1) I'm hella out of shape

@Tyler-durden2

11 ай бұрын

Us bro ,any update now? Are you in shape now?

@MichaelDavis-uu9zh

11 ай бұрын

And is there a 2) ?

@NoNo-qg6fx

10 ай бұрын

*submarine shape

@yuurishibuya4797

10 ай бұрын

Round, spherical are shapes too!

@Beaver8080

10 ай бұрын

2) I have too much shape 🐳

1) poor body position 2) not rotating well 3) holding your breath 4) rushing your breath 5) kicking too hard 6) swimming too fast

@JimmyJamesonJnr

Ай бұрын

7) being a land whale.

As a female that loathes weight training, my swimming breath work got better once I started strength training my upper body! It's like it opened up my chest and allowed me to swim faster with more endurance. I hit a new PR with that one change.

I just started swimming for exercise for the first time in my life (just for fun before), and one of the first things causing me a lot of problems is breathing. This video and others have given me a lot of good tips that answer many of my questions, and I can't wait to give it a go again tomorrow and hopefully be able to make it 25m consistently without having to stop and restart in the middle. (I'll probably be back here later to remind myself of everything again until it's down pat)

@gtn

9 ай бұрын

Really hope this video has helped! Let us know how your next swim goes! 🙌

@zammich3649

9 ай бұрын

@@gtn it went MUCH MUCH better!!! i made it across the 25m pool multiple times without having to stop in the middle to catch up with my breath. although i still need to improve A LOT! i had to breath almost every stroke and my movements are terribly inefficient.

Thank you GTN, I really enjoy every video you make on swimming. The way you deliver the subject (be it breathing or sinking legs) makes it easier to break up one big impossible problem into smaller ones, that are doable .... Thank you.

I always do a couple of sink downs before I set off. Nicely breathing out and relaxing my breath and getting used to to the different environment that is being in water. Then a steady warm up even if my fellow club members decide to shoot off fast in my lane, I know that a good warm up is essential to the rest of the swim session and how not exerting your breath straight away will lead to a far better swim when you start to implement your drills and then moving in to your main set.

10 days on the routine and my body responded miraculously to those undesired and intractacble pain. Thank you strengthside

Good practical tips! I had to convert to front crawl after having both knees replaced - not realising that the breaststroke I had been doing all my life had contributed to the demise of the old ones. This video will definitely help! Thanks!

this is perfect and exactly what I need after 4 beginner classes. thank you!!! Im definitely not rotating well - need to practice that. I'm not breathing out while head is in the water which is rushing breath as well - will practice trickle breathing

I starting swimming last year. I been out of commission going on due to a shoulder injury. All of these tips was a fact, going to fast and getting out of breath. Also not rotating my body while I am doing my strokes in the water. Thank you much for these tips. I can't wait to get my surgery over so I can't wait to get back into the water.

Yes, definitely all of them relate to me and I am working on it. Thanks for the advice!!!

Back to swimming after 11 years....now 69 years old.. so happy to see KZread videos on form and breathing, because I really want to improve both. Only able to do a lap after going halfway and stopping to breathe. I was instructed in years past to rotate my head but not rotate my body when taking a breath, so this rotating my body is new to me, and I will try it. Thank you for the easy content!

This is an excellent video for breathing...i keep on correcting my breathing techniques in these few month...this video points out exactly what I do wrong...thanks for the video indeed!

Excellent video- I've found part of my problem is exhaling too hard and fast in the water as opposed to a slow, rhythmic exhale- I've also had success pausing a split second on the inhale to let the water roll down the front of my face- I get less water in my mouth which lets me take a softer breath in without thinking I'm "taking water in" and gasping. I'm certainly going to look into this abdominal breathing mentioned below. I think that will be very helpful too.

Excellent advice, especially regarding the information regarding propulsion and the legs. I certainly will apply and adapt.

Thats great advice. I will definately take up all the points on board and keep practising. Thanks a bunch.

You are the best my friends!! Always so helpful. Thanks!!

I’m new at this and found this very helpful. Thank you.

This is by far one of the best video on this topic. I am working on my breathing and this is very helpful!!

Yes I found I improved my breathing by slowing down, relax, and stay calm. Good points. I intend to make my Triathlon experience better by improving my weakest sport which is swimming. Cheers

@leslie7922

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I'll try this also

@lemondrop8203

Жыл бұрын

Do you breath out in the water?

