one stroke forward 2 back...
aoneill69
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having 'taught' myself to swim at the beginning of the year...i was very pleased with my first sprint swim (objective was to finish!) with my version of FC which was exhale/inhale above the water
on every 2nd breath...and to be hoenst i got pretty good at this and could swim for 40+ mins no probs at a reasonable pace....last couple of weeks have started from scratch with exhale underwater + inhale above (still one sided)...and my god what a difficult change...feel like i haven't swam before..constant state of semi-drowning and mild panic...managed 30 mins this morning but stopped after 50m/100m/100m..then randomly swam for rest of time...building up to swimming lessons booked for monday at swimshack..
Someone tell me this will be worth it in the longrun?..because very temtping to go back to the bad but comfortable stroke.....
on every 2nd breath...and to be hoenst i got pretty good at this and could swim for 40+ mins no probs at a reasonable pace....last couple of weeks have started from scratch with exhale underwater + inhale above (still one sided)...and my god what a difficult change...feel like i haven't swam before..constant state of semi-drowning and mild panic...managed 30 mins this morning but stopped after 50m/100m/100m..then randomly swam for rest of time...building up to swimming lessons booked for monday at swimshack..
Someone tell me this will be worth it in the longrun?..because very temtping to go back to the bad but comfortable stroke.....
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You'll be amazed at how different swimming can feel once everything starts to click in to place!
What I have been concentrating on is technique, more particularly resisting the tempatation to splash away and to glide, have a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ieteTZ ... re=related
Did the Sth Cerney for the first time using this technique and I did not break out of my rythm once, exited the water without feeling exhausted and was quicker by about 30 seconds than my last time (still slow but not last).
It will come, just as I am hoping that I will become smoother and faster and increase my endurance.
Good luck
Before long you'll be motoring through the water without a care in the world. I always hated FC and with the help of great lessons and very, very patient coaches (had to put up with me in a sobbing heap at the side of the pool saying I didn't care about FC and was going to go back to swimming breast stroke which was much faster anyway ) I now really enjoy it and when I have a good day it feels just great. First OW swim yesterday was fantastic - just cruising around in the open air in the cool water after a hot day at work - bliss (I know it probably doesn't count as OW if it was 24 degC!!)
Good luck
If you can't get hold of a pull buoy then a kick board would do breathe out under water then stroke with one arm as you turn your head to inhale to that side
Any help?
I am pretty sure that it won't be the breathing that you will have to focus on first. The first thing will be your position in the water... then more likely the timing of your stroke... You have to get the most important things right first - and, perhaps counter intuitively, the breathing is one of the last things to worry about. Mainly because if the key things are there, then it becomes a whole lot easier!
I have found that training fins are far better at enabling a good position to be achieved, so that you can focus on stroke and timing... but, I'm pretty sure your first lesson will be to get balanced in the water!
I could be wrong.. but, really, if you have the lesson booked, don't stress too much about things until then!