Swim without getting tired - Skills N' Talents
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Date: 2022-07-18
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AdrienLegendre
The most important steps to improve swimming endurance: 1) use fatigue resistant core muscles to generate force needed to pull arm through water; use fatigue sensitive arm muscles from shoulder to finger tip to maintain minimal tension needed to keep the arm in a catch posture, 2) maintain horizontal body position by swimming posture, not by kicking, 3)use proper catch position, 4) rotate, not lift, the head to breath, you can find air in the trough (depression) of water near your armpit, 5) learn to swim in a straight line, 6) do not hold breath, but release air slowly following inhalation as you would during normal breathing 7) meditate while breathing, 8) keep arm and hand close to center-line of body to generate more force while minimizing swaying right and left. Using core muscles: extend right arm forward, form catch position, thrust the right shoulder backwards while simultaneously thrusting left shoulder forward and thrusting your hip to rotate your body. These thrusting core body movements pull the right arm through the water. The right arm muscles from shoulder to finger tips maintain the minimal tension needed to maintain catch position and reduce fatigue, any less tension in the arm muscles would make the arm collapse. Feel the shoulder and body rotation pull the arm through the water. Horizontal body position: lie supine (face down) in water, lower the head, extend both arms in front, lower the arms with legs horizontal. If your legs begin to sink in the water, lower your head and arms more. If you get this right, you can easily swim in a perfect horizontal position with no kicking movements. Catch position: flex arm at elbow, point palm backwards to your feet, pull arm through water keeping the palm pointed to your feet. Your palm is like the flat surface of an oar, pushing your body forward. Meditate: focus on slow breathing and minimizing muscle tension of your entire body.
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The most important steps to improve swimming endurance: 1) use fatigue resistant core muscles to generate force needed to pull arm through water; use fatigue sensitive arm muscles from shoulder to finger tip to maintain minimal tension needed to keep the arm in a catch posture, 2) maintain horizontal body position by swimming posture, not by kicking, 3)use proper catch position, 4) rotate, not lift, the head to breath, you can find air in the trough (depression) of water near your armpit, 5) learn to swim in a straight line, 6) do not hold breath, but release air slowly following inhalation as you would during normal breathing 7) meditate while breathing, 8) keep arm and hand close to center-line of body to generate more force while minimizing swaying right and left. Using core muscles: extend right arm forward, form catch position, thrust the right shoulder backwards while simultaneously thrusting left shoulder forward and thrusting your hip to rotate your body. These thrusting core body movements pull the right arm through the water. The right arm muscles from shoulder to finger tips maintain the minimal tension needed to maintain catch position and reduce fatigue, any less tension in the arm muscles would make the arm collapse. Feel the shoulder and body rotation pull the arm through the water. Horizontal body position: lie supine (face down) in water, lower the head, extend both arms in front, lower the arms with legs horizontal. If your legs begin to sink in the water, lower your head and arms more. If you get this right, you can easily swim in a perfect horizontal position with no kicking movements. Catch position: flex arm at elbow, point palm backwards to your feet, pull arm through water keeping the palm pointed to your feet. Your palm is like the flat surface of an oar, pushing your body forward. Meditate: focus on slow breathing and minimizing muscle tension of your entire body.
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Tribal
You really wanna swim without getting tired? Forget such useless techniques and just move like a gecko inside the water (of course with slower movements. You will have a very mild pace while saving tons of energies and if you administrate it well it makes you save even more energies than remaining in fixed position with legs down, at the same time you can move too. If you want to give more thrust you can occasionally move the legs like a frog does. You can soon naturally learn it, just keep in mind the movement of a gecko and you will quickly adjust the whole. That's honestly said by a person who was born by the seaside and has swam all life long, even against waves and currents, even underwater while exploring, and it works in a swimming pool too. People who are just going to learn swimming in a swimming pool will never be able to swim for long time such as in an emergency situation. At the swimming pool you learn techniques used to go fast in a competition and without adverse water conditions, swimming without getting tired is another matter. Often people who don't live by the sea are not able to truly swim by practical convenience and just apply the techniques they were taught in a pool. Not having much muscular mass helps a lot too, the ones having muscle mass get tired quicker and drown quicker, also having too much fat make you drown quicker though it protects you from the cold, and also being too skinny makes you drown quicker, both because energies and because you become more vulnerable to the cold, while a balanced body is the best type for surviving into the water for long time. I will not read possible replies so to prevent fanaticism.
