I’m trying to get into swimming. Any tips or advice on how to improve?

>>76244259 (OP)
Keep swimming.

>>76244264
actual advice pls

>>76244279
Swim more.

>>76244259 (OP)
>I’m trying to get into swimming. Any tips
get in the water

I will leech off your thread to ask this: how do i do the crawl stroke? I have been swimming since i was a kid, never took lessons, just spent summers at the seaside. But i have never figured out how to swim "properly", with proper form. When i do the crawl i always have to keep my head above water because i don't know how to breathe with my head underwater, and i never use goggles and stuff. How do i get my head under there and be able to breathe while swimmingnwithout lifting it out of the water?

>>76244259 (OP)
Learn how to put on jammers.

>>76244522
Why is he putting those on like such an autistic faggot?

>>76244366
It's hard to learn this from an explanation in text, it would be better to watch a video and best to have someone teach you. That said I'll try to explain.

When you swim you keep your head bellow the water, looking forward and slowly exhale, kind of like you are blowing bubbles. Adapt the rate of your exhaling so you have just emptied your lungs before its time to take the next breath. You take a breath by turning your head to the side and getting your mouth slightly above the waters surface at the same time as the arm on the opposite side is pointed forward and just breaking the water. The fact that you have the opposite arm front and the same side arm back means your torso is slightly turned in relation to the water surface which helps get your head above water. The fact that your front arm is pushing down and back on the water also helps get you up slightly. Breath on every third stroke of your arm. That means you will be breathing on alternating sides. Hope that was clear.

>>76244259 (OP)
Start doing it at 6 and compete through 18

Honestly its over if you didn't train rigorously as a kid. But you can try to learn technique. That should be your focus otherwise your workouts are not efficient and youre not going to get the most out of your exercise.

>>76244547
he doesnt want to stretch them and reduce their lifespan

>>76244522
Wearing anything other than a speedo and drag suit is omega gay

Breast stroke and butterfly is all you need.
Crawl is for DYELs.
Always wear flippers.

>>76244779
Oh come on, give the other swimming styles some credit.

>>76244779
I competed in both of those strokes as well as 200 IM but youre just wrong.

>>76244936
No I'm not.

>>76245003
You have no conditioning.

>>76244259 (OP)
Are we supposed to mire this ugly guy?

>>76244522
Jesus
I'll keep wearing speedos thank you

>>76244726
>looking forward
No, keep your head neutral, looking at the bottom. If you look forward, you crank your neck up, which is uncomfortable when swimming for a long time, and also you throw your spine out of alignment, which impairs your streamline. Keep your head neutral and push it forward, like you're trying to grow taller, or as if someone was pulling it. This will engage your spine and core and therefore improve your streamline as well as your connections between upper and lower body

>just emptied your lungs before its time to take the next breath
No, no need to do that, it's much more comfortable to have a breathing cycle closer to a normal one, rather than a forced one where you alternatively empty and refill your whole lungs. When you empty your whole lungs, you also lose buoyancy, regaining it when you breathe in. This results in a lot of up-and-down motion, whereas you want to move forward, not up or down.
Exhale slowly into the water, through your nose, like a 3 or 5 out of 10, if 10 meant forced exhalation. Turn your head sideways to come to the air, take a short breath in through your mouth (it won't be a large breath because you've not emptied your lungs, it will be a normal breath like you take at the surface). Return your head to the water, push it forward to restore your streamline and upper/lower body connections.

>>76244726
>Breath on every third stroke of your arm
That's a bit a matter of preference, but I much prefer breathing every two strokes, always on the same side. This is more regular a pattern, and regularity helps. It's also easier on my breathing. Plenty of pro swimmers breathe on an even number of strokes.
That said, there's nothing wrong breathing every three.

>>76244366
>When i do the crawl i always have to keep my head above water
There's no way to be streamlined in the water if you keep your head above water in front crawl. No streamline means it's very hard to move forward, and exhausting. I would highly suggest taking a few lessons. Proper form is not something innate. It is taught

>i never use goggles and stuff
Get some goggles. Saltwater and chlorinated water are hard on your eyes. Some goggles won't fit the shape of your face, others will. If you buy a pair that doesn't fit, you can't return it. Give it to a friend or something. I prefer clear lenses because I swim indoors, unfortunately they're less common than colored/shaded lenses, which are more useful outdoors

>>76244259 (OP)
Step 1: Build a pool in your backyard.
That's it.

>>76244522
Speedos are more aerodynamic faggot. Jammers are for high schoolers.

>>76244259 (OP)
>>76245623
I have the exact same physique as these 2 guys and i'm 6'4 and i'm a 21yo incel, but looking through this thread finally made me realise why - these physiques are attractive to gay men

>>76244259 (OP)
>>76245623
So how do I get this body in my bed?

>>76245655
The swim body is appealing to everyone. It’s literally the ideal body for most of /fit/.

>>76245698
that’s a nice glute
had no idea swimming could do that to a butt

>>76245698
What's with those tattoos?

>>76247291
You never wanted to be a playing card

arent a lot of swimmers fat?

>>76247291
How is the tattoos what you notice, homo?

>>76247297
>>76247439
What significance do these tattoos hold?

>>76244259 (OP)
No, just swim

>>76244522
>takes 57000000 years to put on
no thanks

more swimming and dont get retarded for air
t. can swim 50m

>>76244259 (OP)
>>76245623
>>76245698
swimming doesn't get you that body lmao
it's all about going to the gym n bodybuilding

>>76244522
Why is he wearing a speedo with jammers

>>76248010
This is a blue board, I'm guessing.

>>76245970
Prepare to be amazed.

>>76245623
...dafuq is that on his neck? Stretch marks?

>>76245655
Why? Can you share your insight?

>>76248745
It's his gills
Don't you have any? All the best swimmers develop gills

>>76248735
>>76249252
I am so glad my twunkwife swam in high school and college.

>>76249481
Sounds kinda gay. The kind of gay that gets plastered on a women's erotic novel

>>76244522
just wear a speedo, they're sexier

>>76245623
>>76248735
this is why I don't wear briefs anymore
>>76244259 (OP)
>shredded physique
>fat face and neck
cursed

Why aren’t we posting girls?;(

>>76250379
do you really have to ask

>>76250369
Why wouldn’t you wear briefs. They aren’t speedos

>>76244259 (OP)
>covered in acne
haha imagine roiding for that lmfao

>>76250168
I disagree.

>>76251133
No.

>>76245546
I’m lopsided now
I suspect I’d be less lopsided if I breathed on odd strokes earlier
At least prefer odd strokes