Breathing Technique
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tri-p posted 2 years ago.
exhale as you turn and by the time your mouth hits the surface you should be ready to take your next breath.
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duffeymt posted 2 years ago.
So, stop the exhale before breaking the surface to inhale?
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geochuck posted 2 years ago.
If water gets in your mouth you must only be breathing out of your nose. Exhale from mouth and nose.
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duffeymt posted 2 years ago.
geochuck wrote:
If water gets in your mouth you must only be breathing out of your nose. Exhale from mouth and nose.
I breathe out both. When I break the surface, I am finishing my exhale, blowing water up, then inhaling taking in that same water. Should I stop exhaling right before break the water?
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RV posted 2 years ago.
I think that your head position affects taking in water as well. If I tilt the top of my head up to breathe, I sometimes take in some water. But when my head position remains more neutral, then not a problem.
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geochuck posted 2 years ago.
Practice bobbing until you can control the breathing action. If you get water in your mouth you get rid of it. We can still breathe air with a little water in the mouth but you cannot take the water and air in a gulp.
Breathe in through the mouth, breathe out through the nose and mouth. Do not exhale all of your air.
Many people just try to breathe in, if you were a balloon you would soon explode. If you force your breath out of your mouth only, water syphons up your nose and you are in trouble, choking and sputtering.
Relax and stretch out, the water will actuaully keep you on the surface without a lot of effort if you just let it happen. Roll the shoulders and breathe in the trough don't lift the head up to breathe.
I actually think you must not be rolling enough but it is very hard to tell without seeing what you are doing.
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reflux posted 2 years ago.
duffeymt wrote:
I breathe out both. When I break the surface, I am finishing my exhale, blowing water up, then inhaling taking in that same water. Should I stop exhaling right before break the water?
I am very much a new swimmer and have just learned the basics of breathing. One of the many problems I had, was that when I was rotated to the side, ready to take my breath, I would get water in my mouth. 3 things worked for me. 1) Continue breathing out just a little bit until I was certain my mouth was clear of the water. 2) My head position during the entire stroke was incorrect. Once correcting it, everything started to "work" better. 3) When I was ready for a breath, I pretended like my head was connected (I liked to think of a rubber band for some reason) to my shoulder.
If you're a noob, you may want to consider a lesson or the Total Immersion DVD.
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geochuck posted 2 years ago.
Here is an article about breathing http://swimming.about.com/od/freeandback/a/breath_freestyl.htm
I have looked for a more detailed 'how to' on breathing, but have only found brief instructions "exhale under water, turn and inhale". I guess my question would be, do you exhale as you turn your body to inhale or do you exhale as you're looking down and have a brief pause before turning to inhale? Whenever I exhale as I turn to inhale, I end up pushing bubbles up out of the water which end up back in my mouth! Any advice?
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