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For your Tri, do you have to do a medley? (butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle)? Or is it anything-goes?
Either way, once you feel pretty strong in your form and your breathing rhythm and you’re ready to crank up your speed, you should definitely try swimming in sweats. Now THAT’S a workout! And you’ll be super-speedy once you swim without them.
The best breathing for swimming is in your mouth (fast) and then slowly out your nose. Try to breath every 3rd to 4th stroke. This will allow yourself to go faster and not having to keep your face out of the water. It does take some getting used to but in time you’d find out that it is a nice way to breath. But then there’d be the problems of scuba diving when you can’t just breath in and out of the mouth. Gotta love those nice air bubble coming out of the mask..
I like to swim taking in a breath every third stroke. This way you breath turning your head both ways. ie. breath on left side, right arm stroke. left arm stroke, right arem stroke, breath on right side.
I like this because I feel balanced, keeping flexibility of my head & neck to both sides. Also, I breathe in through my mouth, and out through my mouth. I seem to have more control over the timing of the out breath. I control the breath and breathe out in a steady stream the entire 3 strokes, timing it so I have emptied my lungs just as I’m turning my head to breathe in again.
I like to swim, but haven’t had a place available for a long time. Good luck in the Triathalon.
Hey Tom,
I worked in the Master Swim Class at the club to learn about swimming. I always breath every 3rd stroke so I alternate and therefore should be going forward more straight-ahead. For speed, make sure you keep your fingers closed so when you take a stroke you have more pull getting yourself ahead. Also, try to make your strokes as long and strong as you can. I’m going to be doing my first tri (its a sprint) in July. Any advice?