@leslie7922

Жыл бұрын

@@lemondrop8203 yes, I constantly exhale to clear CO2 build up

@lemondrop8203

Жыл бұрын

@@leslie7922 I thought the water would make it hard to breath out underwater

@leslie7922

Жыл бұрын

@@lemondrop8203 what? Not at all it's easy as. Do you swim?

Ugh man. Hubs and I started swimming again today and it made me realize how long it’s been since a proper swim 👀 these videos are great. I know I’m hella out of shape but I caught myself breathing ALL kinds of wrong for our first day back in the pool today, making me feel even more pathetically out of shape haha. Like I’m 27 and haven’t swam proper laps in over 12 years and you really do have to retrain technique to have a good swim and train your lungs. Thanks for these!

I'm new to swimming, I was trying to head up and breath but my head is not comes up.. after your points I found out, yea I am not rotating well, fast swimming and holding the breath.. thanks for all the points.. This will defiantly help me out .. Thanks a lot!

Good practical points to make free style more enjoyable. Looking forward to trying these tips. 😊

I have been scared to swim outside of a pool i can stand up in since I was a kid. I had swimming lessons from when I was 5 until 10 and stayed in the minnow class the whole time, while my friends were in whale. I just figures it isn't for me. No one really listened to me when I said my legs sank, I couldn't breath while trying to swim foward, and just overall struggled. These videos of yours are the only times in my life with insight into things I experienced. Thank you Minnie Driver and friend.

Thanks a lot this video is amazing, now I can realize better that I do almost all of these mistakes :)

Thank you so much for these useful tips.

Great lessons, I learn a lot.

I simply appreciate these tips!

Great tips !! Thanks

thank you , very useful

Thank you so much beautiful people! I know for sure that if (and I will) I follow these techniques it's going to benefit me a lot and help this sensation of helplessness when trying to swim freestyle.

I actually found my breathing improved significantly after I realized my breathing was too high up, chest-breading. Focussing on abdominal breathing was the trick... and improved body position...

@AGeeez

Жыл бұрын

What is abdominal breathing?

@VrigeHD

Жыл бұрын

@@AGeeez u breathe into ur "stomach" and not ur chest if that makes sense

@AGeeez

Жыл бұрын

@@VrigeHD yea it makes sense I will try it thank you

Those were great tips - thanks a lot 😄👍🏻

That last tip was the best to me! I can go on forever in a breast stroke as I've nailed the slow and relaxed pace, but am always getting tired half way the length of a pool with freestyle as I do move quite fast. Will try to slow it down and see if I can do it better!

@ak47surve

10 ай бұрын

I am in the same boat! Can go endlessly in breathstroke and can’t comfortable do 25m in freestyle 🤭 Any additional tips?

I concur, great tips🤙🏻

all of them relate! thank you!

Tks for the video

Hi Guys Well done for the channel. Very insightful videos and a very friendly team as well 😊 Do you guys run a real tri training camp and if so where please? Thanks and keep on with the good job.

Really great advice.

Thank you very much. I like your swimming pool👌

Thanks for this! Much needed.

@gtn

Жыл бұрын

Any time!

I'm new to swimming and find it hard to concentrate on technique as well as breathing. So I appreciate your input and tips, let's hope I can put it into practice sooner rather than later.

These are exactly what I've been looking for! New swimmer here; not in life, but new to swimming for exercise. The hardest part has been unlearning old, bad techniques. Filling my lungs/ mouth with air and puffing out my cheeks was something I learned to do when I was 4-5 years old; I'm 48 now. I've done it up until about 6 weeks ago when I decided I want to swim for exercise and build stamina, so that when I go visit my girlfriend's family home in Croatia, where they don't have a shoreline, I won't have to look like a goofball wearing water wings and floaties while everyone else swims like it's nothing! Lol! Learning to overcome the reflex of swallowing when water reaches my chin was a project in focus, and I've become better at exhaling through my nose while my face is under water. I've improved incrementally, but losing my breath and becoming fatigued quickly still gives me fits, especially after the first 50 meters of swimming. I take a break at the end of every 25 meters because I need it! I'm going to try and implement the things mentioned in this video when I go swimming tomorrow during my work day. My last session, which was Monday, was the first time I video recorded myself. That video made me aware of another list of issues, among which is that I have to continue strengthening exercises for my left rotator cuff. My left arm hardly comes above the water line, but rather pushes forward just beneath the surface. That tells me that I need to focus more on rotation. I'm going to like and subscribe so I can replay this video before my session tomorrow. Cheers!

