With all these technical points for swimming.....swimming around in my head I'm finding I've lost a lot of focus on my breathing during my strokes - this means I can do about 50m before I'm wrecked! I made a decision today to move from breathing every 4 strokes to every 2. Neil, Phil and Harrison all seem to favour this way and so did pretty much everyone else who was training early doors this morning. So I took the plunge. Hayley recommended it as it suits open water swimming better (choppy waters, need to sight etc). Be interesting to hear anyone thoughts on breathing patterns etc.
Gonna give this workout a try on Fri morning.
Warm up:
200m easy swimming
Set 1:
2 x 100m Front Crawl - 20 seconds rest - concentrate on long strokes
4 x 50m Front Crawl - 15 second rest - concentrate on leg kick from hips
2 x 100m Front Crawl - 20 seconds rest - try and put all together
All distance to be at 50% max intensity -
set 2:
1 x 100m swim - try to breath every 4 strokes
20 seconds rest
4 x 50m swim get faster each 50m - last 50m should be arounf 70% effort - 10 seconds rest between each 50m
20 seconds rest
1 x 100m swim - try to breath every 4 strokes
swim down - 200m super easy and relaxed Total distance: 1400m
Def every 2 for triathalon swimming. Although bi-lateral in order to see both sides can also be useful.
ReplyDeleteWise words from a swim coach! Cheers toddster :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers for the tips Toddster - I agree, it's been much better now I'm breathing every 2 - will be much better in choppy waters as well. Bi lateral....? No chance!!
ReplyDeleteTrickle breathing slowly out gives a more relaxed stroke. Try not to adopt explosive breathing method as it tenses you up and knackers you out quicker which is not good for distance swimming :o)
ReplyDeleteLoving the blog boys, keep it coming!