>think I'm pretty fit>can deadlift 3x bodyweight, can run a 12 minute 2 mile>try to swim 100 meters without stopping>feel like I'm going to fucking die>gasping for air each time I come up, can go about 3 strokes under the water before having to surface again>random old lady in the lane next to me absolutely fucking smokes me at the same distance and keeps going as I cling to the edge of the pool trying to catch my breathHow do you actually get better at swimming and holding your breath? Is this one of those things I should have been doing since middle school if I wanted to be good at it?General swimming thread I guess
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Swimming is all about technique to reduce drag. Even if you’re very fit and have good cardio you will gas out quickly without it. Take a few lessons or watch videos.t. Taught myself freestyle and got better at it
how tf does one swim freestyle without water flowing into your lungs when you try to breath in
>>77196013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymjPBikMnwbut if you're a brick - rotate entire body there's nothing in the rules against it yes there are rules because it's contrived bullshit the modern swammang, this is how u should swim: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sidestroke+swimming
>>77195922slow down. make sure you're pointing your toes out directly behind you and kicking from the hips. like the other anon said, rotate on a horizontal axis. you could try use those float things for your knees and focus only only arms or use a kickboard and only focus on kicking. breathing is all about a smooth rhythm left right left breath right side, right left right breath left side. like anything our bodies are lazy as fuck and will eventually find the easiest possible way of doing something. stick at it and you'll be able to continuously swim in no time.
>>77196074you could also try some pyramid type training 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 150, 100, 50, 25 (or similar) with a 10 or 20 second break in between sets. some ex-swimfag anons advised that in the last swim thread. usually i'd just bang out 2.5km or more straight because I love it, but I the swimfag pyramid anons method is actually pretty good and I am enjoying it.
>>77196076lastly with swimming you just have to accept the moggings. old cunts, fat cunts, manlets, lanklets, doesn't matter. there will always be some onewho will absolutely mog you. every saturday morning when I swim the highschool swim club is there. every saturday morning I get obliterated by 14 year old boys and girls that aren't even trying.
There's likely some movement or positioning error you have that produces huge drag. Maybe you're not gliding enough. Also the CO2 in your lung builds up if you don't breathe properly, and that exhausts extremely fast.
>>77195922started swimming a month ago, making some real progress. I can now swim with four strokes per breath consistently, and can swim with 6 strokes per breath for over 50m. I started struggling with 50m at a time, yesterday i swam 1.5km in 150m sets. i have really improved my technique, I'm much smoother now, focussing on technique, breathing, and ignoring the time has made me faster.
>>77195922You just got to do it more and you will dial in the rhythm eventually and once you get the rhythm you feel like a fish slicing through the water it’s fucking great.
>>77196013Separate from the rotating that guy said, if you are moving at a decent speed the wake of your head should create a little pocket of air at mouth level
>>77196749good work mole
As a competitive swimmer for over a decade in my youth, I never want to set foot in a pool again unless it's to drown a jew.
>>77195922slow down, work on your cardiovascular fitness, don't get psyched out when you swim and start panicking and raise your heart rate. Also watch some videos and work on that form and technique to minimize drag like other posts mention
>>77196768This. It's called getting "feel" for the water. If you take time off after gaining this sensation, it will go away and you'll be back to feeling like your body is fighting the water, not moving through it efficiently and with power.
>>77196013You just rotate your head to inhale every x strokes, typically 3. I took swimming lessons in my childhood so it seems obvious to me, don't think there's much more to explain.
>things that produce huge drag and make you slowBody hair and huge swimming trunks