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You really wanna swim without getting tired? Forget such useless techniques and just move like a gecko inside the water (of course with slower movements. You will have a very mild pace while saving tons of energies and if you administrate it well it makes you save even more energies than remaining in fixed position with legs down, at the same time you can move too. If you want to give more thrust you can occasionally move the legs like a frog does. You can soon naturally learn it, just keep in mind the movement of a gecko and you will quickly adjust the whole. That's honestly said by a person who was born by the seaside and has swam all life long, even against waves and currents, even underwater while exploring, and it works in a swimming pool too. People who are just going to learn swimming in a swimming pool will never be able to swim for long time such as in an emergency situation. At the swimming pool you learn techniques used to go fast in a competition and without adverse water conditions, swimming without getting tired is another matter. Often people who don't live by the sea are not able to truly swim by practical convenience and just apply the techniques they were taught in a pool. Not having much muscular mass helps a lot too, the ones having muscle mass get tired quicker and drown quicker, also having too much fat make you drown quicker though it protects you from the cold, and also being too skinny makes you drown quicker, both because energies and because you become more vulnerable to the cold, while a balanced body is the best type for surviving into the water for long time. I will not read possible replies so to prevent fanaticism.
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hYpYz
I'm an adult trying to learn how to swim. For fckn months I could not swim without kick board between my legs and even with it it was soo bad. Just this week I've been watching and rewatching videos with tips and so on. I DID IT I swam several length today experienced gliding in the water and had enough endurance to go in the pool waay longer than usual. Tips that made a difference to me: balance drills from smooth swimming videos. advice to NOT release the air slowly, kicking advice from smooth swimming and other videos. These made so the breathing was way easier for me then it was for ages. I was so hype i was smiling to everyone in the pool. I must've looked like total creep but was so proud of myself: D Thank you very much for all the videos and priceless advice. All the best to everyone contributing to these videos!
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I'm an adult trying to learn how to swim. For fckn months I could not swim without kick board between my legs and even with it it was soo bad. Just this week I've been watching and rewatching videos with tips and so on. I DID IT I swam several length today experienced gliding in the water and had enough endurance to go in the pool waay longer than usual. Tips that made a difference to me: balance drills from smooth swimming videos. advice to NOT release the air slowly, kicking advice from smooth swimming and other videos. These made so the breathing was way easier for me then it was for ages. I was so hype i was smiling to everyone in the pool. I must've looked like total creep but was so proud of myself: D Thank you very much for all the videos and priceless advice. All the best to everyone contributing to these videos!
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William
Thank you very much for this! I have been a swimmer my entire life, but I've never been comfortable with freestyle, as I use too much energy, so I will try your advice. I have a stroke I use, on my back, extend the arms over the head, frog kick while pulling with the arms. This is very easy for me and I can swim for hours this way, but you have given me renewed interest in freestyle. One further point - to anyone that swims in the ocean it is vital to have at least one stroke you can use that for you is at the same level of effort as walking. If you get pulled out by rip currents, simply look at the beach to see which way the current is taking you, then swim diagonally with the current towards the shore. Do not be in a hurry. You may end up well down the beach from where you went in.
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Thank you very much for this! I have been a swimmer my entire life, but I've never been comfortable with freestyle, as I use too much energy, so I will try your advice. I have a stroke I use, on my back, extend the arms over the head, frog kick while pulling with the arms. This is very easy for me and I can swim for hours this way, but you have given me renewed interest in freestyle. One further point - to anyone that swims in the ocean it is vital to have at least one stroke you can use that for you is at the same level of effort as walking. If you get pulled out by rip currents, simply look at the beach to see which way the current is taking you, then swim diagonally with the current towards the shore. Do not be in a hurry. You may end up well down the beach from where you went in.
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Solo1
LOL. I love the Kay and Peele references. A-aron and B-La-Ke
Nice video. I self taught myself how to freestyle swim a few years ago. I have always been a very week swimmer only able to swim 25-50 meters without having to stand. After losing a significant amount of weight over the last few months from weight training, I feel like I'm ready to jump back in the pool and try to get to 800-1000 meters. I know it will take work however I think that I will only be able to commit to swim training only once a week. I hope that this will be enough to reach my goal by the end of this summer.
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LOL. I love the Kay and Peele references. A-aron and B-La-Ke
Nice video. I self taught myself how to freestyle swim a few years ago. I have always been a very week swimmer only able to swim 25-50 meters without having to stand. After losing a significant amount of weight over the last few months from weight training, I feel like I'm ready to jump back in the pool and try to get to 800-1000 meters. I know it will take work however I think that I will only be able to commit to swim training only once a week. I hope that this will be enough to reach my goal by the end of this summer.