@Weederslo

Жыл бұрын

Did you already had your trip to Croatia - were you a goofball or a fish in the water? :) After reading your comment I got invested in your journey and would be interested to know how your training is coming along!

@wit2pz

Жыл бұрын

@@Weederslo THANK YOU for asking! I have not made it to Croatia yet, but we're planning to go next year. My swimming is coming along; I was able to reach my goal of swimming 1000 meters before my 49th birthday! I still get fatigued, but my form has improved over time. I was given some real helpful advice by a swimmer in the next lane to use the flippers and paddles, as it would make it easier to work on breathing and technique. I'll share videos of my progress on my channel, if you're interested to see how it started vs how it's going! I'm honored and very appreciative of your comment and interest! Best to you! Mike

@melav9951

Жыл бұрын

how you overcame the reflex of swallowing every time i get water in my mouth i panic

@wit2pz

Жыл бұрын

@melav 99, I used the technique of standing in front of the wall in the shallow end. Take a breath in through your mouth. Bend forward, put your head under water, looking at the floor of the pool, and force yourself to exhale through your nose. Lift your head back up, inhale through your mouth, and bend forward and put your head under the water and exhale through your nose again. Do it as many times as you can, until you can feel more comfortable. It’s okay to get water in your mouth, just make sure you push it out when you exhale. After you get the basics down, you’ll learn to turn your head to the side and inhale through your mouth that way. Practice inhaling through your mouth, and exhaling through your nose. Be patient with yourself. It took me about 3 weeks before I could feel comfortable doing it. I’m happy to answer any other questions you may have!

@patfiddles

10 ай бұрын

The more things you think about, the more tense you get, and then you'll find your legs starting to sink. Breathing was a big hurdle for me to overcome. Spend a session just relaxing you arms and breathing. Try to see how lightly you can exhale under water and inhale lightly as well. If you get that strained feeling in your gut that makes you want to gasp, just stop, relax, and try again.

"calmly taking your breath" me who's literally dying....

Thankyou useful video

Thank You for this list of possible reasons why we are out of breath while swimming less than 25 m. I think I am OK with 1) body position, and 2) rotation 3) holding my breath. (Feedback from lifeguard/instructor at the pool). I shall pay closer attention to whether I am 4) rushing my breath and 5) kicking too hard and possibly 6) swimming too fast. I think 4 is definitely a possibe issue.

Thanks.👍

Actually swimming too slowly caused me problems too…long time between breaths!

This is superb! As a brand new front crawler this summer (breast stroke all my life with no face ever in the water) Im trying hard to improve my sea swimming skills - every single one of these tips are absolutely spot on! Many thanks, you guys are awesome :-)

@gtn

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's really great to hear that our content has been so helpful 😊 Is there anything you'd like to see from us in the future? 👀

@griffyangel1060

8 ай бұрын

E post lunch X men h db in

Thank you.

Thanks for the tip....

Off to the pool now. I need to take 10 to 30 seconds between each length. Sort of knew what the issues were, this video just summarized the points perfectly! Here is for a slower and better technique with calm breathing 🙏

You people nailed ieven the minute details of it

Teşekkürler. Sağlıcakla kalın.👍👍👍

nice video really helpful

Nice video!Good Job ! 💕👍Thank you! Big like !

I was one of those all too common swimmers who never went more than 20 meters off the dock and back, as out of breath as everybody else. What really changed that was swimming really hard 200 meter sets in the pool during the winter. Then in open water you just back off a little and suddenly feel like you have all the air you'd ever need. The folks over at Skills N' Talents advise holding your breath which I like. Why dump air early and float less. It's easier to just gently hold for a stroke than try and meter out the air trickling while concentrating on other things.

thanks for the tips and tricks guys! ill be sure to implement this next time I swim (tomorrow (I'm a keen bean))

Glad I’ve found this video.

these reasons are really good, I actually find myself doing exactly all 6 of them.

Thanks

Liked and subscribed, great tips, guilty of a few of those in some sessions especially going to hard and gasing. Will work on that in the morning. Great vid 👍

Thanks. Like hearing these comments to improve my swimming. Having a 72-year old belly, weighs me down, but I can still imagine I look Tarzan-sleek, which helps me grin in the water.

❤❤❤❤❤ love it

Thanks. I seem to have those problems you mentioned. At the start, still able to balance, after a while, leg tired and then sinking leg, shoulder starts aching and running out of breath. If swim slowly, I have this feeling I am not moving or no momentum. Subconsciously also holding breath. I feel those able to balance well with better position is able to swim easily, right?

i need to slooooooww down, thank you - I liked the log analogy.

