Hi, i been to 7 swimming sessions so far. I am definitely a beginner. My form is good, but the only thing I'm lacking is breathing!! Whenever I put my head underwater and start to swim, i feel an incredible pressure, and blowing bubbles makes me feel suffocated. Therefore, i try to take a breath when I already have remaining breath in my lungs. It's like I am breathing out of panic, not because I truly need the air. Because of this, I only a short distance, and I keep panting after that for a few minutes.

Does anyone here encounter this? Any tips?

Context: i'm a female bodybuilder who almost never did cardio, & ex-smoker.

So I have been troubleshooting for a while why in all sports I do I get out of breath and out of energy really quickly. With swimming this has been really annoying because my body just can’t carry through and need a big rest every 50m. I can only do about 1 set of 100m in freestyle, which I have been trying to break from in a while now.

Anyways. I was wondering if anyone had this issue and how they overcame it?

I really hope this is not a genetic thing…

Disclaimer: I always struggled with this since a kid, but never had a medical issue that would indicate correlation and get tested every year for asthma, heart problems, etc. Because of my work requires a medical license. This has been literally breaking down my progress everywhere regardless of the sport I did.

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I am doing about 12-15 Kms in a week for the past two months. Mostly I do 200m, 250m upto 500m as break intervals. My aim is to get 100m timing to less than 2m and probably 1:80m for 1500m.

Trying to improve my stroke dexterity from online videos and platforms

Hey everyone! I recently started (as in a week ago) working as a kids swim instructor, and after a four hour shift this morning and 8 classes, my big toes feel bruised/blistered/generally sore. I also taught last night, and two other days as well.

I remember having similar pain when I was a kid which was probably the last time I spent this long in a pool, and I think it’s from walking up and down the pool countless times…

I’ve been reading tips about making sure feet are properly dry before dressing and so on, but I’m wondering if anyone had advice for what will be part of the job - walking on the pool floor? Should I be getting some aqua shoes? None of my colleagues wear them, so I wonder if I am more sensitive to this kind of irritation maybe. I do get other forms of allergic contact dermatitis and feel like I am actually cooking from being so dried out after a swim so it’s all a big learning process right now. Any advice would be appreciated!

Never been a keen swimmer, didn't do lessons as a kid, always avoided PE at school if it was swimming.

I'm a tennis player but recently got an injury meaning all I can do is swim. Well this highlighted to me that I'm terrible at it and I would probably drown if I ever got in a situation where I needed to swim to survive.

I can stay afloat but doing one 25m length is absolutely killing me. I think it's my technique as I can't put my face in the water.

As a 30 year old how do I go about learning to swim confidently? What should I learn first?

I actually get them second handed, but I've notice that the black one is weird, and in the water feels so soft (you know) so I was wondering if i can put then under hot water so they can recover their original form?, idk, any advice? Hahah i think I'm going crazy.

I'm trying to order a Mizuno GX Sonic 6 NV Men's. I live in the US and found them in stock in sizes 22, 24, 25, 26, 28 on the Mizuno usa site (https://mizunousa.com/swim-men-gx-sonic-6-nv), but there is no sizing information available. Does anyone have experience with the Mizuno usa store, and does anyone know the sizing equivalents from small-medium-large to the US sizes? I wear a size 23 speedo pure intent, but am not sure how that would translate to mizuno. Thank you!

And I'm angry about it!

I just started learning to swim in my 40s, I strained it during the elementary backstroke kick. I think I went too wide, and probably too hard and felt a sharp pain (but no pop). I've only been doing it for about a month. I'm no young kid so I went to see sports med and he gave me some exercises and stretches to do, I'm to let my pain guide me in what I do but if something is causing just minor pain I should be able to continue. If it gets worse, then I have to stop.

I see him in 6 weeks and he says it's too early to tell how bad it truly is, but he doesn't think anything is torn. It's an adductor strain. I just want to swim and do aerobics again! I'll follow his plan and I'm hoping this older body heals fast.

