On this video I will show you 4 breathing exercises you can do to maintain a better,
more horizontal position while swimming smooth easy freestyle.
The first exercise is to Grab the wall with one hand, take a deep breath, put your face
in the water and kick just enough to put your body in a horizontal position.
At this moment your are not exhaling.
Hold your breath for about 2 seconds and let about 50 percent of the air in your lungs
out through your nose plus 20 percent with your mouth.
Take a quick breath through your mouth of that 70 percent of air you let out.
You will notice that in swimming you breathe the exact opposite as if you were running.
When you swim, you exhale through your nose and inhale through your mouth.
Notice that I don't constantly exhale the whole time my head is in the water.
This is key to maintaining my upper body floating.
I also don't fill my lungs to their full capacity.
That would cause the problem we talked about in our past smooth freestyle video.
Practice this exercise on both sides, breathing to the left and breathing to the right, until
you feel comfortable with the movement and the breathing technique.
The second progression is very similar but you will have a kick board instead of the
wall and you will also do full strokes.
Kick about 6 times and then take one breath and a stroke.
Notice that he is not exhaling while his head is in place looking at the floor.
Elite swimmers just exhale while the head is moving up to the surface before breaking
it and a little bit while on the surface.
This all happens in a matter of hundredths of a second while swimming fast.
That is why you have to practice it slowly at first and perfect it though repetition.
The third exercise is the same as the second but without a kick board.
Usually swimmers have a preferred breathing side but it is of good practice to learn how
to breathe well from both sides.
Notice that the second goggle barely comes out of the surface, this is to make the breath
fast and keep a good alignment of the body.
The fourth exercise is simpler.
Just kick with your arms down and move your head to the side to take a breath.
There is no arms' movement.
Focus on maintaining the hips high on the surface of the water and take quick breaths
the same way you practice on the other three exercises.
Now you are ready to do the whole thing!
Swim one length of the pool on the smoothest freestyle you can master, while taking short
quick breaths.
Try breathing every 2 stroke, every 3 stroke and every 4 strokes.
Notice the difference.
Stop at the other end, control your breathing and do it again.
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