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Posted on August 23rd 2010 in Beginner Triathlete Techniques
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Isn’t it Bisect not …
Isn’t it Bisect not Dissect? I do believe this is swimming not surgery.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@lampwithbulb2 …
@lampwithbulb2 Think swimming treadmill! You swim against a current, which if set correctly, will mean you stay in one position in the pool….it is then easy for our cameras to video all angles. Regards Nigel
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
sorry, but, could …
sorry, but, could someone explain to me how this pool exactly works? :S
thank you in advance!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
This video is …
This video is incredible! Fantastic job!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Your coach is right …
Your coach is right. Ideally, you should not be breathing in the ‘red zones’ (see colour of the lane rope). You can improve this by breathing every 3, 5, 3, 7, 3, 9 during endurance sets. This will help with your lung capacity. Also, don’t try and hold on to your breath when turning, make sure you are exhaling gradually under water.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Thank you
Thank you
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Most swimmers …
Most swimmers exhale through the nose and mouth and yes, this will create bubbles. Is there a specific part of exhaling that you are struggling with?
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
how do u exhale in …
how do u exhale in the water? can you explain that more? u have to exhale through ur nose right? its supposed to make bubbles, right?
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
My problem is …
My problem is running out of breath after a flipturn – I often surface too soon, disrupting the streamline/speed off the wall because I feel like my lungs will burst. what can I do to improve the ability to hold my breath longer under duress (ie screaming lungs and fatigued muscles in a fast set)?My coach tells me I should take 1-2 strokes before breathing but I find I have run out of breath sooner!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@SamPabloKuper I …
@SamPabloKuper I was explaining to you why you went dizzy when you tried to mimic Matt, because you were overbreathing doing it and causing hyperventilation. The CO2 levels reduce, that raises the PH of the blood causing the blood vessels to constrict, so not enough oxygen can get to the brain and you go dizzy. If not enough oxygen is getting to the brain, same is true to the other major organs and muscles and that trips you to anaerobic systems really quickly. Never breath hold when swimming
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Awsome video
Awsome video
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@SWIMTHERAPY Thanks …
@SWIMTHERAPY Thanks for the suggestion. I’m going to continue to work on my technique first, but if that doesn’t do the trick, I’ll try a lung exerciser too. So far, though, I think I wasn’t exhaling sufficiently before inhaling, and was also angling my head towards my shoulder when inhaling. That put my mouth clearer of the water than if I’d just used the trough as shown, but also took time away from the inhale & constricted my throat a bit. Going to try to just use the trough from now on!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@TIUKSwimming …
@TIUKSwimming Thanks for the suggestion. At my last lesson, though, my coach had me try the forceful exhale, and I found it helped. I think I wasn’t expelling *enough* CO2 before inhaling, so each inhale ended up being quite small, starving me of oxygen after half a length or so. Part of the difficulty was that I’m more familiar with breast stroke & backstroke, in which – as in normal life – I spend roughly equal amounts of time inhaling & exhaling, so that’s what I’m habituated to.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
It feels like im …
It feels like im exhaling to soon so as to keep the water from gushing up my nose. Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@SWIMTHERAPY Hi …
@SWIMTHERAPY Hi thanks for posting this clip it has been very helpful. I am trying to change my swimming style to bilateral breathing style as described above. Previously I turned my head on each stroke and took a breath which kept my head up out of the water and made my legs drop making it very slow. Now with every third stroke I take a breath on alternating sides but I find that I am out of breath after 2 lengths having previously been able for 30?? cont…..
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Clearly, trickle …
Clearly, trickle breathing is not working for you. Try explosive exhaling.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I have trouble …
I have trouble letting all the air out of my lungs by the time that third stroke comes around so I have to exhale and inhale, sometimes resulting in screwing up my whole lap. Any tips?
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@SamPabloKuper You …
@SamPabloKuper You are following the advise on emptying the content of your lungs before attempting to take the next breath and that’s wrong! Basically you are blowing away not only all the CO2 but perfectly good deep lung air too which then means you are having to try and take on board more than you should really need to. This is almost certainly the case because of the dizziness, you are hyperventilating because the levels of CO2 have dropped lower than the normal range.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
thanks
thanks
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Great video and …
Great video and great tips….
@ Virus278 … looks to me that not only is there a trough to breathe but that the swimmer also skews his mouth a little into a “popeye” style opening. Maybe I’m wrong but i;ve seen a few swimmers doing this and it does look strange but will try it out!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Thank you very much …
Thank you very much. I will try this. Breath has been my biggest struggle in my newfound exercise. You are dead on, I am getting into triathlons and had no idea how bad my swimming really was until my first. I actually thought I was good, how wrong I was…
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@SamPabloKuper Not …
@SamPabloKuper Not sure why you are struggling to inhale quickly….might be worth using one of the powerbreathe/power lung exercisers….make sure they help with the inhale muscles rather than just exhale.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@SWIMTHERAPY What …
@SWIMTHERAPY What puzzles me is: how does Matt manage to achieve a full inhalation in such a short time? If I attempt to inhale that rapidly, I get dizzy.
So I end up having to pause my stroke a little while I’m breathing. This lets me drift for maybe half a second – long enough for me to finish my inhale at a pace that doesn’t make me so dizzy.
Is there a better way, or a training routine I could use to improve my inhalation speed?
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
great vid. helped …
great vid. helped me loads ive got a life guard exam on monday prior to this week ive havnt been swimming in 10 years!!! although i was once a good swimmer, can i do it? who knows?
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
very good and …
very good and nicely explained breathing technique.. helped me to figure out that why i was not able to see a trough in the water.. because I was lifting my head before breathing.. thanks a lot for such a useful video..