5 Reasons You’re Exhausted When Swimming

I have been swimming quite regularly, most of my life, and usually swim between 1500 m and 2000 m/ session 2 to 3 times per week. I have been slowly implementing and practising your various tips on being more streamlined and efficient in the water. I am making great progress and am swimming, more relaxed, and with fewer strokes per 25 m length with the same effort (ie. a lower heart rate). It does take practice, but it does work.

I've seen a lot of videos on how to swim more efficiently but this is by far the best. Thanks!

Effortlessly Swimming have taught me to swim and now help me improve. The best by far. The catch training and other courses are well worth the money if you want to swim better. I recommend Effortless Swimming to everyone who swims and wants to swim better.

I started swimming about . . . 7sh days ago. 😅 And the breathing tip is literally making it such a chill experience.

Your video is one of the best swimming videos on KRplus. It's wonderfully simple.
Recently I have found that by timing of my "explosive exhalation" exactly, I can take advantage of the lungs automatically (almost explosively) inhaling air as a natural reaction to the exhale. Now I am getting more air and I am feeling less tense in the water. Before I was almost panicking for air especially while gliding after the push off from the wall. My whole experience has benefitted from this one small change to my breathing.

Newer swimmer with six months of lessons. Didn’t realize we need to accelerate the arms to create propulsion. Shaved more than 40 seconds off my 100m. Also learned not to swim the day after a heavy lift day in the gym. No energy.

Great video and nice summary of what was in the podcast. Brilliant. Thanks !

Super insightful as always! Thanks

Love this....Thanks from Canada!

Including your GREAT tips into my swim lessons . 63 yrs and I’m gonna get this swim thing sooner rather than later.. No other option but to just “DO IT!!! Thanks!

Great set of things to remember. Thank you.

Thank you for your great effort❤

One of your best detailed explanations with the gestures really helps 👌 Thanks mate. I really needed to watch this 😀

great tips, it definitely helped me.. thanks!

Excellent to see the two different leg kicks comparison! SO clear now. Thank you

Thanks so much, great advise ❤😂

Thanks for explaining so well. Especially about the kicking part for me.

I think overthinking holds me back so thank you for this message. I will definitely try and implement these tips - thank you!

This video addressess all the problems that I have as a beginner swimmer. ALL THE PROBLEMS. Thank you so much.

Thank you. As an older new swimmer, these are all areas that I have been trying to figure out. The trying to think about everything is certainly true for me so these ideas and advice is very much appreciated.

I have been swimming a year now and have great improved. Def a mind thing some days good some days not. But always feel good after an know when my rhythm good. Thanks for the videos

Love this

Thanks!

I get the smoothest stroke from listening to rhythmic music which helps me keep a consistent tempo. Always load music I love because it makes swimming seamless! I eartily recommend getting an underwater audio product- makes all the difference!

That helped. Thank you.

Good stuff Brenton

I never heard to use the feeling brain. I'm always trying to think on form..... I love it and will definitely try it. Thank you!

+Number six is wonderful advice.Thanks

Perfeito!!!

Hi Brenton, could you occasionally do a video about the loping freestyle ? Pros/cons, when to implement it, when to skip it... Cannot find too many resources about it.Thx !

I started lap swimming since Feb.. I watched other lap swimmers from time to time. I was amazed at how many of them can swim non stop without the right form. The posture is closed, half push and pull (arm motion not fully extended), slow mo, gallop like breathing….you name it I have seen it. Yet they swim lap after lap without stopping.
My front crawl is textbook but I cannot swim more than 50m without a rest. I am new to swimming and swimming laps. Watching ppl swimming non stop in bad forms makes me depressed…..

I just started swimming fairly regularly after not being in the pool for years. I can only do 50 yards at a time before being out of breath. My stroke is fairly good, I could swim 75 but it would be difficult. I used to be able to swim over a mile. I'm just going to make slow, incremental progress. I can cycle all day long, but that's a very different type of activity. Slow and steady build of fitness is my goal.

I swim for almost 15 years now but even now even thinking about it makes me grasp for the air, how is it nothing helps me about breathing... I loved your saying about feel instead of think, though

Ive swum 3 k freestyle straight every morning now for 6 months. Its easier then when i started but its still hard every day

How do you propose developing both sides when I predominantly breathe on my right side? Thank you for all the incredible content!

Does is matter breathing one side or bilateral?

After a few years of swimming, and watching countless swim videos, I got tired of getting tired, and ended up frustrated. Haven't swam in almost a year. You want my advice, join a masters group, and/or get one on one instruction. I haven't taken my own advice...yet. Not sure I have the energy for it anymore.

If you are out of shape, or old, even if you do everything right you will get tired also, or a 70 yo runners doesn't get tired?
The point is also to find the right pace, doing everything correct and in a moderate effort

Does the swimmer at 5:30 have a slight fault ? Is she spearing her arm slightly upwards after entering the water ?

Are you still regularly using Form goggles?

In that rowing or paddling picture, her left arm is in very similar ‘good’ catch position. Interesting

the quick inhale I think it tires me, I am not inhaling quickly while walking so yeah...

Everyone cannot float. It depends on specific gravity

Thanks!