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New
It's such a simple concept. My pet peeve is when I ask a friend if they know how to swim, they respond with yes. Then when it comes time to swim, they have their head above the water breathing the entire time, splashing their arms across the front of their face, and their body almost vertical under water. Any fans of MTV's The Challenge? These damn, competitors, some having more than 10 years on the show still can't swim properly. It kills me!
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It's such a simple concept. My pet peeve is when I ask a friend if they know how to swim, they respond with yes. Then when it comes time to swim, they have their head above the water breathing the entire time, splashing their arms across the front of their face, and their body almost vertical under water. Any fans of MTV's The Challenge? These damn, competitors, some having more than 10 years on the show still can't swim properly. It kills me!
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Bajusz
Dear Authors, I appreciate your fist idea to get our body and mind acustomed to under water existence, before starting to swim. Horizontal alingment and legworks are then the steps to be covered. Frog legs can help much in thiks way, as wel as thos extra palm helping to feel better the anchoring of our hand and thenpulling our body forward. Nice methodology. Best regards, Paul, 67. retired teacher.
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Dear Authors, I appreciate your fist idea to get our body and mind acustomed to under water existence, before starting to swim. Horizontal alingment and legworks are then the steps to be covered. Frog legs can help much in thiks way, as wel as thos extra palm helping to feel better the anchoring of our hand and thenpulling our body forward. Nice methodology. Best regards, Paul, 67. retired teacher.
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metatheoretical
Form is everything. If you've got it you can go on for hours and hours. I've done several Iron Man competitions (I've also done open water swims of 3+ miles) and the swim is the easiest part. The marathon comes last, which is cruel, but it was dreamed up by marines so I guess that kind of makes sense. My advice is that if you suck at it, work on your form, don't just try harder.
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Form is everything. If you've got it you can go on for hours and hours. I've done several Iron Man competitions (I've also done open water swims of 3+ miles) and the swim is the easiest part. The marathon comes last, which is cruel, but it was dreamed up by marines so I guess that kind of makes sense. My advice is that if you suck at it, work on your form, don't just try harder.
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Wanna
The last guy that swam for 80+ hours has A medical condition where he doesnt produce as much lactic acid as a normal person hence to why he doesnt get tired this will never get you to be as good as him he has a biological advantage. But this will help you a little bit I would say for your own limitations
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The last guy that swam for 80+ hours has A medical condition where he doesnt produce as much lactic acid as a normal person hence to why he doesnt get tired this will never get you to be as good as him he has a biological advantage. But this will help you a little bit I would say for your own limitations
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Steve
I do 5 km swims across a lake alone. Sometimes I feel vulnerable and take off my mask and put my head above the water and then sometimes I can start to panic but then regain control. I cheat by wearing fins but I am still pretty courageous because I rarely back down even when it is colder.
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I do 5 km swims across a lake alone. Sometimes I feel vulnerable and take off my mask and put my head above the water and then sometimes I can start to panic but then regain control. I cheat by wearing fins but I am still pretty courageous because I rarely back down even when it is colder.
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education
Nice explanation, I still have a question, what should my mouth be like when I turn my face under the water to exhale? Does it have to be closed? Or is it open? If it is closed, when do you start blowing air?
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Nice explanation, I still have a question, what should my mouth be like when I turn my face under the water to exhale? Does it have to be closed? Or is it open? If it is closed, when do you start blowing air?
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nguyn
all what you said is for pool swimming. its usless for ocean swiming. swim in openwater is about mental balls and different skills. breathing and diving skills help alot but most people could not able to do that
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all what you said is for pool swimming. its usless for ocean swiming. swim in openwater is about mental balls and different skills. breathing and diving skills help alot but most people could not able to do that
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Kaladin78
As a competitive swimmer and swim instructor, watching this made me realize all of the techniques we unconsciously incorporate when swimming every day. Fantastic video, great portrayal of freestyle.
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As a competitive swimmer and swim instructor, watching this made me realize all of the techniques we unconsciously incorporate when swimming every day. Fantastic video, great portrayal of freestyle.
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ArmaGuyz
Prior to this I had no knowledge that a human could swim for that many hours straight. I figured most people within the first 20 mins muscles tire out and they have to either back float or drown.
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Prior to this I had no knowledge that a human could swim for that many hours straight. I figured most people within the first 20 mins muscles tire out and they have to either back float or drown.
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Physio
Nice video. As a physical therapist (physiotherapist, I can inform you that pushing the shoulder forwards as you suggest is one of the ways the rotator cuff might be strained
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Nice video. As a physical therapist (physiotherapist, I can inform you that pushing the shoulder forwards as you suggest is one of the ways the rotator cuff might be strained
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