ways to cut down on my breaststroke time?
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Since you are getting decent times I would assume that your stroke is pretty sound. To cut time in your swim work on the transitional parts of your swim. Work on your starts. Swimming short course? Work on your push off and your underwater glide. And of course work on finishing strong. Ask your coach or a fellow swimmer to help you with your stream lining. Also check your hand/arm position on your stroke. On your recovery, work on exploding forward into a long stretch into your glide.
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I have won gold medals at Australian nationals and swam at selected swim camps. What you are doing is great, running and Pilate's.. Just try to remember that you can burn you body out. Instead of running everyday why don't you try some light weights?? As in pin weights!! If you are not for that then try kick boxing, its excellent for swimming. Using a medicine ball(the old school ones) It would really help though if i knew what stroke it is that you excel in or want to excel in.. I could help you alot better!!!
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My best time in the 200 yard free is a 2:13...i think im not for sure but around there but i have only swam it twice and my 500 free time is somewhere round a 5:00
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Practice doing your butterfly at a slow pace. It will feel awkward because you are sinking but visualize the position of your body. Visualize your body following your head. Each movement will be exaggerated when swimming slow. Practice this until the motion feels comfortable. Pick up the pace concentrating on your body position. You will notice that as you speed up your body will be in a more comfortable position.\nPractice without breathing, then practice breathing every stroke. The key to the timing is a keeping that small second kick, even when your taking your breath. Practice with fins to get the feeling of your kick.
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Train harder at practice. (if you are a swimmer)
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Pace yourself. Like the name says, use up every piece of time you have for each lap. Don't rush and keep a good pace.
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Swimming, alone, is a very strenuous workout.  You need to give your arms more time to recouperate.
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the 500 is fun(5:36)\nbut i prefer the 200 (1:54)\nbut i really swim to stay in shape and have fun.  so i like most races except breaststroke and long fly.
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Do a bit of both. I think it's freestyle that burns more calories coz I always get so exhausted after 20 laps of it compared to breast stroke.
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Swim, swim, swim. Practice your rescue strokes (side stroke, elementary back, heads-up free & heads-up breast stroke) as well as your regular swim strokes. Practice treading water without using your hands and practice submerging underwater. Running on the sand is great. If you weight train, cut it out until you're done with your certification. Good luck.
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go for jog, daily minimum 20 min. with maintaining hearbeat rate  ( age +100) per miniute. \nMethod : - try warmup for 1st min., & jog with low pace for further 2 min, wihtin that period your body gets warmed. After that last 1 min jog with maximum speed . Repeat the sequence for next 20 min.\n ANd MAIL ME THE Results.
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When I was swimming in college, my coach told us to do lighter weights and more reps.   \nYou want to do exercises that will work the muscles that you use during the power part of the stroke.\nI swam the butterfly & concentrated on my triceps for the power push at the end of the stroke.  It would be pretty much the same for freestyle.\nDo anything that will work the muscles that you use when you swim. \n\n I would suggest swimming more during the week if you really want to improve your times.  The best thing to do is swim with the correct technique & do drills that emphasize different parts of that technique.
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i remember a workout my coach made me do and it helped a tremendous amount. but you kind of have to be competitive to want to do it. we sprinted 100's, with set times that we had to make like it started with 1.40 and went down by like 5 or 10 sec. each time until it was about 1.00. but we had to make each one. it was against other swimmers and if you didn't make it you were out. its kind of a group effort( it makes it fun).\nbut ne other way is to concentrate on 50 sprints.
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Yoga is good. drink lots of water and at least one gator aid a day for electrolites. try lavender baths. and meditation. mind over matter. and cut down on sugar and caffine.
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Try drinking a sports drink like gatorade when you are running for an hour or more.  You need to replenish your fluids and electrolytes, especially in the summer when you sweat more.
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If the jumping up and down trick doesn't work, put in a little isopropyl alcohol, the drier alcohol the better.  I keep a bottle of 99 per cent around the house.  80 per cent will work if that is all you have.  Absorb the excess with a q tip.  If water stays in over time you can get a nasty infection known as "swimmers ear."
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i like elementary backstroke... i hate breaststroke...