Thank you for listening to my complaints lol

I started swimming 3 years ago for my high school and have continued training individually throughout high school in the offseason. From my Sophomore to junior year, I brought my 100 fly SCY from a 1:20 to a 55.5 and my 50 freestyle from a 29 to a 23.4, and became captain. My senior season starts in the middle of November and I’m thinking I will be able to get down to at least a 52-53 in 100 fly and a 22 something in 50 free. I was thinking about contacting some coaches of schools that are D3 with good academics like UChicago because I have a pretty good GPA as well, but I’m not sure how long I should wait to contact them. Would it be better to wait and see what kind of times I can swim my upcoming season or email them as soon as possible and tell them that I will update them or something? I’m not expecting to receive any scholarship as of now but maybe to walk on somewhere

How many strokes does it take you to swim 25 m length? Specifically wondering about your breaststroke numbers. Just curious what is typical/what people are swimming.

I just achieved a PR of 26 for 50 yard free which I'm pretty proud of not gonna lie considering my body. I'm only in my freshman year HS, and I was wondering if I should consider college swimming competitively. Me personally, I don't feel like taking it to college, but most people say I'm talented or gifted or whatever you call it so I was wondering what yall think about it.

Hey! I need some swimming advice.

I just joined my school's swim team. It's pretty small, and we practice at a recreation center nearby. Though I really enjoy swimming on my own in pools and lakes, this is the first time I've ever joined any competitive swim team and I'm worried I'm too behind everyone else.

I know a few strokes, but I don't know the proper technique or even how to breathe while swimming. I got to the first practice and we ended up just doing laps, but by about three I had a really hard time breathing to the side like you're supposed to and though I was trying to sort of copy the other swimmers' forms, I was having trouble.

It's one of the first few practices of the season, and everyone already seems to know a lot more than me and are really good at controlling their breathing while swimming. I came home exhausted and I'm really worried that I'm too inexperienced to swim with a competitive team.

Does it get better after a couple weeks? What do y'all recommend to get better at controlling breathing? I don't know what I'm doing very well and I feel like I've just been thrown into things.

Hey guys! So I have been really struggling with my 100 fly recently. It used to be my best event but recently it hasn't been. Last year, I was able to get down to a 1:05 to this year I was hoping to be down to a 1:03 but that just hasn't happened. I've been going 1:06-1:07 and every time I finish the race I feel like I could have gone faster but in the moment during the race, I feel like I'm going as fast as I can. My splits are usually 30 high with my second one being 35 high or 36 low. What makes no sense to me is when I do the 200 fly, I can go out in a low 1:09 easily but when I sprint I can barely go 2 seconds faster. I have only been at club for a couple weeks since high school just recently finished but my high school coach didn't know why I couldn't go faster, my technique was good and so was my tempo. What else could I be doing wrong?

I am swimming an open water competition tomorrow 2.5k. I have never done anything like his. My pool pace per hundred is 120. Any tips and what I can expect would be great

Anyone here use smart goggles. I just learned of their existence this month. I can't count for shit. My watch is fine and all but stil,l doesn't help me count. Having live info displayed on my goggle seems badass. I do wear glasses so I don't know if this is even an option for me.

Thoughts or feedback would be cool.

Hello, as the title says, I would appreciate any feedback

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For me it seems that I under-rotate on my left arm and over-rotate on my right arm

Finals is tomorrow, and as you can tell by the caption, i’m trying to get 2nd. I didn’t really have any goal of being 2nd because the current 2nd place girl got a 1:08 at the last meet and i had a 1:16. however, at prelims yesterday, i dropped 2 seconds and she added 2, and now we are only 3 seconds apart. I got sick the day before prelims so this time drop was a surprise, but now i’m determined. Does this seem possible? Especially if I’m more recovered from being sick? Us 3 with all be next to eachother in the lanes at finals so this could also help.

