There is still a ton of room for improvement here but there are improvements already.
Last night I worked on 4 stroke/breath to see what that would do for me. (I was only swimming 50's). Well at the end of the hour I was still managing 50 in about 55 seconds, much better than my 1:10-1:15 from my post earlier this month.
I decided to try 4 stroke so that I would always breathe on my strong side, just to get an idea of the results. It proved to me that I need to spend much more time working on my weak side breathing technique. (I'll post my weak side time on my next trip to the pool).
I also felt that by sticking with my strong side and breathing less often. I'm starting to feel the swim much more. One of the things I've read online is to make your forearm part of the paddle, not just your hands. I've been trying to remember to think of that. I can't say I'm successful there yet.
Anyhow, I hope to have as much improvement in swimming as I've had with running over the last 5 months. I guess I'll find out in 5 months.
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I am going swimming tonight. I am going to try to swim 400 yds non-stop under 10 minutes. But before I do that I was going to do some drills. 50 yarders, the length down I don't turn my body (swim with my chest pushing water). Suppose to improve position in the water (legs & hips up). The length back swim regular. Rest between.
The other drill is to swim first length with my hand clenched in a fist, which causes you to focus on using your whole forearm. Then swim the length back regular. Rest between.
I hope to do 5 or 6 drills of each. The one drill focuses on what you were talking about.
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