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Introduction
If swimming breaststroke is one of your preferred ways to exercise and you have access to a pool, it can be an effective way to increase cardiovascular endurance by exercising all major muscle groups of the body. Here’s how:
How to Swim Breaststroke?
- Lie on your stomach in the water.
- Keep your head in line with your spine, chin tucked and mouth closed. Your eyes should be open, looking at a fixed point on the floor or above you so that they do not sink into the water when you breathe.
- Place both arms at your sides, palms facing down and fingers extended slightly so that they are just below shoulder level (or higher if possible).
- Keep both legs straight together with toes pointed and relaxed.
Lightly push off the wall and float as if you are gliding for two to three seconds.
When you push off the wall, do so lightly. As with freestyle, don’t allow yourself to sink as you push off. The goal is to glide through the water for 2-3 seconds like a dolphin just below the surface of an ocean wave. You’ll be using your legs and arms (the latter are bent) at this point, but keep them straight and relaxed.
Open your hands, turn your palms out and keep your thumbs together so that your hands create a web.
Your hands should be open and turned out so that your palms face forward. Try to keep your thumbs together, although this is not required for breaststroke. Your hands should be close to your body and not let them sink or float above the water.
Push forward with your arms and bend them at the elbows.
For the breaststroke, you will start by entering the water flat on your back. Next, push forward with your arms and bend them at the elbows. Your hands should be together with thumbs touching each other as well as your arms close to your body. Keep these movements relaxed and fluid as you move through this part of the stroke.
Drag your arms along the surface of the water, keeping them close to your body.
Keep your arms close to your body, and drag them along the surface of the water. Don’t let them float up or down, no matter what.
When you’re first learning how to swim, it can be tempting to let your hands and/or elbows stick out from your body. This will make you go slower than if you keep them close together at all times.
Also, try not to swim in a straight line; instead, let yourself kick off from one side of your body before moving onto another side when doing strokes like breaststroke or backstroke (butterfly is an exception).
Bend at the knees, bringing them toward your chest.
Keep the knees bent at a 90-degree angle and straight so that they do not touch the bottom of the pool as you move through this stroke. Keeping your legs together will help you keep good body position as well as maintain your balance during breaststroke swimming.
Keep your legs close to the body by keeping them together in front of you; don’t let them spread apart too far from each other or move away from your body when bending at the knees or moving forward in this stroke.
Simultaneously kick back with both legs, fluttering them up and down just beneath the surface of the water.
Keep your knees together to keep your legs streamlined and prevent drag.
As you kick, simultaneously raise your upper body (from hips to head) from its horizontal position by a few inches using both arms for support. This motion helps propel you forward faster than if you were only using your legs alone to do so.
Bring your feet together, pointing them downward so they form a diamond shape.
Keep your knees together and keep your legs together.
Keep your arms together, pointing them down towards the water’s surface.
Keep your hands together in front of you and keep them close to your face as you swim forward by pushing off with both feet at once against the pool wall or lane line (this helps propel you forward). Your thumbs should be pointed straight up toward the ceiling with all other fingers curled into a fist or open palm (depending on how many strokes it takes for each length).
Repeat steps 2 through 8 until you reach one end of the pool; then turn around and repeat until you reach the starting point (at the end opposite where you started).
If you don’t have a swimming pool available to you, you can swim breaststroke in a pool, lake, or ocean.
If you have a swimming pool available to you and are proficient at swimming breaststroke, it can be an effective way to increase cardiovascular endurance by exercising all major muscle groups of the body.
If you have a swimming pool available to you and are proficient at swimming breaststroke, it can be an effective way to increase cardiovascular endurance by exercising all major muscle groups of the body.
Swimming is one of the most efficient ways to burn calories, as well as improve flexibility and strength in your arms, legs, abs and back. Additionally, because swimming requires constant movement when compared with other forms of exercise such as running or cycling where there are periods of rest between movements; this type of exercise allows for higher heart rates and greater calorie expenditure during workouts.
For example: if someone weighs 150 pounds that would be roughly equivalent to walking up two flights of stairs every minute while doing so they would burn approximately 100 calories per hour; however if that same person was able to swim laps at a fast pace (about 1 minute per lap) they could burn 400-900 calories depending on how long their workout lasted!
Conclusion
Swimming breaststroke is a great way to exercise your entire body. It requires you to use both your arms and legs at the same time, which helps improve cardiovascular fitness as well as muscle strength. If you are just starting out or have never swum before, this article gives you all the information you need about how to swim breaststroke properly! Now that we’ve covered some of the benefits, let’s get into what makes swimming such an effective workout for overall health and fitness levels – even if it might not seem like much when compared with other activities like running.
