In
sports it is a good idea to try to reduce the lactic
acid build up in your
muscles. Lactic acid causes your muscles to get
tired and eventualy leads to
pain.
In
swimming, lactic acid also cause the
body to use more
blood (actualy the
oxygen in it), and this makes it so that the swimmer can not hold his
breath as long. So to avoid such
strain on the body, there are ways to
reduce the amount of lactic acid built up in your muscles.
- Don't go all out! Too much kicking and pulling will wear you out too fast. Pace yourself!
- Keep your line! This might be very new to many swimmers, but you hafto align spine. This reduces resistance in the water, but everything must be in line even your neck! This also gives you more power by aligning you body's structure.
- Rail! Swim rotating side to side (but keeping your line), reaching from your side gives you a longer stroke and more power in the rotation.
- Keep some tension in your body! Having tension allows your body to navigate through the water easier by making sure you power is put where you want it. If you are too loose you will "wiggle" in the water instead of keeping a firm path.
- Streamline with body dolphins (full body kicks starting in shoulders while in your line) while in our level of least resistance (see foot).
- PRACTICE!!! If you don't know what you're doing, or have any endurance you won't get very far.
*you can find this
level in the water by pushing of the
wall strait. Feel the tensions of the water wprking on you body. Once you found your right level you should feel almost none of these tensions. Your level should be between 12 and 18
inches depending on your
height