holding your breath while swimming is very different than holding it like this, not moving.
So to get better at underwater dolphin kick or controlling your breathing patterns while
swimming you must do these following exercises.
remember that you must never do these exercises without professional supervision.
Shallow water blackouts are very dangerous.
So don’t push yourself to the point where you feel like you will pass out.
Usually when we get tired we start breathing way too often and our stroke technique starts
to fall apart.
On this video I will give you some exercises you can do to get more comfortable with that
excess carbon dioxide and the lack of oxygen in your lungs.
Our goal is to do 25s underwater, or as they are often called shooters.
The easiest for you to try if you haven’t done them are breaststroke pullouts.
So try doing the whole 25 underwater.
go as far as you can and come up if you can’t hold your breath any longer.
But don’t stop, keep swimming to the other side.
Do 5 of these resting as much as you need.
Then put fins on and try doing the whole 25 underwater but this time doing butterfly kick.
If you know how to do the butterfly kick this should be easier, and if not it is good practice.
obviously The slower you kick the longer you will take but the easier it will be to go
further because your legs will consume less oxygen and produce less carbon dioxide.
So start slow and then increase the speed.
Do 5 x 25s, resting between 20 and 30 seconds if you feel able.
Now up to now we have been doing easy pace shooters, but you would never swim a 50 or
a 100 in a competition slowly so let’s practice at a fast pace.
Swim 4 x 25s sprint without taking a breath or at least trying not to.
Resting 20 to 40 seconds to catch your breath.
Swim at least 100 meters backstroke to get your breathing pattern back to normal.
We will finish this set by doing 4 x 25s butterfly without taking a breath, resting 10 seconds
less than in the last set.
So if you rested 30 seconds on the freestyle ones, trying resting 20 for these ones.
Another important part is not losing speed on the turn and sometimes our breathing messes
that up.
So try doing 4 x 50s but don’t take a breath for 6 strokes before the turn, then do the
flip turn and breath until the second stroke after the turn.
Now do another 4 x 50s doing 2 stroke without taking a breath before the turn plus 5 or
6 underwater dolphin kicks and breath on the second stroke.
If you feel like you can do shooters very comfortable and you are sure there is a certified
lifeguard watching you, try doing 50s underwater with breaststroke pullouts or dolphin kick
with fins.
This is more than you would ever need to do really but they are good to get used to the
uncomfortable feeling of wanting to take a breath.
Remember to come up for a breath if you feel dizzy or weak.
To make the video shorter we didn’t include warm up or warm down, but if you want it you
can download the whole workout on a pdf format on the link in the description.
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