Originally Posted by
joe bag o donut
This is my first foray into this section, but the topic relates to me in almost the opposite way. I can "swim" but can never seem to exhale completely before coming up to breathe. When I come up for air, I spend the first half of my time out of water exhaling and the other half inhaling. This makes breathing more of a quick gasp. Anybody have any suggestions for this issue?
Thanks!
For me what works is to take enough strokes with head down that I have to fully exhale before rotating to breath.