Thank you for tip, say hi from brazil

nice tips

Thanks for the video, I'm comfortable in the water, but I can't seem to get the breathing right. I think I need to work on my rotation. I think I'm craning my neck too much.

I've been swimming for over 3 months now and I'm still struggling to fix my breathing technique. It's frustrating really.

A lot of videos about holding or not holding your breath are contradicting. My coach told me to hold my breath until I’m ready to get some air again. Doing this also makes me float better in the water. What is really the right way to do it?

@ddaviddgguetaa

Жыл бұрын

It is true that there are lots of contradicting messages around this specific topic you’re mentioning. It definitely is true that we have better buoyancy when our lungs are filled, which allows us to swim with a better body position and more relaxed movements. So in my personal opinion and from all the comments regarding this situation, I believe it’s okay to hold it until the moment you’re about to breathe, just a little before your head gets out the water you blow a little strongly with both your nose and mouth so you can breathe without any water in the middle of the way. That allows you to let out the carbon dioxide and get rid of the water that could enter! :D So it works greatly. Send you hugs and my best wishes in your swimming endeavors ☺️

Man!!! good tips!! I am definately guilty of taking big gups of air, using to much legs, and I think also going to fast, I''ll be using these right away!!

@gtn

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found this video useful! Have you seen our video on improving your swimming? 👉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHmWlNCFnt3Zp84.html

I've been swimming for 1 year and 1 day! I made virtually no progress at all until getting a pullbouy, then neoprene shorts and eventually a wetsuit. Now I can do a decent job without any of those aids. I was so busy fighting to stay flat in the water that I could never work on technique. Once I got a sense of better body position I was able to relax and make steady progress - also with help from your videos 😀✅ Cheers!

@leslie7922

Жыл бұрын

Shit, awesome for you but I'm now worried because I want to swim better and only have 11 months to swim 2km non stop 😢 rip

@davidporter2828

Жыл бұрын

I should clarify that before I started swimming I spent about 18 months splashing around getting absolutely nowhere and being really frustrated and annoyed with it! Once I got started with the pullbouy etc. the rate of improvement was pretty miraculous. In January last year I could barely do 100m in the pool without being totally gassed, by September I was up to 3K (open water in a wetsuit). So keep going, good luck.

@leslie7922

Жыл бұрын

@@davidporter2828 awesome thank you 🙇 🙇 and nice gains!

@sampearce4595

2 ай бұрын

What are neoprene shorts and how did they help

@davidporter2828

2 ай бұрын

@@sampearce4595 basically, they are shorts made out of the same material as a wetsuit, they give you more buoyancy around the upper thighs+hips and stop your legs sinking. Often referred to as buoyancy shorts.

Heres my six reasons: 1. I'm out of shape 2. I'm out of shape 3. I'm out of shape 4. I'm out of shape 5. I'm out of shape 6. I'm out of shape

Can you give us the same pointers for the other swimming styles????? Also during the kicking, how can we control our kicking without creating a too wide angle between the legs? And how much out of the water should the legs be. Because we can’t see ourselves, it has o be done without looking just FEELING the kicking. Can you give us a point of reference….??? Especially if we are trying to correct and not necessarily learning how to swim. Thank you!!

Great help thank you, I look to swim a mile every other day, is this too much or could I do more? I am 61 I used to do this everyday then stopped for various reasons and had a stroke 6 weeks ago and my DR told ne I need to exercise more. I love swimming, I swim in a 60 metre pool in Thailand and do 60 lengths alternating between front crawl and breast stroke, I usually do it in around 45 - 50 minutes, Any tips you can give me guys would be appreciated

Nice to know i make all this mistakes at once 😅🙀

#6 is me. It’s so hard to slow down. Even though it wears me out lol

@rubyjane8116

6 ай бұрын

Same here

Would like to know should we have our head up for breathing is it the right technique

Reason 7: fear of drowning.

Thanks for another great video! #gtncoachscorner - I've only been swimming a year. I've come a long way with my HUGE fear of water to start out. My current challenge is my kick just sucks. Specifically, my knees bend way too much. I can see it on video, but I just can't feel it. It honestly feels like my knees are barely (or not at all) bending. Do you have any cues I can focus on to help me straighten my legs/knees when they already feel straight? Thanks!

