The secret to breathing in freestyle | Breathing techniques by Olympian Laura Strugnell
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- How to breathe properly and why to try this way. READ CAPTION TO FULLY UNDERSTAND. In my previous video I posted about the most common mistake swimmers make when breathing, here I will explain how to breathe every 3 strokes. I recommend this breathing pattern the most because it gives you the most control over your stroke and will allow you to continue for longer periods at any pace without getting out of breath or fatigue. You can apply this concept to any breathing pattern or rhythm you like as long as you hold your breath and you exhale on the beginning of the stroke before you intend to breathe. Holding your breath will bring your heart rate down, exhaling will allow you to get rid of the carbon dioxide and fully be ready to inhale enough air to feed the muscles with oxygen.
I m going to try today. Breathe technique is my biggest problem for freestyle swimming.
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63 yo just learning how to swim. I've been struggling with the breathing pattern but will certainly put this pattern to practice. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing it not an easy task to learn to swim as an adult. We tend to over think and are afraid of getting things wrong. My advice to you is let go, try to enjoy the feel of the water how it holds us up, the silence you experience when you put your head under and how it changes when you put different amounts of pressure through it. Water is one of a kind the more you start to let go and embrace it the more control you actually have over it. What goes down must come up so if you feel like you are sinking allow yourself to sink reality is that you won't sink and if you wait a few seconds you float right back up. The more we panic we can't breathe the more we feel like we can't breathe. Take control of the breathing and try to imagine it's the same as meditation. let us know how it goes :)
This makes so much sense because when I blow on the first, by the third I'm out of breath and my main problem is not having my face up in the water enough to only breathe air, i take in some water too 😢
Absolutely, imagine exhaling the entire time while running or exercising? It would be exhausting right. Think of it this way yoga, pilates and basically all exercise is mastered by controlled breathing which in fact includes a breath hold and long relaxed exhale and an inhale the more your relax the easier it will be to breath as your lunges are a muscle too and if they are too tense it will restrict them from expanding. When we learn to expand and decrease our lunges we also work in buoyancy because our lunges are similar to balloons. Try to imagine you will breath at the start of the first stroke as soon as you pull you will aim to breathe. In real life this will always happen slightly later but it will force you to get the timing correct.
Just what I needed. I've been practicing bilateral breathing for a while and these tips will help me so much. thanks for sharing.
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I was trained in bilateral freestyle as a child, and at some point i switched to unilateral, thinking i need to grow up or something. In following years i couldn't even do 4×25m free without passing out completely, and i didn't know what the problem was. I was so frustrated seeing everyone swimming front crawl with ease but me. It lasted for years and I thought i was good in breast and back and i should stick to it. Not untill recently when I switched back to bilateral pathern again, now I'm unstoppable. I have enough strength/stamina and technique for freestyle like everyone else.
So, it's important for everyone to try both and see what suits them the best.
Thank you for sharing this, I have so many clients with the same problem but sometimes it’s just a mindshift because we see so many of our professionals and Olympic swimmers doing unilateral we think this is the way we should swim but they are racing and in most cases they have different breathing for different distances and sets.
@@thefastlane_zamy body got used to bilateral at very young age, so everything else seemed unatural I guess.
And there is way too many opinions on breathing, but bilateral for some reason seemed popular 30 years ago. Something change and made unilateral pattern popular. Probably Olympics and some swimming influencers. I don't know.
For me, bilateral breathing helps me have bettee control over my oxygen intake overall, i am calm and relax. Sensory part while seeing things on both sides while breathing is also important. Balance is there.
@@coltthestarsheriff3544 I agree breathing is unique to everyone but I see when coaching most people naturally follow the same patterns. Olympic swimmers generally have a reason and would test out different breathing to see what makes them faster in the particular race. Sometimes I find some elite swimmers don’t even know why they breathe like that they are copying each other. I don’t think breathing is given enough attention and focus that it needs. But science is showing us on stats and graphs that bilateral is better and also that breathing often affects our technique and stroke so I foresee that things might change once more swimmers get analysed with the EO handsets or similar tools.
It's as easy as ABC. Will try this on Wednesday when next I do my half-mile of non-consecutive lengths (Mons, Weds, Fris). Being right-handed, I do have a bit of a phobia of breathing to the left where I tend to get a mouthful of water instead of air.
Shared!
Thanks! I'll try it.
keep us posted on how it feels and if it works for you
Thanks for sharing. And is it possible to exhale from the first stroke, but on portions? 🙂
Every persons breathing can be slightly different and each person needs more or sometimes less time to exhale depending on your lung capacity. I would recommend as long as you hold your breath for a bit initially then exhale in parts and ensure you exhale enough and that you don't delay the breathing you will be fine. However are a couple of lengths practicing this way with breathing ladders it will become far easier to do this way and a better rhythm for you to maintain. But play around and find what works for you without making you out of breath.
Excellent!
Thank you
Is there anything wrong with exhaling mostly through your mouth (except turns e.g.)? I don't know why but when i swim freestyle and exhale only through my nose i get sort of panic immediately and i can't seem to overcome it.
No nothing wrong at all with this. If this is comfortable for you then use this method. When I swim with a noseclip I use only my mouth of course and this I find easier, when I swim without I use both and interchange when I need too. I teach my swimmers to do what feels the most natural and comfortable. As long as you try to exhale "slower or longer" and not like a dragon from your mouth it is good. Try to remain zen with your breathing (Like in yoga or meditation) everything revolves around calm breathing regardless if you are sprinting or going for distance always try to keep the breathing calm and under control even when we become out of breath and panic we need to revert back to zen and controlled.
Thank you so much....😊
welcome, hope this helps
My biggest problem when I breath in is that I swallow water by mistake
❤ Thank you
You are welcome - let us know if there is something you need to know or that you are struggling with and we will make a video for you
@@thefastlane_za thank you. I struggle with keeping my legs high (streamline) during front crawl which affects my breathing. It's hard for me to continue with kicks which help keeping position. I tend to stop my kicks or do very fast and very small kicks
@@aleela389 it’s hard to know exactly what might be causing the legs sinking and what I could suggest to try and help you fix it but a couple of things to try. First of all the legs sinking is almost always alignment and almost always the chin up and the belly button sinking to the floor (because of our natural curve in the lower back) tilting your pelvis activating the glutes and hamstrings can help this. My next suggestion is don’t be afraid to feel like you sinking 1 you are likely not going to sink to the bottom so the less you worry about the fact that you must not sink the less tense you will be the more you will float. 2 sometimes I try play around with my kicks to see how long I could go without much kicking.feeling your stroke and body and enjoying the sensations will help you to achieve an ease in the pool and then speed will come.
@@aleela389 also try out the sculling drills I posted all of them we use in synchronised swimming for better body IQ and build better alignment and strength in propulsion. I do them without a buoy but you can start with a buoy and gradually move it down the legs and then eventually away all together
@@thefastlane_za thank you very much for your answer. You addressed and guessed my issues perfectly. ♥️. Lots of respect for your experience 🙏