Feels like the side u breathe on is stronger while the other side is getting weaker. I’m now practicing every 3rd for better balance of strength on both sides.
My regular freestyle is all messed up right now. Been breathing to the left my whole life so I’m so imbalanced. I would recommend every 3 on distance sets so you don’t turn out like me.
Thanks for this advice. My new coach wants me to rotary breathe. I’m a mid and long distance swimmer. However, it feels like rotary breathing is slowing me down. Feels awkward. Granted, I just started working on it. Any advice or tips?
@@JubeeBijou just keep working on breathing to both sides and make sure you have the same head positioning and timing on both the right and left side. The more you breath to your uncomfortable side, the easier and more balanced you will swim. Just keep putting in the hours and you’ll get better
Hold your breath at the first stroke, exhale at the second and inhale at the 3rd stoke, I have started to do this recently and it helped controlling my breath
Thank you so much! I have never tried the 3 like in this video. I'm going to try it. The way I was doing it before, maybe the reason I was always unsuccessful. Again, thank you!❤
Me too, to my left. When I try to the right I sink or water up the nose, something off happens. Now I’m practicing to the right more. I’m also practicing every three.
@@aquinn6975 good suggestion 👌 ima start trying to breathe to the right but I can only breathe 3 or 4 strokes when going fast. At a long pace I have to breathe every 2 strokes
I tried to do both sides but I never felt comfortable doing so, so just stuck to breathing on my right on second stroke. I guess I’m going to try doing both sides again but not holding out much hope on doing breathing on my left side because ever since I dislocated my left shoulder whilst in-line skating in the early 2000s. The space between my shoulder and neck has never been the same🇬🇧🇯🇲✌️
I swim a little over a mile, I find that breathing every 2 helps set a pace for distance swimming, it's not the fastest but it definitely helps set a pace and breathing rhythm, if I swim from long periods and hold my breath every 3 or 4 i end up getting a headache. But that's just my preference not everyone is the same.
Qeustion about the 2 or 4 strokes. I find that to be the most comfortable, probably because i would breath on my prefer side. But in the long run would one side of my body be more developed (visually and physically) than the other? Ty
Not really. Might have some neck tension but thats it. Many olympic swimmers breathe to one side and they look perfectly proportionate, likely due to other work outs in the gym other than swimming
You usually won’t get visually imbalanced, but you can get more injuries from putting more weight on one shoulder. Micheal Phelps would alternate what side he would do a 2 breath pattern while practicing, even though he only breathed to one side in races, so you could try that if you like the rhythm of 2-4 breaths
Tried 5 stroke breathing to improve lung capacity and balance. But cant do more than 100m with this style. Easier is 3 stroke breathing for 200m sets. At 2k Continuous swimming its very random, I will breath 3stroke but on occasion do 2 stroke to oxygenate better.
That makes sense! You should be trying to get more oxygen to your body for longer reps. Breathing less makes you go faster but is only effective for a short period of time due to lactic acid.
Depends on the race and your conditioning, in a 100 your gonna push that breathing pattern up to 6 strokes per breath while on a 1500 a gallop with that 2 strokes per breath is way faster, now sure I’ve fucked arround and done a 3 stroke per breath 1500 and went a time faster than my short course, but that was peak conditioning and I definitely couldn’t do that right now at teh start of a season
If you're trying to increase your speed, you want to breathe as little as possible to prevent drag! Otherwise, it's ok to breathe to the same side if that's more comfortable for you!
Feels like the side u breathe on is stronger while the other side is getting weaker. I’m now practicing every 3rd for better balance of strength on both sides.
I'll definitely start doing it as well!
My regular freestyle is all messed up right now. Been breathing to the left my whole life so I’m so imbalanced. I would recommend every 3 on distance sets so you don’t turn out like me.
Thanks for this advice. My new coach wants me to rotary breathe. I’m a mid and long distance swimmer. However, it feels like rotary breathing is slowing me down. Feels awkward. Granted, I just started working on it. Any advice or tips?