@Queenfisher444

Жыл бұрын

You need to spend enough time in the gym to understand hip extension. No swimming movement effectively trains posterior chain connection and it’s better done in a gym. In terms of proprioception in the pool I would suggest trying to kick with your bum not your knees, good kick is in the hips.

@eduardleahu9052

10 ай бұрын

You can also try short fins, they not only corrects the position but also help build muscle

I always get tired very fast. I kick hard but once I try to do the catch my legs start sinking. I figured out that something is wrong with my rotation. Is there any drill I can do to improve my rotation and balance. Do I need to kick really hard to be on the surface of the water?

When do i ixhale? Before i take my breath or when i submerged my face in the water?

I am taking coaching of swimming from one month but I am not able to put up my hips upto water level what is the reason. Is floater is the reason behind it

But A-Aron said, it's better to hold some breath, keep about 60% of breat inside the lungs. Which the better one ?

Thanks for those tips! I am getting out of breath when swimming dolphin (is that the proper name in English?). I will look out for those signs, hope this helps. I really enjoy this swimming tips series!

@79devo

Жыл бұрын

Dolphin ? Don’t know what that stroke is ….

@emmynoether9540

Жыл бұрын

@@79devo it's butterfly, I loooked it up. For some reason we named it Delphin (dolphin) in German.

I am learning kraul few days already, I made progres from swim like few meters to 100 meters but still struggling with maintain relaxed, and I have also problem that I swim in the curve to the right which is side where I am breathing, I swim in muddy open water so I cannot see dirrection ass you can see in pool based on line on the bottom, I makeing some mistake, probably with left arm going beyond center line while breathing 🤔 I must give more attention to this

do you breath out thru the mouth or nose? I may hv missed out

I've been taking lessons for ages now and I just cant get the breathing down at all 😢😢 iIm ready to give up, ive spent so much money on lessons I cant get enough air in or out and turning my head to get air is so hard, fine for maybe 6 strokes then spluttering for air, i was hoping the habit would kick in soon but it hasn't, all suggestions needed

do you breathe out through the nose while under water i always get water in my mout even when closed

Hi it is when in water exhale all ?

Well, one thing not mentioned is how often should you breath? Watching Olympic level swimmers, all of the men breath on an every other arm stroke or once per arm cycle. The women tend to vary from the once per cycle to a 2, 2, 3 or 4 pattern. The thing is that if you are not breathing often enough, you end up having an oxygen debt. I guess part of the thing also would be timing the cadence of your arm stroke to fit what is the best breathing cycle for you. Some will need faster, some can go slower. Of course, efficient mechanics can prevent you from working harder than you need to. This would apply to all 3 aspects of triathlon.

@Queenfisher444

Жыл бұрын

All professional swimmers practise breathing both sides. What you decide to do in a race is a personal decision not a technical one.

@robohippy

Жыл бұрын

Well, kind of. All elite swimmers do know how to breath on both sides. All who breath on every other stroke do 'know' how to breath on the other side, but they have their favored side, and will spend most of their work outs breathing on that side. It used to be taught that you breath every third arm stroke in freestyle. but that went out a long time ago. The idea of breathing on both sides is more important for pool swimming, primarily for getting a last breath before your flip turn, and is totally irrelevant to open water swimming.

@Queenfisher444

Жыл бұрын

@@robohippy you’ve got no idea what you’re talking about dude. Anyone who separates pool swimming and open water swimming knows nothing about swimming.

@robohippy

Жыл бұрын

Gee, what would I know about swimming? I have only been swimming for 65+ years. I still put in 8+ miles a week. There are huge differences between pool and open water swimming, even the GTN people have pointed that out.

@Queenfisher444

Жыл бұрын

@@robohippy cool story bro. You clearly aren’t swimming very fast. Maybe a little less arrogance and little more willingness to learn would get you up above beginner speeds.

Once you take a breath, it will be better to hold the rotation as the swimmer glides while swimming freestyle

Me who breathes every three strokes should I exhale all the stroke or just last stroke before inhale?

"Why do you think you are out of breath?" "I'm not breathing enough - moving too much"

I often wonder “Why my out of breath?” 😊

@timmyg7236

Жыл бұрын

(They fixed the thumbnail that originally said ‘Why your out of breath’ - just being cheeky. Great content, as always)

What is your watch?

And if just keeping a horizontal body position already makes me breath hard 🤔😅

Okay. But my other problem is , my both arm and hands are so powerful i advance really fast. ( spoon technic)

Agsuely this 6 were all my problem and still I'd as a bigener