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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Low profile breathing swimming workout


A lot of swimmers, especially young ones and beginners, tend to rotate to much or they rise their heads up while breathing in freestyle. Swimmers who do that mistake lose balance and they don't swim straight which leads to neck pain and loss of speed. We all know that the better the technique the better we work out. With that in mind, I'll post various swimming workouts that will help you improve your swimming technique as well as challenge you aerobically. If you have any questions about the workout or the format that I'll use to write it, please make a comment or pm me. 


Warm up
200 your choice + 100 flutter kick

Main
4x50 FR @:10R - feel cheek touch the water when breathing
4x50 FR @:10R - feel jawbone touch the water when breathing
4x50 FR @:10R - feel temple touch the water when breathing
4x50 FR @:10R - feel all the above touch the water when breathing

200 FR - press temple into the water when breathing

4x50 6 kick switch @:15R - press temple into the water when breathing
2x100 FR @:20R - low profile breathing

Recovery 
100 easy

Total: 1800m

FR = freestyle, @ = indicates rest between repeats

For those who find this workout very challenging you can reduce the number of repeats or increase your recovery time between repeats. If you want to make it more challenging, do the opposite, increase repeats and decrease recovery time.

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