Your mind is telling you, you need to breathe as you're about to drown, you're not going to drown, you are not breathing for 3 secs, that's it.
------
Whenever we do breath holding for master's, I actually tell the swimmers the opposite...."If you need to breath, please breath...". Not a lot gained imo from doing a full underwater that other breath control methods can accomplish the same thing in a safer manner imo. But to each their own, just as a professional coach I would be very hesitant to suggest some of the things that's being suggested to likely an AOS with "breath holding" swims (most especially at the end of the set when fatigue is high and decision making may be compromised).
Eta: But to answer the OP:
1) bravo for working on it, I would tell you just like I tell one of my master girls, relax coming off the wall.
2) I wouldn't worry so much at the back end of the workout, see if you can slowly progress to getting further a long with it, but I would start in the warm up....Every flip turn is done with no breath on the 1st stroke. Get that success and see how it starts to translate into the main set and end of set.
3) bravo for trying/working on it. I think flip turns are one of the best forms of water comfort / breath control that will translate into open water confidence.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
------
Whenever we do breath holding for master's, I actually tell the swimmers the opposite...."If you need to breath, please breath...". Not a lot gained imo from doing a full underwater that other breath control methods can accomplish the same thing in a safer manner imo. But to each their own, just as a professional coach I would be very hesitant to suggest some of the things that's being suggested to likely an AOS with "breath holding" swims (most especially at the end of the set when fatigue is high and decision making may be compromised).
Eta: But to answer the OP:
1) bravo for working on it, I would tell you just like I tell one of my master girls, relax coming off the wall.
2) I wouldn't worry so much at the back end of the workout, see if you can slowly progress to getting further a long with it, but I would start in the warm up....Every flip turn is done with no breath on the 1st stroke. Get that success and see how it starts to translate into the main set and end of set.
3) bravo for trying/working on it. I think flip turns are one of the best forms of water comfort / breath control that will translate into open water confidence.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
Last edited by:
B_Doughtie: Feb 10, 21 20:15