Bilateral Breathing Every Stroke
If you re not already breathing this way the majority of the time you ll notice how out of breath and tired you become.
Bilateral breathing every stroke. The easiest way to achieve a more balanced stroke is by using a swimmer s snorkel. Bilateral breathing requires that you breathe every 3rd 5th or 7th stroke rather than every stroke. In this case you would first take a breath to your left then keep your head down for two strokes before taking a breath to your right. Even when you re not doing one of those sets you should try to breathe to both sides.
Try breathing every 3rd or 5th stroke for at least a 200 or more next time you go to the pool. This means you breathe with every arm stroke and maintain the true rhythm of bilateral breathing. Breathe every three strokes when swimming long sets. However breathing two or three times in a row to one side before swapping to the other is also bilateral breathing.
Bilateral breathing is simply breathing to both sides while swimming front crawl. The most common way to do this is to breathe every 3 strokes or 5 or 7 which means you swap sides every time you breathe. Swim with a snorkel. All pull work should be bilateral.
Bilateral breathing is where you swap breathing sides regularly when you swim. Sometimes the focus of a set will be to breathe every three five or seven breaths. In other words the rhythm is breathe right breathe left breathe right breathe left. Here are some ways to set you on the path to bilateral glory.
A common pattern associated with bilateral breathing is to take a breath every three strokes.