@@JubeeBijou just keep working on breathing to both sides and make sure you have the same head positioning and timing on both the right and left side. The more you breath to your uncomfortable side, the easier and more balanced you will swim. Just keep putting in the hours and you’ll get better
@@adamh980 Will do! Thank you for the tips and encouragement 🙂
Every 3 strokes balances your body😊
My question is, when do you exhale? You exhale the whole time your head is under the water, or only when you are about to inhale?
Hold your breath at the first stroke, exhale at the second and inhale at the 3rd stoke, I have started to do this recently and it helped controlling my breath
I choose the side where the sun is not blocking my vision❤
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Every 3 ❤
Depends if a speed set 4 stroke if a distance set every 2 stroke
Would every 3rd stroke be good for mid and long distance? (Rotary breathing)
Breathe every 3
Thank you so much! I have never tried the 3 like in this video. I'm going to try it. The way I was doing it before, maybe the reason I was always unsuccessful. Again, thank you!❤
Hope it goes well! Good luck and happy swimming :)
I like to do 2-4 strokes.
I do 3-4 but that’s just me
I'm in the habit of breathing only to my left. Now when I try the right it totally throws me off!😂
Yep! Same! Perhaps it’s because we are just starting something new and it just feels awkward. Hopefully we just need time and practice.
Me too, to my left. When I try to the right I sink or water up the nose, something off happens. Now I’m practicing to the right more. I’m also practicing every three.
@@aquinn6975 good suggestion 👌 ima start trying to breathe to the right but I can only breathe 3 or 4 strokes when going fast. At a long pace I have to breathe every 2 strokes
I tried to do both sides but I never felt comfortable doing so, so just stuck to breathing on my right on second stroke. I guess I’m going to try doing both sides again but not holding out much hope on doing breathing on my left side because ever since I dislocated my left shoulder whilst in-line skating in the early 2000s. The space between my shoulder and neck has never been the same🇬🇧🇯🇲✌️
I swim a little over a mile, I find that breathing every 2 helps set a pace for distance swimming, it's not the fastest but it definitely helps set a pace and breathing rhythm, if I swim from long periods and hold my breath every 3 or 4 i end up getting a headache. But that's just my preference not everyone is the same.
Qeustion about the 2 or 4 strokes. I find that to be the most comfortable, probably because i would breath on my prefer side. But in the long run would one side of my body be more developed (visually and physically) than the other? Ty
Not really. Might have some neck tension but thats it. Many olympic swimmers breathe to one side and they look perfectly proportionate, likely due to other work outs in the gym other than swimming
You usually won’t get visually imbalanced, but you can get more injuries from putting more weight on one shoulder. Micheal Phelps would alternate what side he would do a 2 breath pattern while practicing, even though he only breathed to one side in races, so you could try that if you like the rhythm of 2-4 breaths
Tried 5 stroke breathing to improve lung capacity and balance. But cant do more than 100m with this style. Easier is 3 stroke breathing for 200m sets. At 2k Continuous swimming its very random, I will breath 3stroke but on occasion do 2 stroke to oxygenate better.
That makes sense! You should be trying to get more oxygen to your body for longer reps. Breathing less makes you go faster but is only effective for a short period of time due to lactic acid.
water gets in while inhaling through mouth
Depends on the race and your conditioning, in a 100 your gonna push that breathing pattern up to 6 strokes per breath while on a 1500 a gallop with that 2 strokes per breath is way faster, now sure I’ve fucked arround and done a 3 stroke per breath 1500 and went a time faster than my short course, but that was peak conditioning and I definitely couldn’t do that right now at teh start of a season
When you will come to Arrow arms style like in this vid you will not need any advice😉
Is it okay to breath from one side? I’m trying to increase my speed when swimming.
If you're trying to increase your speed, you want to breathe as little as possible to prevent drag! Otherwise, it's ok to breathe to the same side if that's more comfortable for you!
What About swimming two breaths for a 50
I have tried but it's still hard. I breathe every two strokes
Im faster every 2
I breathe 0 breathing makes you slwo