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Swim - Breathing out through nose?
garyroberts
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Hi Folks
Hope the training is going well! I wanted to ask you all about breathing out through your nose when swimming (FC). I noticed while watching a swimming video (Becoming a faster swimmer - Tom Jager) that Tom breaths out through his nose, i did try this yesterday but ended up getting a lung full of water!
Who does? Who doesn't? And why?
I look forward to hearing from you.......
Hope the training is going well! I wanted to ask you all about breathing out through your nose when swimming (FC). I noticed while watching a swimming video (Becoming a faster swimmer - Tom Jager) that Tom breaths out through his nose, i did try this yesterday but ended up getting a lung full of water!
Who does? Who doesn't? And why?
I look forward to hearing from you.......
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I think it's one of those things that you should do what suits you rather than aspiring to a pro swimmer.
I've a great clip of Grant Hackett in full flow but I still swim more like Jim Hackett regardless of the time I spend studying it[:(]
i tend to vary between breating out of my nose and mouth underwater so that when i surface i just have to take a quick breath in...
though thats how everyone breathes??
If I recall it was small breaths in thru mouth, drop under water (you are upright BTW) let the air out with a little force thru your nose, bounce back up out of water & your ribcage expands enough with no real effort, to pull air into your lungs thru mouth again.
Other than that float on the surface, with a float or not if you can manage, deep breath in to fill lungs & blow it all out thru your nose, get used to it, then try with a stroke to get the rhythm..add another etc.
In bi-lateral breathing I puff a little out on the pull of the first stroke, then blow it all out on the second. On the big exhalation I use mouth, nose, ears [:)], wherever I can get the air out. If I could flip open the top of my head I'd give it a go.
Doesn that make sense? Breathing out through nostrils has got to be slower and need more effort than blowing out of your mouth.
Whatever works for you, though.
*Depending on location.