelson Ildefonso
I do some breathing drills in my workouts sometimes to focus solely on breathing. For example, doing 25s taking 1 or 2 breaths, or breathing on every 6th stroke to start and then increasing from there - every 7th, 8th, etc. doing 50s breathing every 2nd or 3rd stroke and increasing from there - every 4th, 5th, etc. Whatever the distance, pick a starting point and increase from there - it should feel comfortable and progress to feeling somewhat challenging as you exercise your lung capacity. My endurance and lung function during swimming have improved. At 59 a one-hour workout is now an easy routine.
Nelson Ildefonso
