Freestyle: Breathing

Hey, guys! I'm back with more swimming techniques. You may know me as a blogger that makes book summaries but I'm also a swimmer. You may check my book summaries in: https://www.insidehacking.blogspot.com but it is inactive for the mean time. For more details about my blog crossover, you may check my first post about kicking, for it is the most basic thing to learn about in swimming. If you are a beginner and you intend to read this blog, I suggest you to read my older posts but if you're just reading this for breathing tips, it wouldn't be compulsory for you to read my older posts. It would be a nice suggestion for you to read my older posts for there are more to venture in the vast swimming world. Each style has a countless amount of aspects for the world of swimming is just another rainbow with more unclear colors. In my dictionary of phrases, that can be also be defined by saying 'a broad spectrum' of undiscovered colors. I would also like to mention that I enjoy writing my blogs in American-English; it just fits me better. Just in case I haven't mentioned in my older posts, I'm writing a blog everyday and I'm giving out a style per week while giving tips about different aspects per day. To find out more about my swimming habits, don't hesitate to ask me and look at my older posts at what styles I specialize in and how many metres I usually sprint. Some of these tips may be very common or maybe even uncommon. Note that these techniques I'm about to teach you are only effective when done correctly. If there are anything you would like me to know, please notify me.

Breathing correctly is a very important aspect in the many categories of freestyle because with just a few wrong breathing styles could cause you a few milliseconds and every microsecond in swimming counts. If you don't believe me, see Phelps's 7^th gold medal at Beijing 2008. He beat Milorad Cavic by a microsecond. Phelps was losing by hlaf a body and in the last 25 metres he caught up and when Milorad Cavic was a few millimetres to the wall, Phelps had a final stroke and beat Milorad Cavic. I remember the first time I learned breathing was when I was about 7 years old, and I first breathed with a 1-1 pattern. How inefficient. Plus, it made me dizzy. The most efficient pattern is the 4-1 pattern for long distance swims and for short distance sprints, I always intend to hold my breath. My high score for holding my breath is about a minute and 30 seconds but when I'm sprinting I can only stand about 25 or 30 metres. If you want to practice holding your breath outside the water, remember not to puff your cheeks and not to hold all the oxygen in your lungs. Also relax while lying down and closing your eyes.

Snorkels would help enlarge your lung capacity and while using a snorkel, always remember to keep your head low to reduce drag. When taking a breath, always remember to rotate half your head and not all. It saves a lot of time and effort. Bilateral breathing would do you more good and bilateral breathing is a pattern where you're breathing patterns take turns (Left and Right). Blowing air consistently during long distance swims would save more energy. Always remember to focus at exhaling more than inhaling because it conserves air. When doing flips, remember to exhale in your streamline position because it'll save you energy. Remember scissor kicking when taking a breath. Also remember a body roll to go well with the rotation.

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