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 2011-09-25 7:31 AM in reply to: #3697844 |
 166  |  Subject: RE: Are you Bi ??For at least 25 years, I was a right-side breather. That finally wore out my left-shoulder, had a bad overuse injury of my left clavicle. So I have switched to bi-lateral to reduce wear and tear on that left shoulder. It took a good 6 months of discomfort to do it, and I will never be as efficient breathing left as I do on the right, but it allows me to put in the meters in the pool, and it also balances me out in the water. Im not faster, but I'm a heck of a lot more versatile and efficient. And I'm not broken down, either. Get used to bi-lateral as fast as you can, that is my recommendation, your shoulders will love your for it. |
| 2011-09-25 9:08 AM in reply to: #3697844 |
Expert 1360 | Subject: RE: Are you Bi ?? I mostly bilateral breathe unless there is a reason for me to breathe on one side or the other (like others have said, for sighting, sun, waves, etc. When I'm doing hard 50s in the pool, I ususally breathe on the right every 4 strokes for the first 25 metres. (as a kid, I was a right sided breather, but when I was training to become a swim instructor, they changed the red cross program in Canada to include bilateral breathing. This is when I picked it up - and butterfly). |
| 2011-09-25 9:30 AM in reply to: #3698136 |
Champion 4835   Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Are you Bi ?? TriAya - 2011-09-23 2:50 PM <--- someone shoot the snob ... who has gills Honestly, even in whopper ~10k swim sessions or recovery swims, I am rarely going slowly enough that bilateral (3-stroke) breathing is going to get me enough O2. Maybe during the warm-up. I breathe probably 75% to my left and 25% to my right, but I've had to swim extended time/distance just breathing to the right and that's fine. You're no snob. I was going to say the same thing. If I am swimming fast, I have to breathe every other stroke. If I am breathing bilaterally, it means I have to go slower. My pace determines how often I breath. Or is it that my breathing rate determines my pace? Either way, I spent a whole winter comparing my pace when breathing every 3rd stroke (bilaterally) and every 4th stroke (unilaterally). The difference is at most 3 seconds/100m yet my effort seems much higher breathing bilaterally. So, when I am doing a slow warm up or recovering, I breathe every 4th stroke, usually on my non-dominant left side. All other swimming is done breathing on the right every 2nd stroke. |
| 2011-09-25 9:51 AM in reply to: #3697844 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Are you Bi ?? Random but related thought ... there's nothing magical about bilateral breathing that: - balances you out. It's important to learn even, balanced, non-shoulder-straining form whether you're breathing to the right or the left. - makes you faster. If your form is good and you are well-trained, getting more 02 makes you faster. The top swimmers in OWS and distance pool breathe every stroke cycle, and the current 1500m WR holder sometimes breathes every STROKE (not just cycle, as in breathes left, then immediately breathes right) during a race. |
| 2011-09-26 1:03 AM in reply to: #3697844 |
Veteran 177 | Subject: RE: Are you Bi ?? Got it drilled into me as a kid, 1 2 3 breath, or, 1 2 3 4 5 breath depending on what we were racing. In tri races by the end I'm usually breathing on one side because OWS hate me. |
| 2011-09-26 6:45 AM in reply to: #3697862 |
Expert 614 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: Are you Bi ?? FoggyGoggles - 2011-09-23 12:48 PM Purely situational for me. I practice bilaterally but prefer my left side. Ditto. I only breath to the right if I have to |
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