Hi. 69 yo male, mostly self taught, for 8 years. Somewhere I got the notion that your pull through should be bubble-free, meaning less turbulence. Mine- especially right side- is quite bubbly. Is this a problem I should work on fixing and how do I go about it? I do work on having the proper hand entry; I'm not creating a lot of splash at that point. But the pull through is "bubbly ". Thanks

I was wondering about other swimmers’ experiences with jolyn coverage levels 1-3. Do you feel that coverages 3 and below are too little?

Jolyn swimsuits seem to have coverages that only feel swimmable in levels 4 and 5. I have a jolyn style that isn’t in stock right now names “Ryker” and it is coverage 3. I rarely use it for practice because it feels like my butt is not being restrained…? For reference I don’t have a huge body or a huge butt, but it feels like there is too much movement going on in that area.

Hi all, this is my first time here on this sub and first time swimming in an Olympic size pool.

I am 23 years old, 5'9 and 127-8kgs. I want to start swimming not just to lose weight but also to develop a new hobby and get out more after being a homebody since covid.

I've never really swam much before, just play around near the coast during trips to the beach and only ever going as deep as waist or stomach level water.

Tomorrow I'm going to my city's district level sports academy and really get into the pool. It's an Olympic size swimming pool used primarily to train athletes, but people can also use it ,many people learn to swim there, they have dedicated coaches for the same.

My friends who swim have been there a few times, they're shorter than me at around 5'8/7 and for them the water is like shoulder level at the shallow end. I'm thinking of going into the pool and just walking width wise across the shallow end for tomorrow and then joining the proper swimming training batches in the next few days.

I will have a friend there who can swim, with me, I will not leave the shallow end, and there is an on-duty life guard during all operational hours.

I want your opinion. Will this be safe to do so ? I just want to get into the water and get a feel for it before I commit and pay to join the training.

If you've read this far, thank you.

Hi all! I started lessons a month ago. I learned how to “not drown” as a child but wanted to learn technique so I can exercise well into my old age (I’m 53F). I’ve been taking weekly lessons and going twice more to practice in between lessons. As I go on, I’m enjoying swimming more and more as a physical challenge but as mental relaxation period as well. The rhythmic sound of my bubbles as I exhale under water, the splashing noises… it’s all so calming. Anyway, after my last 2 practice sessions, I felt very very happy and giddy (not my normal state!) that it made me wonder: is this an endorphin thing? I’ve tried running in the past and always waited for that “runners high” that people talked about but I hated every second of it. Is this the feeling that runners get?

Do like 1:30/100m with one beat kick and like 1:45/100 with normal kicking. Can't record videos at local pool so have nothing to show unfortunately

46f.. I started swimming proper laps about a year ago now. Self taught mainly from YouTube. Last year I was training for a marathon and tweaked my back .. needed to rest the back a bit so took on swimming proper laps to keep my cardio up. Ran the marathon .. yada yada.. hung up my brooks and have dove into swimming as my main sport now.

So I’ve always been a bit fluffy .. always athletic.. but got that fat/fit thing going on lol. I spend hours weekly in the pool.. I put in work. I’m “burning” 400+ cals per workout.. heart rate always in a good range and I’m almost always in a calorie deficit.

Why haven’t I lost a goddamn single pound lol? I know I know .. the scale numbers blah blah ..And yes I check measurements as well. I’m literally getting fatter!!!!!!!! Ugh.. I’m done complaining…

Just done my first ever 5k and I'm absolutely buzzing

Hello everyone I swim 3 times a week and also go to the gym 3 times a week. I would like to buy a sports watch but don't know which one. Do you have a recommendation for me as to which one is suitable for me? I don't have an Apple cell phone, so an Apple watch is out of the question. The Budget ist 600€

Any ideas on how to wash chlorine off after a swim. I've tried the body washes etc...but doesn't work totally.

Many thanks 🙏🏻