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From: kirvine@sa*.ne* <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
To: Antonia Barnhart <abarnhart@ho*.co*>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Hypoxic Swimming


>This is common practice - it is intended to improve cardiovascular
>efficiency on the one hand, and to smooth out the stroke ( swimming
>stroke) on the other. It is not intended to improve breath-holding
>skills. Even "breathers" , "underwaters" and so forth are not for
>breath-holding, but for the above reasons.
>
>Usually the big skips are done in "pulling" mode with paddles and buoy,
>but can be done swimming. 
>
>I do the underwaters and long skip pulls once in a while, but you just
>get used to them , and they are very dangerous without a coach or
>lifeguard watching. What happens with the others is that you adjust your
>speed accordingly , but you do get smoother, longer and actually faster
>for the same effort.
>
>I like to train breathing every other stroke and alternate sides as it
>gives you some of all of the benefits. Jack Nelson , one of the National
>Team coaches down here told me to do it ( hypoxic swimming) a while back
>when I asked him what I dcould do for diving that would be best.
>
>What swimming has done for me is allows me to operate at a pretty good
>physical output in an emergency or to swim long distances without using
>much gas. My resting or scooter brathing rate is not much effected by
>this so much as the degree to which I can relax.
>
>The trick when forced to swim is to start out slow and get warmed up ,
>just like in practice - this keeps the gas consumption under control and
>pays off as the situation extends, wheras the temptation is to go fast .
>
>Most of our guys who swim, like Trout and Rose have extremely good
>breathing rates, and guys like Scarabin can totally relax. Swimming
>rates are best in guys like  Mee, Jablonski , Cole and Werner.
>
>When you swim, try running immediately after , as in your bathing suit .
>Some of the people I train with bring their bikes and set them up on a
>wind trainer next to the pool, swim, do the bike, and then go run. It is
>all diffrent muscles so you might as well take advantage of being warmed
>up and and the time efficiency. Also, you can train much harder on the
>run and bike immediately if you have already been swimming.
>
>Copy this back to techdiver if you think it will help.
>
>Antonia Barnhart wrote:
>> 
>> Dear George,
>>     Do you know anything about something called hypoxic swimming? A PT
>> recommended it to me this week. You swim four strokes and take a
>> breath for a lap, then six strokes and a breath for a lap, eight
>> strokes, ten up to twelve or the length of the pool, then back down :
>> twelve, ten, eight strokes per breath etc. It sounds like it will help
>> with endurance. What do you think about this? (I'm sure if nothing
>> else, it'll make the lifeguards sit up and take notice!)
>>     Fondly,
>>         Toni Barnhart
>

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